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Welcome to Poplar Creek ...

A typical abbreviation for Poplar Creek: Poplar Crk. (or less commonly used: Poplar Ck. or Poplar Cr.)

Poplar Creek is 2,460 feet [750 m] above sea level.<1> In other words, the altitude of Poplar Creek is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Poplar Creek lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: PST- Heure Normale du Pacifique (HNP), PDT- Heure Avancée du Pacifique (HAP).

Note: If you travel east from Poplar Creek (for example, toward Invermere), you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Codes for Poplar Creek: 250, 236, 257, 672 & 778<2>

Communities Also Named Poplar Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Poplar Creek - they are located in Alabama (3), Illinois, Mississippi and Tennessee.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Poplar Creek.

Communities near Poplar Creek ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Poplar Creek.

  • Gerrard ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerrard
  • Howser
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howser
  • Meadow Creek
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Argenta
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Lardeau
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lardeau
  • Ferguson
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
  • Trout Lake
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Johnsons Landing
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Retallack ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Zincton ‑ Historic
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zincton

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Poplar Creek ...

Looking for more information about Poplar Creek? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Poplar Creek, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Poplar Creek.

Footnotes ...

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Poplar Creek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<2>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 250 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 236, 257, 672 or 778. New phone numbers in the Poplar Creek area will be assigned with one of these codes: 250, 236, 257, 672 or 778. As a result, placing a call in the Poplar Creek area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.