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kootenay rockies TouRinG & table of contents REGIONAL HIGHLIGHTS 1 PARKS 4 EXPlOriNg HOT SPRINGS 6 COMMUNITIES Castlegar 12 Columbia Valley 30 GuiDE Cranbrook 16 Creston Valley 19 Elkford 22 Fernie 24 Golden 26 Invermere / Panorama 30 Kaslo 39 Kimberley 32 Nakusp 34 Nelson Kootenay Lake 36 distribution. for free in Canada Printed Radium Hot Springs 40 Revelstoke 42 Rossland 45 Slocan Valley 48 (New Denver, Sandon, Silverton, Winlaw) Sparwood 49 Trail 50 BC / Destination Medig by Kari Trail; / Rockwall Park National Kootenay Photo: ACCOMMODATIONS 52 CAMPING 55 PRODUCTION: PUBLISHED BY: Brenda MacGillivray Design Kootenay Rockies Tourism Mitchell Press 1905 Warren Ave, Kimberley, BC V1A 1S2 ph 250-427-4838 [email protected] FOR TRAVEL INFORMATION , CONTACT KOOTENAY ROCKIES TOURISM KootenayRockies.com, ph 250-427-4838 or BROCHURE HOTLINE 1-800-661-6603 FOR ACCOMMODATIONS, RESERVATIONS AND TRAVEL IDEAS VISIT HelloBC.com/kr © 2016 - Kootenay Rockies Tourism (the”Region”). All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is prohibited. This Guide does not constitute, and should not be construed as, an endorsement or recommendation of any carrier, hotel, restaurant or any other facility, attraction or activity in British Columbia, for which neither Destination BC Corp. nor the Region assumes any responsibility. Super, Natural British Columbia®, Hello BC®, Visitor Centre and all associated logos/trade-marks are trade-marks or Official Marks of Destination BC Corp. Admission fees and other terms and conditions may apply to attractions and facilities referenced in this Guide. Errors and omissions excepted. 11 11 Red Deer 93 11 2 22 1 2 Pacific Mountain Time Time BRITISH COLUMBIA KOOTENAY Vancouver ROCKIES Calgary Kinbasket L. Portland Seattle Kalispell 93 Spokane CANADA To Jasper Montreal Minneapolis 233 km / 145 mi U S A Toronto Pacific To San Francisco Salt Lake City Chicago New York Yoho Lake Ocean Denver AtlanticEdmonton Field Louise 22 294Ocean km / 183 mi C Ban Rogers Los Angeles 2 O Pass Golden R Cochrane L Houston 9 23 O Banff L. Minnewanka U 1A Martha C Miami M 93 Adams L. Creek Park 95 Glacier K MEXICO B Canyon Canmore Mexico1A City Calgary Mt. Revelstoke I Hot Springs Parson Y To Vancouver A 565 km / 350 mi Revelstoke Kootenay Bow Valley To Medicine M 22 Hat 294 km Kootenay Mount Wildland 1A Shushwap L. O Spillimacheen Assiniboine Craigellachie Spray 40 Kananaskis Three U M Valley Country Sicamous M Valley N 2 Rockies O 22 S Blanket Creek Park P Brisco T Peter Okotoks O 95 U ALBERTA H A REGION Lougheed Black Mara L. 23 I U U N Galena Bugaboo 93 N Diamond Bay N Elbow-Sheep 31 T High River Salmon Arm S A S Wildland R Radium Hot Springs Shelter BRITISH A W S Bay Dry Gulch Park UpperArrow L Trout L. Panorama C COLUMBIA I l Enderby A C o H s Mountain e Halcyon Invermere on the Lake d Trout Lake Park N Elk W P Village in 97 97A Hot Springs Windermere t E Monashee e Height Lakes r E S 40 of the Nanton 2 Armstrong E 97 1 Mountain L. Windermere 93 H Pacific Time Rockies Time L Nakusp Goat I M 23 Hot Springs Range 95 Fairmont G S L Hot Springs Vernon Nakusp Meadow O E 6 H Creek Columbia L. McDonald L 43 U Canal Flats L Davis Creek Creek Park K Whiteswan Elkford Arrow 6 Park Lake Park 97 A N M Park Hills I Lost Ledge Purcell 93 Claresholm R Park N Wilderness T Rosebery Park 31A 95 K Conservancy 2 To Vernon O A 31 D 6 New Denver Okanagan L. 22 135 km / 84 mi Burton Sandon M Skookumchuck I Kaslo Premier Top of the Kelowna 6 Silverton U N Lake Park O St Mary’s World 43 97C Granby Needles Valhalla Alpine U S Fauquier 31 Wasa Park 6 Kokanee N Fort 33 Edgewood Lower Sparwood Macleod Glacier N Riondel Slocan Ainsworth 95 95A T LEGEND Hot Springs Kootenay Bay T 93 To Lethbridge Kimberley Fort Steele Heritage Town Blairmore 100 km / 62 mi Multi-Lane Highways BalfourA Crawford Bay 3 Coleman 3 2 Major Highways Kokanee Creek Park Gray Creek I A 3 Lundbreck Arrow Winlaw Gray Creek Norbury Lake Seasonal Roads 3A Procter Pass Secondary Roads N Lockhart Park Fernie Pincher Ferries Kootenay Cranbrook To I Mount Fernie Creek Nelson S Creek 93 Vancouver Penticton Cities Boswell Park 396 km Towns West Arm Jimsmith Skaha L. N Lake Park Wardner Villages Lake Drewry Point Park Sanca Camping within Parks Syringa Park 3A Moyie Lake Park 3 3A National Parks Kianuko 6 3A S 6 Provincial Parks Castlegar Lake 33 Daily Air Service 3 Ymir Kikomun Cardston International Border Sirdar Creek Park Nancy Champion Salmo 95 Waterton 2 Oliver Greene Lakes Gladstone 3B Park 6 3 3 93 Lakes 3 Christina L. Park 3B Akamina-Kishinena Waterton Carway Trail Fruitvale 3 Creston Gilnockie Greenwood 3 3 L. Koocanusa Roosville Chief Port of Grand Forks Warfield Montrose 21 Yahk Park 3 Rossland Stagleap Kingsgate Mountain 17 Piegan Park Rykerts To Kalispell Christina Lake Paterson Waneta Waterton L. Nelway 120 km / 75 mi 22 22A 1 95 Glacier 89 To Spokane MONTANA 37 Eureka Northport 200 km / 124 mi IDAHO 97 WASHINGTON Saint Mary 395 25 31 93 © RMV Publications Ltd. Going-to-the-Sun Road (Seasonal Road) 20 Lake Tiger McDonald 89 Republic Colville 2 Whitefish L. West 95 20 Priest L. Columbia Glacier Falls 2 20 Whitefish Libby 21 Hungry Horse Reservoir 25 395 Evergreen 2 97 Sandpoint Kalispell Newport 2 56 Somers Pend Oreille L. 2 Flathead L. 41 2 Mountain 173 231 395 2 95 Time Pacific 1 Time 200 174 28 83 Wilbur Hayden 231 Coeur d’ Alene To Seattle 2 Davenport Spokane 90 Cheney regional highlights GETTING HERE BY AIR RO AD CONDITIONS Major international gateway cities 1-800-550-4997 provide easy air access. Visit DriveBC.ca for real time info. AIR CANADA offers flights to/from Vancouver & Calgary to BORDER CROSSINGS Cranbrook and Castlegar. 1-888-247-2262 At the Canadian/US border, be sure INTEGRA AIR to carry your passport or equivalent. offers scheduled flights between Calgary and Cranbrook. 1-877-213-8359 For information & updates, visit: PacIFIC COASTAL Travel.state.gov, Cbsa.gc.ca or call: offers scheduled flights to/from Vancouver into 1-800-461-9999. Cranbrook & Trail. To/from Victoria and Kelowna into Cranbrook. And between Kelowna and Trail. ROOSVILLE & KINGSGATE 1-800-663-2872 (Cranbrook) - open 24 hrs RYKERTS (CRESTON) - 7am - 11pm NELWAY (NELSON) - 8am to midnight GETTING HERE WaNETA (TRAIL) - 9am - 5pm BY ROAD PATERSON (ROSSLAND) - open 24 hrs In the north, the TransCanada Hwy #1 CASCADE ( CHRISTINA LakE) follows the route of the Canadian Pacific 8am - midnight Railway through four of Canada’s National Parks, connecting Calgary with Vancouver and the coast. FERRY CROSSINGS Year-round & a free service. A less travelled southern route, DriveBC.ca Hwy #3, serves travellers from southern Alberta, the southern Okanagan Valley KOOTENAY LakE: HIGHWAY 3A and Vancouver. Ports of entry on the From Balfour, 6:30am to 9:40pm From Kootenay Bay, 7:10am to 10:20pm Canada/US border allow access from Crossing time: 35 minutes Spokane, Washington; Coeur d’Alene, Ph: 250-229-4215 Idaho; Kalispell, Montana & points south. HARROP: HIGHWAY 3A Across Kootenay River to communities of Harrop & Procter DRIVE TIMES Crossing time: 5 minutes (drive times are approximate) On demand 24 hours Ph: 250-229-5650 Rossland/Trail to Castlegar 30 min Castlegar to Nelson 40 min UPPER ARROW LakE: HIGHWAY 23 Nelson to Crawford Bay 30 min + ferry From Shelter Bay, 5am to midnight Crawford Bay to Creston 1 hr + 15 min From Galena Bay, 5:30am to 12:30am Crossing time: 20 minutes Creston to Cranbrook 1 hr + 15 min Ph: 250-265-2105 Cranbrook to Fernie 1 hr + 10 min Cranbrook to Kimberley 20 min ARROW PARK: HIGHWAY 6 Kimberley to Fairmont 1 hr + 10 min Junction of Upper & Lower Arrow Lakes Fairmont to Radium 30 min From west side, Radium to Golden 1 hr + 10 min 5:10am to 12:05pm; 2:30pm to 9:20pm Golden to Revelstoke 2 hrs From east side, Revelstoke to Nakusp 1.5 hr + ferry 5am to noon; 2:15pm to 9:10pm Nakusp to Castlegar 2 hrs Crossing time: 5 minutes Vernon to Nakusp 3 hrs Ph: 250-265-2105 Calgary to Golden 3 hrs Calgary to Fernie 3 hr + 30 min LOWER ARROW LakE: HIGHWAY 6 From Fauquier: 5am to 10pm Lethbridge to Fernie 2 hr + 30 min From Needles: 5:15am to 9:45pm Kamloops to Revelstoke 2 hr + 40 min Crossing time: 5 minutes Kelowna to Revelstoke 2 hr + 50 min Shuttle Service: 10pm – 5am Kelowna to Rossland 4 hrs Ph: 250-265-2105 Spokane to Nelson 4 hrs Spokane to Rossland 3 hrs Spokane to Cranbrook 4 hrs stay connected Social, App or web - the choice is yours kootenayrockies.com 1 In the southeastern corner of British Columbia, the jagged peaks of the Rockies rise in parallel with those of the Purcell, Selkirk and Monashee ranges. In between bRITIsH are valleys, rivers and lakes that have enabled human existence for thousands of years. Incomparable scenic beauty is waiting to be explored around every turn. In the midst of this monumental landscape, geography, geology and history have cOLUmBIA’S conspired to create charming Victorian small towns. This is the birthplace of adventure tourism. Picture Victorian men and women, MOUNTAIN devoid of high-tech gear, roped to Swiss mountain guides as they traversed the icefields of Glacier National Park. Today, visitors come to the Kootenay Rockies for a rich palette of recreational activities that includes world-class hiking, biking, pLaYgRouND climbing, river rafting, paragliding, canoeing, golfing, wildlife viewing..