East Kootenays Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
regional district of British Columbia
About East Kootenays
The East Kootenay valley is generally wider, drier and has greater extremes of temperatures than theWest Kootenays, with which it is often compared. While remote from most population centres in British Columbia, the valley is only a few hours' drive fromCalgaryand other points in southernAlberta, and many people from those areas own property and/or visit during the summer for boating, fishing and golf and in the winter for skiing. Like Alberta, East Kootenay is in the Mountain time zone, one hour ahead of most of BC. From Canal Flats, about 30 minutes north ofCranbrook, the Kootenay River enters the valley from the Rockies and flows south; the Columbia River starts its journey north from its headwaters in Columbia Lake. Early in the 1900s, there was a plan to join the Columbia and Kootenay
East Kootenays Travel Guide Sections
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