Grand Forks, British Columbia

Grand Forks is the hub of BC's Boundary Country, where the Kettle and Granby rivers meet on Crowsnest Highway 3 just north of the Danville, Washington border crossing, between the Okanagan and the Kootenays. Incorporated April 15, 1897, it is one of five BC municipalities that own their own electrical utility. The City runs City Hall at 7217 4th Street, property taxes and bi-monthly utility bills for electricity, metered water, sewer and garbage, a well-fed chlorinated water system and wastewater treatment plant, roads, snow clearing and nine parks, building and plumbing permits, bylaw and animal control with DocuPet dog licences, business licences, planning under Official Community Plan Bylaw 2089 and Zoning Bylaw 2039, Grand Forks Fire/Rescue with three halls, Evergreen Cemetery, the Grand Forks Municipal Airport and the municipal campground at City Park. The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary runs curbside garbage, organics and recycling collection, the landfill, the regional emergency program and recreation facilities such as the aquatic centre and arena; BC Transit's Boundary system runs the buses; the RCMP police the city; health care is Interior Health's Boundary Hospital; schools are School District 51 Boundary; and marriage licences, health cards and driver's licences are provincial.