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Ashcroft
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Village
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The Corporation of the Village of Ashcroft |
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The historic fire hall in Ashcroft which was rebuilt after a major fire in 1919.
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Country | Canada |
Province | British Columbia |
Region | Thompson Country-South Cariboo |
Regional District | Thompson-Nicola Regional District |
Founded | 1880s |
Incorporated as a Village | 1952 |
Government | |
• Type | Elected village council |
Area | |
• Total | 51.45 km2 (19.86 sq mi) |
Elevation | 335.2 m (1,099.7 ft) |
Population
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• Total | 1,558 |
• Density | 32.3/km2 (84/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−8 (PST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (PDT) |
Postal Code |
V0K 1A0
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Highway | Highway 97C |
Waterways | Kamloops Lake Bonaparte River Thompson River |
Ashcroft is a village in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Ashcroft is found in Thompson Country in the Interior of British Columbia. The population of Ashcroft was 1,628 in 2011.
The village of Ashcroft was founded in the 1860s which was during the Cariboo Gold Rush, by two English brothers named Clement Francis Cornwall and Henry Pennant Cornwall who were the founders of Ashcroft Ranch. They emigrated to Canada from Ashcroft, at Newington Bagpath in Gloucestershire. The village is sometimes recognized as the "twin" to nearby Cache Creek, which is on the major highway unlike Ashcroft.
The village is sister cities with Bifuka, Hokkaido in Japan.
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