Wardner, just south of Highway 3, anglers with their own drift boats.
has an interesting and informative
The region is known as British
interpretive display area with aquaria,
Columbia’s mountain playground.
educational models, and other
enjoy the spectacular vistas along
exhibits.
the National Parks Corridor that
Big rivers like the Columbia and contains Kootenay, yoho, Glacier, and
Kootenay provide a variety of species Mount Revelstoke parks, and a major
that can include white sturgeon and portion of the northern Columbia
walleye in addition to trout, whitefish, River Valley with its massive dams
and bull trout. Use a boat, or fish at and hydro reservoirs. There are also
the mouths of feeder creeks like the in excess of 75 provincial parks that
Syringa on the Kootenay River, or the offer swimming, hiking, horseback
Blanket, Downie, and Goldstream on riding, and mountain biking in
the Columbia. addition to fabulous fishing. Try some
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challenging “mile-high” golf at more
westslope cutthroat trout suddenly
than 20 championship courses carved
slurping your mayfly or caddis fly
around the bases of lofty peaks.
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imitation as it bobs down a seam in Come back for the world-famous
Smaller lakes like Whatshan, St. the current is a fly-fisher’s dream. backcountry ski touring, heli- or
Mary, Champion, Summit, Box, Fish, The elk River (which flows through snowcat-skiing, and snowboarding
Whiteswan, North Star, Peckhams, the resource-industry towns of in the deep powder snow that covers
Rockbluff, Whitetail, Rosebud, Cherry, elkford, Sparwood, and Fernie); the region’s Selkirk and Monashee
and Premier (as well as a host of the Bull, Wigwam, St. Mary, and ranges each winter. There are plenty
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many of these smaller lakes freeze in each community offer fully guided
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