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Place Name
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Bonners Ferry
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Place Status (Type)
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town
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Capital Of
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Boundary County
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Population
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2,193 (1990)
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Location
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Boundary County, Idaho (ID), United States, North America
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Latitude
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48°42'N
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Longitude
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116°19'W
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Bonners Ferry
, town (1990 pop. 2,193),  Boundary co., N
Idaho, on Kootenai R., and 20 mi/32 km S of
Can. border, 30 mi/48 km NNE of Sandpoint;
48°42'N 116°19'W. RR junction and trade center for irrigated agr.
area; logging, lumbering; mfg. (sawmill prods., light mfg.). Floods on
the Kootenai caused much damage May 1948. Boundary Co. Mus. Kootenai
Natl. Wildlife Refuge to W; Kaniksu Natl. Forest to W, NE and SE. Inc.
1894. Ruby Ridge, site of 1992 shootout bet. Federal agents and white
supremacists, is nearby.
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