kootenay rockies 2017touring touring & & exploringexploring GUIDE guide K O O TEN AY R OCKIE S .C O M KOOTENAYROCKIES.COM 1 PROOF # 01 APPROVALS DOCKET #: 132101500-65 CLIENT: DBC DESCRIPTION: KR Regional Guide Cover Prod Mgr.: CK Art Director: FILE NAME: Travel Guide-KR.indd Acct Exec.: PC Copywriter: 5th Floor, 1085 Homer Street, TRIM: 8.25" x 10.75" BLEED: .125" Art Director: TT Vancouver BC, V6B 1J4 Producer: p: 778 331 8340 IMAGE INFO: 300 dpi NOTES: Copywriter: -- f: 778 331 8341 Software: InDesign Accounts: www.thisisdare.com C M Y K DIELINE DIELINE DIELINE DIELINE Version: CS6 Operator: A PLEASE DOUBLE CHECK FOR ACCURACY. PLEASE NOTE: Colour lasers do not accurately represent the colours in the finished product. This proof is strictly for layout purposes only. 11 11 Red Deer 93 11 2 22 1 2 Pacific Mountain Time Time BRITISH regional map COLUMBIA KOOTENAY Vancouver ROCKIES Calgary Kinbasket L. 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C COLUMBIA C I l W Enderby o H s Panorama e Halcyon Invermere on the Lake d Trout Lake Park N Elk W Mountain in 97 A 97A Hot Springs Windermere t E Monashee e E Height Lakes r Resort S 40 P of the 2 Armstrong E Nanton 97 1 Mountain L. Windermere 93 Pacific Time Rockies Time L Nakusp Goat H M 23 Hot Springs Range Fairmont S 95 L Hot Springs I Vernon Nakusp Meadow O E 6 Columbia L. G Creek McDonald L 43 U Davis Creek Canal Flats H Creek Park K Whiteswan Park Elkford Arrow 6 M Lake Park 97 N I Claresholm L Park Hills Lost Ledge Purcell 93 R Park Wilderness A T Rosebery Park 95 K 31A 2 Conservancy O To Vernon A 31 N 6 New Denver Okanagan L. 22 135 km / 84 mi Burton Sandon M Skookumchuck I D Premier Kelowna 6 Silverton Kaslo U Top of the N Lake Park O St Mary’s World 43 97C Granby Needles Valhalla Alpine U S Fauquier 31 6 Kokanee N Wasa Park 33 Edgewood Fort Lower Sparwood Glacier N Riondel Slocan Ainsworth 95 Macleod T 95A LEGEND Hot SpringsT Kootenay Bay 93 To Lethbridge Kimberley Fort Steele Heritage Town Blairmore 100 km / 62 mi Multi-Lane Highways BalfourA Crawford Bay Kokanee Creek Park 3 Coleman 3 2 Major Highways Gray CreekA I 3 Lundbreck Arrow Winlaw Gray Creek Norbury Lake Seasonal Roads 3A Procter Pass Secondary Roads N Lockhart Park Fernie Pincher To Ferries Kootenay I Cranbrook Mount Fernie Creek Nelson S Creek 93 Vancouver Penticton Cities Boswell Park 6 396 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 Provincial Parks Castlegar Lake Cardston 33 Daily Air Service 3 Ymir Kikomun International Border Sirdar Creek Park Nancy Champion Waterton Salmo 95 2 Oliver Greene Lakes 3 Lakes Chief Gladstone 3B Park 6 3 93 Waterton Mountain 3 Christina L. Park 3B Akamina-Kishinena Carway Trail Fruitvale 3 Creston Gilnockie Greenwood 3 3 L. Koocanusa Roosville Port of Grand Forks Warfield Montrose 21 Yahk Park 3 Rossland Stagleap Kingsgate 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 37 Eureka 200 km / 124 mi MONTANA 97 WASHINGTON Northport IDAHO 395 Saint Mary 2 25 31 93 © RMV Publications Ltd. 3 Going-to-the-Sun Road (Seasonal Road) 20 Lake 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 In the southeastern corner of British Columbia, the jagged peaks of the Rockies rise in parallel with those of the Purcell, Selkirk and Monashee table of contents ranges. In between are valleys, crystal clear rivers and lakes. Incomparable scenic beauty is waiting to be explored around every corner. Discover the REGIONAL HIGHLIGHTS 5 communities, national and provincial parks, hot springs, attractions and COMMUNITIES rich palette of recreational activities. Castlegar 7 Columbia Valley 22 GETTING HERE BY AIR ROAD CONDITIONS Cranbrook 10 Major international gateway cities 1-800-550-4997 Creston Valley 13 provide easy air access. Visit DriveBC.ca for real time info. Elkford 16 AIR CANADA Fernie 18 offers flights to/from Vancouver & Calgary to BORDER CROSSINGS Cranbrook and Castlegar. 1-888-247-2262 At the Canadian/US border, be sure Golden 20 PACIFIC COASTAL to carry your passport or equivalent. offers scheduled flights to/from Vancouver into Invermere / Panorama 22 Cranbrook & Trail. To/from Victoria and Kelowna For information & updates, visit: into Cranbrook. And between Kelowna and Trail. Travel.state.gov, Cbsa.gc.ca or call: Kaslo 31 1-800-663-2872 1-800-461-9999. Kimberley 24 ROOSVILLE & KINGSGATE Nakusp 26 GETTING HERE (Cranbrook) - open 24 hrs Nelson Kootenay Lake 28 BY ROAD RYKERTS (CRESTON) - 7am - 11pm In the north, the TransCanada Hwy #1 NELWAY (NELSON) - 8am to midnight Radium Hot Springs 32 follows the route of the Canadian Pacific WANETA (TRAIL) - 9am - 5pm Revelstoke 34 Railway through four of Canada’s National Parks, connecting Calgary PATERSON (ROSSLAND) - open 24 hrs Rossland 38 with Vancouver and the coast. CASCADE ( CHRISTINA LAKE) 8am - midnight Slocan Valley 37 A less travelled southern route, (New Denver, Sandon, Silverton, Winlaw) Hwy #3, serves travellers from southern Sparwood 40 Alberta, the southern Okanagan Valley FERRY CROSSINGS and Vancouver. Ports of entry on the Year-round & a free service. Trail 42 Canada/US border allow access from DriveBC.ca Spokane, Washington; Coeur d’Alene, KOOTENAY LAKE: HIGHWAY 3A PARKS 44 Idaho; Kalispell, Montana & points south. From Balfour, 6:30am to 9:40pm From Kootenay Bay, 7:10am to 10:20pm Crossing time: 35 minutes HOT SPRINGS 46 DRIVE TIMES Ph: 250-229-4215 ACCOMMODATIONS 50 (drive times are approximate) HARROP: HIGHWAY 3A Rossland/Trail to Castlegar 30 min Across Kootenay River to communities CAMPING 53 of Harrop & Procter Castlegar to Nelson 40 min Crossing time: 5 minutes Nelson to Crawford Bay 30 min + ferry On demand 24 hours Crawford Bay to Creston 1 hr + 15 min Ph: 250-229-5650 Creston to Cranbrook 1 hr + 15 min Cranbrook to Fernie 1 hr + 10 min UPPER ARROW LAKE: HIGHWAY 23 Cranbrook to Kimberley 20 min Printed in Canada for free distribution. for free in Canada Printed From Shelter Bay, 5am to midnight; every hour PRODUCTION: PUBLISHED BY: Kimberley to Fairmont 1 hr + 10 min From Galena Bay, 5:30am to 12:30am; every hour Brenda MacGillivray Design Kootenay Rockies Tourism Fairmont to Radium 30 min Crossing time: 20 minutes Radium to Golden 1 hr + 10 min Ph: 250-265-2105 1905 Warren Ave, Kimberley, BC V1A 1S2 Mitchell Press Golden to Revelstoke 2 hrs ph 250-427-4838 [email protected] Revelstoke to Nakusp 1.5 hr + ferry ARROW PARK: HIGHWAY 6 Nakusp to Castlegar 2 hrs Junction of Upper & Lower Arrow Lakes Vernon to Nakusp 3 hrs Crossing time: 5 minutes FOR TRAVEL INFORMATION, VISIT KootenayRockies.com On demand: 5am to 12:05pm; 2:15pm to 9:20pm Calgary to Golden 3 hrs Ph: 250-265-2105 or BROCHURE HOTLINE 1-800-661-6603 Calgary to Fernie 3 hr + 30 min Lethbridge to Fernie 2 hr + 30 min FOR ACCOMMODATIONS, RESERVATIONS AND LOWER ARROW LAKE: HIGHWAY 6 Kamloops to Revelstoke 2 hr + 40 min From Fauquier: 5am to 10pm; every ½ hr. TRAVEL IDEAS VISIT HelloBC.com/kr Kelowna to Revelstoke 2 hr + 50 min From Needles: 5:15am to 9:45pm; every ½ hr. Kelowna to Rossland 4 hrs Crossing time: 5 minutes Spokane to Nelson 4 hrs Shuttle Service: 10pm – 5am © 2017 - Kootenay Rockies Tourism (the”Region”). All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is prohibited. This Guide Spokane to Rossland 3 hrs Ph: 250-265-2105 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 Spokane to Cranbrook 4 hrs 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.