Kimberley, British Columbia
city in British Columbia, Canada
Kimberley is a city in southeast British Columbia, Canada along Highway 95A between the Purcell and Rocky Mountains. Kimberley was named in 1896 after the Kimberley mine in South Africa.
At approximately 1,120 meters (3,675 feet) above sea level, the city's elevation is the highest in British Columbia.
From 1917 to 2001, it was the home to the world's largest lead-zinc mine, the Sullivan Mine. Today, Kimberley is primarily a tourist destination and home to the Kimberley Alpine Resort, a ski area and Kimberley's Underground Mining Railway that features a 750-foot-long (230 m) underground mining interpretive centre complete with operational 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge railway equipment. Recreational pursuits include world-class skiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling, fishing, whitewater rafting, kayaking, biking, hiking and golfing on championship golf courses.
The city has the largest urban park in Canada. At 1,977 acres (800 ha), the Kimberley Nature Park is the largest incorporated park in Canada.
SunMine was the largest solar PV plant in Western Canada when built in 2015 on contaminated
brownfield, formerly the site of the Sullivan Mine concentrator.
History
Kimberley incorporated as a city on March 29, 1944.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1305726. VIAF identifies the subject as 123077484. The Library of Congress control number is n91011487. Authority coordinates are 49.670, -115.978. 2 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1896, 1917, 2001 and 2015.
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