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Princeton, British Columbia
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| Regional District | Okanagan-Similkameen |
| Area: | 10.24 km² |
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| Incorporated | 1951 |
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2,610 (2001) |
| Population density | 254.9/km² |
| Time zone | Pacific: UTC -8 |
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| Highways | Highway 3 Highway 5A |
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| Governing body | Princeton Town Council |
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Princeton is a small town in the Okanagan-Similkameen region of British Columbia, Canada. It is part of the Cascade mountain range, which continues south into Washington. The Tulameen and Similkameen rivers converge here. As of the 2001 census, the population was 2,610.
Historically, the area's main industry has been mining, but nowadays the town's biggest employer is Weyerhaeuser, along with a few smaller timber companies.
In 1987, Burt Reynolds starred in the film Malone, which was filmed mainly in neighbouring Hedley, British Columbia, but included key scenes in downtown Princeton and the surrounding area.
The town and the beautiful scenery around it has been most memorably captured on the screen in Sean Penn's 2001 film The Pledge, starring Jack Nicholson.
The historic Princeton Hotel on Bridge Street, having been in operation since 1912, burned to ground on April 8, 2006.
- Official Municipality website
- Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada 2001 Census Community Profile
- John Sandness's Princeton webpage
Subdivisions of British Columbia|
Alberni-Clayoquot · Bulkley-Nechako · Capital · Cariboo · Central Coast · Central Kootenay · Central Okanagan · Columbia-Shuswap · Comox-Strathcona · Cowichan Valley · East Kootenay · Fraser Valley · Fraser-Fort George · Greater Vancouver · Kitimat-Stikine · Kootenay Boundary · Mount Waddington · Nanaimo · North Okanagan · Northern Rockies · Okanagan-Similkameen · Peace River · Powell River · Skeena-Queen Charlotte · Squamish-Lillooet · Stikine · Sunshine Coast · Thompson-Nicola |
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Principal urban centres |
Abbotsford · Kamloops · Kelowna · Nanaimo · Prince George · Vancouver · Victoria |
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Large suburban communities |
Burnaby · Coquitlam · Delta · Langley Township · North Vancouver District · Richmond · Saanich · Surrey |
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Other major centres |
Campbell River · Chilliwack · Courtenay · Cranbrook · Fort St. John · Penticton · Port Alberni · Salmon Arm · Vernon |
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