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Cascade City or Cascade was a Canadian Pacific Railway construction era boom town in the Boundary Country of the West Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada. Because of its location near the Canada–United States border, it was also called the "Gateway to the Boundary Country".〔 Founded in 1896, it was named after the nearby Cascade Falls〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cascade Falls )〕 on the Kettle River. Cascade City was located 1 km north of the Canada–United States border, 6 km south of Christina Lake and 20 km east of Grand Forks. ==History== The property at Cascade City was originally owned by an American, Aaron Chandler, from North Dakota. Seeing the potential of the area, Chandler formed the Cascade Development Company and with his agent, George Stocker, subdivided the land into town lots and began selling them to enterprising businessmen. Impetus for the decision to promote Cascade City was the local mining and rail construction, but the future looked even brighter when the Cascade Water and Power Company was formed and a hydro electric dam and powerhouse was built on Kettle River in 1897. The powerhouse would provide electricity to Grand Forks, Phoenix and Greenwood.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Christina Lake History )〕 The early townsite only had two buildings: a general store and a restaurant. Chandler himself slept in a tent. However, by the time the railway construction crews arrived in 1898, Cascade City was booming and although there were fourteen hotels, there was rarely a room available.〔 There were numerous brothels where an estimated 60〔 ladies of the evening, such as "Scrap Iron Minnie" and "Rough Lock Nell" plied their trade.〔 The first local government began with the creation of the Tax Payer's Association in December, 1897. The members petitioned the provincial government at Victoria for schools, roads, bridges, a provincial police constable and a jail.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cascade City」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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