Talk:Elk Valley (British Columbia)

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Tone[edit]

I think maybe what you mean (TrekPhiler) is those last two sentences, esp. the last one tacked on the end of the history paragraph (which can/will be a lot bigger). Sounds like coal company or town CoC promo/p.r. material; the outdoor rec stuff at the end is standard on BC town/valley pages; almost like a mantra; quite frankly a lot of BC town pages could use the tag you just placed; all I can do is de-brochurize them or fact-template them when I come across them; usually I'm on the fly, like when I made Natal, BC (because I'd found a picture...). I'll add a fact template to that last sentence, in fact after breaking it off so there's no confusion about what needs citing. The socialist tradition in the Elk Valley of the coalfields is part of the story of and easily cited (for someone who has histories of the area on hand - or histories of the BC labour movement); the candidate in question was a Tom Uphill. Another main bit of valley history, other than the southern mainline of the CPR, was the successful re-opening o the coalfields in, I thin, thte '70s due to sales to Japan and more since to China; the place was shutting down. At Natal a whole mountain has been turned into a pit; a comparison of old topos with new ones is very revealing. Not meaning to be POV on it, there's just lots here that this article can expand towards; lots of big-game adn trapping/settler history, alpine areas, Elkford vs Sparwood (culturally, so to speak), ski development etc; I'm sure that one line is a brochure line, which could then maybe be cited as "this brochure says this" or whatever....Skookum1 (talk) 21:30, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bad geography, too, especially taht secondf paragraph but overall misleading e.g. re the Kananskis; written from a Calgary POV apparently....I'll fix it when I get back from teh gym, I've just been eating while going over this....there are larger coal deposits/mines btw - note the "operating" word stuck in there, to distinguish Tumbler Ridge, which currently isn't......Skookum1 (talk) 21:46, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Stub[edit]

Hey y’all,

I added the Stub template since this article is a stub if that’s okay.
Also this article needs more (reliable) information, if anyone can add them it would be great!

Thank you,
~Regina
24.51.233.5 (talk) 20:43, 16 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Climate[edit]

Could someone add info about the climate of Elk Valley? Like all the other articles I’ve read, there’s always a Climate section with a chart and its sources.
~Regina
24.51.233.5 (talk) 20:45, 17 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]