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Nelson, British Columbia. Kootenay Lake is a lake located in British Columbia, Canada. It is part of the Kootenay River. The lake has been raised by the Corra Linn Dam and has a dike system at the southern end, which, along with industry in the 1950s–70s, has changed the ecosystem in and around the water. The Kootenay Lake ferry is a year ...
Kootenay National Park is a national park of Canada in southeastern British Columbia. The park consists of 1,406 km 2 (543 sq mi) of the Canadian Rockies, including parts of the Kootenay and Park mountain ranges, the Kootenay River and the entirety of the Vermilion River. While the Vermilion River is completely contained within the park, the ...
3.43 km 2 (1.32 sq mi) Established. March 8, 1990. ( 1990-03-08) Governing body. BC Parks. Kootenay Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It encompasses five widely dispersed parks around Kootenay Lake: Kootenay Lake Provincial Park (Davis Creek site), Kootenay Lake Provincial Park (Lost Ledge sites), Kootenay ...
Kootenay River. Map of the Kootenay/Kootenai River, its main tributaries and lakes, and major cities. The Kootenay River[7] or Kootenai River[2] is a major river of the Northwest Plateau in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, and northern Montana and Idaho in the United States.
The Kootenay Lake ferry is a ferry across Kootenay Lake in southeastern British Columbia, which operates between Balfour, on the west side of the lake, and Kootenay Bay, on the east side. The MV Osprey 2000 and the MV Balfour are the two vessels used. [1] The route is the world's longest free scenic ferry which carries vehicles. [2]
The Kootenays are more or less defined by the Kootenay Land District, though some variation exists in terms of what areas are or are not a part.The strictest definition of the region is the drainage basin of the lower Kootenay River from its re-entry into Canada near Creston, through to its confluence with the Columbia at Castlegar (illustrated by a, right).
Kokanee Creek Provincial Park. Kokanee Creek Provincial Park is a provincial park on the west shore of Kootenay Lake in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. Highway 3A bisects the park 19 kilometres (12 mi) east of Nelson. Established as a BC Provincial Park in 1955, it encompasses 260 hectares of sandy beaches, deltas ...
List of provincial parks of the Kootenays. The list of provincial parks of the Kootenays contains the provincial parks located within this geographic region of the province of British Columbia. It includes parks from the three regional districts of East Kootenay, Central Kootenay and Kootenay Boundary. These parks are administered by BC Parks ...