Talk:Rossland, British Columbia

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The population of Rossland is aproximately 3,500 not all of which are permanent residents.

[edit] Elevation Error

The elevation of Rossland is 1023 m and not 600 m.

I am not really sure how to fix the typo...

References:

http://rossland.ca/siteengine/activepage.asp?PageID=23

http://www.bcsnow.com/rossland/

http://www.skiresort.de/canada/rossland.htm

http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/explore/kootenays/cities/rossland.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.102.244.253 (talk) 21:53, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

I checked the elevation in the website of The Atlas of Canada. You're right, the elevation is slightly higher than 1000 m. People can check at this URL (sorry it's long) :

http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map/topographicmap_view?mapsize=750+666&scale=500000.000000&mapxy=-1629256.6726958614+307822.68023536034&mode=zoomin&lat=49.083299998&long=-117.8&searchstring=rossland&location1=59&unique_key=0c9eab8a849c20c37ce376ae387a882a&feature_na=Rossland&entity=CITY&layers=fapfeature%20north_arrow%20other_features%20million_grid%20t50k_grid%20grid_50k_3%20roads%20hydrography%20boundary%20builtup%20vegetation%20populated_places%20railway%20power_network%20manmade_features%20designated_areas%20water_features%20water_saturated_soils%20relief%20contours%20toponymy%20contour%20nodata_ntdb_50k&hidetextbox=&urlappend=%26map_textzoom03_feature%3Dnew%26map_textzoom03_feature_points%3D-1629569.02582%20304494.722903%26map_textzoom03_class_text%3DRossland%26map_textzoom46_feature%3Dnew%26map_textzoom46_feature_points%3D-1629569.02582%20304494.722903%26map_textzoom46_class_text%3DRossland%26map_polygonresultzoom0_data%3Dcsd01_1m_r%26map_polygonresultzoom0_class_expression%3D0c9eab8a849c20c37ce376ae387a882a%26map_polygonresultzoom1_data%3Dcsd01_1m_r%26map_polygonresultzoom1_class_expression%3D0c9eab8a849c20c37ce376ae387a882a%26map_polygonresultzoom2_data%3Dcsd01_1m_r%26map_polygonresultzoom2_class_expression%3D0c9eab8a849c20c37ce376ae387a882a%26map_polygonresultzoom0outline_data%3Dcsd01_1m_r%26map_polygonresultzoom0outline_class_expression%3D0c9eab8a849c20c37ce376ae387a882a%26map_polygonresultzoom1outline_data%3Dcsd01_1m_r%26map_polygonresultzoom1outline_class_expression%3D0c9eab8a849c20c37ce376ae387a882a%26map_polygonresultzoom2outline_data%3Dcsd01_1m_r%26map_polygonresultzoom2outline_class_expression%3D0c9eab8a849c20c37ce376ae387a882a%26map_arrowzoom03_feature%3Dnew%26map_arrowzoom03_feature_points%3D-1629569.02582%20304494.722903

Arctur (talk) 21:37, 12 February 2008 (UTC)