Bonnington Falls, British Columbia
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Bonnington Falls is a community on the north side of the
Kootenay River The Kootenay River or Kootenai River is a major river of the Northwest Plateau in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, and northern Montana and Idaho in the United States. It is one of the uppermost major tributaries of the Columbia River, ...
between the cities of Castlegar and
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, in the
West Kootenay The Kootenays or Kootenay ( ) is a region of southeastern British Columbia. It takes its name from the Kootenay River, which in turn was named for the Kutenai First Nations people. Boundaries The Kootenays are more or less defined by the Kootena ...
region of southern
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. It was named after the adjacent
Bonnington Falls Bonnington Falls were waterfalls submerged by dams on the Kootenay River between the cities of Castlegar and Nelson, in the West Kootenay region of southern British Columbia, Canada. The upper falls was named after the Falls of Clyde upper fall ...
, now submerged by hydro dams. Upstream about one mile from this former
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was the former Miles Ferry flag stop. During the construction of the hydro dam on the upper falls, John (Paddy) Miles operated a rowboat across the river. While rowing two passengers in May 1908, the boat was swept over the Bonnington Falls, but only one body was ever recovered.


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{{coord, 49, 28, 00, N, 117, 29, 00, W, display=title Populated places in the West Kootenay Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia