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Kootena Y Rockies KOOTENAY ROCKIES 2007 Travel Guide � � KootenayRockies.com KOOTENAY ROCKIES CONTENTS British Columbia’s Mountain Playground 3 REGIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Geography & Climate ............................ ............................ ............................ ............................ Getting Here Currency 5 TOURING ATTRACTIONS Valley of a Thousand Peaks Elk Valley Kootenay Lake Central Kootenay Silvery Slocan/Arrow Lakes Slocan Lake and Monashee Mountains David Gluns David National Parks Corridor DRIVING TIMES* ROSSLAND/TRAIL TO CASTLEGAR 30 min 19 CASTLEGAR TO NELSON 30 min HOT SPRINGS, NELSON TO CRAWFORD BAY 30 min & ferry SPAS & WELLNESS CRAWFORD BAY TO CRESTON 1 hr Retreats & Relaxa tion CRESTON TO CRANBROOK 1 hr CRANBROOK TO FERNIE 1 hr, 15 min 23 CRANBROOK TO KIMBERLEY 20 min GOLF KIMBERLEY TO FAIRMONT 1 hr, 10 min Canada’s Golf Destination FAIRMONT TO RADIUM 25 min RADIUM TO GOLDEN 1 hr, 10 min GOLDEN TO REVELSTOKE 1 hr, 30 min 27 *all driving times are approximate. ADVENTURE CREDITS Mountains & Valleys PUBLISHER: Karen Cook Rivers & Lakes ASSOC. PUBLISHER: Chris Dadson & More COPYWRITERS: Alan Dodsworth, Andrew Penner Ultimate relaxation DESIGN: Applied Communications Georgi Henry 37 PRODUCTION: Applied Communications ABORIGINAL HERITAGE PRINTER: Quebecor Printing The Ktunaxa Nation FRONT COVER Nestled on the western slopes of the Rocky 38 Mountains, Yoho National Park boasts towering PARKS rock walls, spectacular waterfalls and beautiful Provincial & National Lake O’Hara. See page 39 for information on Yoho, Kootenay, Glacier and Mt. Revelstoke National Parks. Photo by David Gluns. 40 For More Information: SPECIAL EVENTS Kootenay Rockies Tourism Festivals & Fairs Box 10, 1905 Warren Avenue Kimberley, B.C. V1A 2Y5 42 Ph: (250) 427-4838 ACCOMMODATIONS, Fax: (250) 427-3344 CAMPGROUNDS & DINING Email: [email protected] Website: KootenayRockies.com Kootenay Rockies Brochure hotline: 1-800-661-6603 Amenities Guide Kootenay Lake Ferry David Gluns David F O R A CCOMMODATION RESERVATIONS AND TRAVEL INFORMATION CALL 1- 800-HELLO BC® WITHIN GREATER VANCOUVER CALL 604 HELLO BC (435-5622) O R V I S I T www.HelloBC.com ® SUPER, NATURAL BRITISH COLUMBIA, HELLO BC and all associated trademarks and logos are registered trademarks of Tourism British Columbia. Used under license. © – 2007 Kootenay Rockies Tourism. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is prohibited. This guide does not constitute and should not be construed as an endorsement or recommendation of, and Tourism British Columbia does not assume any responsibility for, any carrier, hotel, restaurant or any other facility or activity in British Columbia. Admission fees and other terms and conditions may apply to attractions and facilities referenced in this Guide. Errors and omissions excepted. TOURING��������� THE KOOTENAY�������� ROCKIES�������������� 93 To Red Deer BRITISH To Jasper & Edmonton Yoho Lake Banff Field COLUMBIA Louise 22 Rogers 2 Pass Golden Banff 1A To Martha Creek Park Medicine Hat Glacier 95 93 Canyon Canmore Mt. Revelstoke Hot Springs 1A Calgary Revelstoke Kootenay 22 Mount 22 Craigellachie Spillimacheen Assiniboine 40 Three KOOTENAY ROCKIES Valley Sicamous Brisco 22 2 To Vancouver Blanket Creek Park Peter via Kamloops Bugaboo 23 95 Lougheed ALBERTA Galena Mountain Time Zone 93 Pacific Time Zone To Legend Bay 31 Lethbridge ������������������� Shelter Radium Hot Springs �������������� Bay Dry Gulch C Enderby Panorama Park lo s �������������� e Halcyon Mountain Village Invermere d ����������������������� Trout Lake Park Height Elk W Hot Springs in Monashee Windermere Lakes te ������� of the r Armstrong Rockies 40 ������ 93 ����� �������� Nakusp 23 Hot Springs Fairmont �������������������� 95 Hot Springs �������������� Nakusp Goat Range ���������������� Purcell 43 ����������������� McDonald Davis Creek Canal Flats Whiteswan Elkford �������������������� Creek Park 6 Park Lake Park Hills Lost Ledge Wilderness 93 Park 6 Rosebery Park 95 6 31A Conservancy New Denver 31 Burton Sandon 22 Skookumchuck Silverton Kaslo Premier Top of the Lake Park World 43 Needles Valhalla St Mary’s Fauquier 6 Kokanee 31 Alpine Wasa Park Edgewood Glacier Sparwood Slocan Ainsworth Hot Springs 95 Granby Kootenay Bay 95A 93 Kimberley Fort Steele Heritage Town 3 Balfour Crawford Bay 3 Kokanee Creek Park Gray Creek Winlaw Gray Creek Norbury Lake 3A Procter Pass Lockhart Cranbrook Park Fernie To Lethbridge Mount Fernie Nelson Creek Jimsmith Lake Park 93 West Arm Boswell Park Wardner Kianuko Syringa Park 3A 3A Moyie Lake Park 3 6 Castlegar 3 Ymir Kikomun Sirdar Creek Park Gladstone Nancy Champion Salmo 95 Waterton Greene Lakes Lakes 3B Park 6 3 3 93 Park 3B Gilnockie Akamina-Kishinena Trail Fruitvale 3 Creston Greenwood 3 3 Roosville Warfield Montrose Stagleap 21 Yahk Park 3 Grand Forks Rossland Rykerts Kingsgate Christina Lake Paterson Waneta Park 22 22A Nelway 95 Glacier To Vancouver 1 Eureka Northport 395 25 31 Bonners Ferry 2 37 Tiger 93 Border Crossings VisitRepublic Cbsa.gc.ca or 1-800-461-9999 • Roosville and Kingsgate (Cranbrook) - open 24 hoursColville 2 • Rykerts (Creston) - open 7 am to 11 pm (summer) 20 95 Columbia • Nelway (Nelson) - open 8 am to midnight Falls • Waneta (Trail) - open 9 am - 5 pm 20 Whitefish • Paterson (Rossland) - open 24 hours Libby 21 MONTANA • Cascade (Christina Lake) - open 825 am to midnight 395 Evergreen Sandpoint Ferry Service 56 Kalispell Year-round operation across the Arrow and Kootenay Lakes. Newport Website: DriveBC.ca 2 Sommers KootenayWASHINGTON Lake 250-229-4215 2 Arrow Lakes 250-837-6676 BRITISH Highway Reports 41 95 COLUMBIA Visit DriveBC.ca or phone 231 395 2 1-800-665-4929 Elk Valley, Cranbrook to Radium ��������� 174 1-888-352-0356 Creston, Nelson, Nakusp area Vancouver �������� To Seattle1-866-353-3136 Golden, Revelstoke, Castlegar, Trail, Rossland IDAHO 200 Calgary Portland Seattle Wilbur Hayden CANADA This map of the Kootenay Rockies is intended as a locator Spokane 28 231 Montreal map only and is designed to be used in conjunction with the Coeur d’ Alene Minneapolis BC Road Map & Parks Guide2 available at most Info Centres. Spokane U S A Toronto Davenport 90 New York 1 Salt Lake City ����������������������� 90 Kellogg Pacific 2 Mountain San Francisco Chicago Time Time REGIONAL HIGHLIGHTS The Kootenay Rockies is British Columbia’s mountain oriented region which boasts four national parks, five mountain ranges, lush valleys, rushing rivers, peaceful lakes, thick forests and an abundance of wildlife. This compelling force of nature seems to attract people to the Kootenay Rockies. Visitors to the area truly experience the mountains of Canada – not just the peaks from a distance. GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE There are four distinct seasons in the Imagine standing astride the Continental Kootenay Rockies. The spring sun works Divide. Look to the east and you’ll see a its magic in the valley bottoms and by landscape tumbling down to the prairies – April everything is lush green. Summers all downhill to the Atlantic Ocean. Look are warm, with temperatures into the 30° C to the west and you’ll see a corduroy of (mid-80°F) range. Rainfall is moderate, mountain ranges draped north to south although some areas are more moderate as far as the eye can see. The Kootenay than others – cactus grows on some Rockies embraces the Rocky Mountains, south facing slopes in Kootenay National Purcells, Columbia, Selkirk and Monashee Park. Fall sunshine means warm days, mountain ranges encompassing the greater accompanied by cool evenings, well into part of the UNESCO Rocky Mountain October. Winter, of course, brings plenty World Heritage Site – a grouping of of snow, transforming the Kootenay Kootenay National Park world-renowned national and provincial Rockies into a winter playground. Photo by Don Weixl parks preserving everything from the highest rocky peak to the wetlands of the valley bottom. DAVID THOMPSON BICENTENNIAL Water is a key element in this 2007 AND 2008 landscape. Vast glaciers feed mountain streams that, in turn, feed the rivers and In the summer of 1807, David Thompson Golden, Revelstoke to Trail. Community lakes that keep the valleys green. Those proceeded up the North Saskatchewan groups and certain regional museums rivers and lakes facilitated significant River to its confluence with the Howse have historical displays and art exhibits human endeavour in this rugged River. Following the Howse River, he planned – check in at local Visitor Centres mountainous region, providing access crossed what is now known as Howse for details. to explorers, prospectors and settlers. Pass in the Rocky Mountains and arrived In the late 19th century, gold, silver and at the mouth of the Blaeberry River at other minerals were discovered – giving its confluence with the Columbia River, rise to instant towns and the further just north of Golden. development of infrastructure. The celebrated Canadian Pacific Railway 2008 marks the 200th anniversary of his was carved through these mountains, first return from the Rocky Mountains opening the region to European settlers. to Fort William to report this significant The wildlife doesn’t struggle much to achievement and describe his first get around in these mountains and many attempts to map the Columbia River. species are not shy, either. Cheeky picas This period also marks the 150th anni- and marmots, for example, scratch a versary of Thompson’s death in 1857. living in rock moraines. Herds of elk roam Events to ensure David Thompson’s at will from valley bottom to mountain achievements here are brought to light.
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