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Kimberley is a small mining town in British Columbia , Canada , located in the southeastern tip of the province, along Highway 95A in between the Purcell and Rocky Mountains . Kimberley was named in 1896 after the Kimberley Mine in South Africa . From 1917 to 2001, it was the home to the world's largest lead and zinc mine, the Sullivan Mine . HISTORY Kimberley was incorporated as a city in 1944 . It became the ''Bavarian City of the Rockies'' in the 1970s. DEMOGRAPHICS AND LOCATION The population of Kimberley B.C. is 6,927 . It is the highest city in Canada at 1,120m . The claimed "largest working Cuckoo Clock in the world" is located here. Kimberley is served by the Cranbrook Airport . EXTERNAL LINKS FOOTNOTES |