Numerous downtown restaurants
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Motorcycling the Loop
Day Hikes
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Ainsworth Hot Springs
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11. Pilot Bay Lighthouse Trails
Gray Creek
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WEST ARM PROVINCIA L PARK
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About the hike - Magic easy hike al, short through an old-growth cedar grove. ground and Moss-covered 400-plus-yeaseeping water among pleasant on r-old trees. Especially Fun for the a hot summer day. entire family. Directions - 33 km (20 of Kaslo. Turn left off mi) west at Retallack Hwy 31A Resort sign, parking immed trailhead crossing small iately on right after bridge.
Crawford Bay
Kootenay Bay
Balfour
Kokanee Creek
Nelson
S HIKE Retallack Recreatio Cedars n Trail
Hike distan ce - 1 km trail (.6 mi) loop
Mirror Lake
Kokanee Glacier
10. Slocan Valley Rail Trail
Appledale
To Meadow Creek & Duncan Dam BONUS HIKE Retallack
B. Fletcher Falls
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1. Merry Creek Trail
Davis Creek Lost Ledge
6. Kaslo River Trail
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Retallack
New Denver
Silverton
VALHALLA PROVINCIA L PARK
A. Wilson Creek Falls
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KOOTENAY
Get off the road and into the hills to appreciate the beauty that surrounds the loop. Look for 3 trail maps [Wash., Idaho, and B.C.] produced by the Selkirk Loop
Lockhart Beach
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C. Beaver Falls
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Montrose Beaver Creek
5. Stagleap Provincial Park
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R K I S E L
Castlegar
The town soon matured from a false-fronted boomtown to a sophisticated city. Francis Rattenbury, a noted architect, designed chateau-style civic buildings made of granite, which are still in use today. A native of England, Rattenbury spent much of his career in British Columbia and had previously designed the legislature building in Victoria. By the 1900s, Nelson boasted several fine hotels, a Hudson’s Bay Company store and an electric streetcar system. The local forestry and mining industries were well-established. Because of the enduring charm of Nelson’s historic buildings, the city has become known as the “Heritage Capital” of British Columbia. The town built its own hydroelectric generating system in 1910. English immigrants planted lakeside orchards, and Doukhobors from Russia, sponsored by Tolstoy and the Quakers, tilled the valley benchlands. To relive history, take a tour of a restored Doukhobor village at nearby Castlegar. Kootenay Lake was a marine performance centre for speedboats in the 1930s and ’40s. In 1933, Nelson resident Lou Gilbert set the World Speed Record in his class at 68 mph, and his boat, the Lady Bird, can be seen today at Touchstones, Nelson’s museum and gallery.
To Cranbrook & Kimberley
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