Kootenay Parks and Trails

In the summer months the popular activities include swimming, hiking, canoeing, dirt biking, atving and picnicking. The lake is a very popular destination for family picnics with children. It is a self maintained recreation site so it is important that all garbage is packed out.

Revelstoke

Waterfront Pathway is a paved recreation trail exploring the banks of the West Arm of Kootenay Lake in the community of Nelson, BC which is in the Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada. The 3.5 kilometre walking path stretches from the City Wharf on one end of the walkway to Lakeside Park on t

Nelson

Waldie Island Trail explores the north shore of the Columbia River, located in the community of Castlegar, BC, Canada. Established in 1996, the hiking and walking trail is part of a protected Blue Heron bird sanctuary known as the Waldie Island Heron Reserve.

Old Mill Road

Castlegar

Canyon Park includes 30 picnic sites (some shaded from the sun) with fire pits. There is a baseball diamond, a horse arena, a horse racing track, horseshoe pits, a playground, a bandstand shelter, a fitness circuit and some washrooms.

48th Street

Creston

Horseshoe Lake Forest Recreation Site is popular for hiking, birdwatching, camping, mountain biking, swimming, fishing and canoeing.

Horseshoe Lake Road

Cranbrook

Radium Hot Springs is a year round attraction located next to the village and within the Kootenay National Park boundaries next to the cliffs of Sinclair Canyon.

Radium

Gyro Park is a very popular community recreation day park in the heart of Nelson, BC which is situated in the Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada. The garden park extends onto a rock outcropping viewpoint which overlooks the downtown sector of Nelson, BC and the west arm of Kootenay Lake.

Park Avenue

Nelson

There are viewing benches constructed around Maiden Lake. Ideal front row seats for birdwatching, people watching and having lunch. At one end of the lake is a small sandy beach and a swimming pier.

Fernie

Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park was established in 1922 and is one of the oldest wilderness parks in the British Columbia park system. The 32,035 hectare park is located in the Selkirk Mountains, between Slocan and Kootenay Lakes, near the community of Nelson and Kaslo, BC in the Kootenay region.

Highway #31

Kaslo

Lockhart Beach Provincial Park is a small recreation park located south of the resort village of Crawford Bay and north of the community of Creston, in the Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada.

Hwy #3a

Crawford Bay

The SS Moyie is recognized as a National Historic Site and a BC Landmark. The well maintained and restored paddle wheeler is a historic museum. Inside are displays of pictures, artifacts and models depicting the history of the early 1900s living life on Kootenay Lake.

Front Street

Kaslo

Gorman Lake Trail is an alpine lake and hiking trail in the backcountry mountains situated north of the community of Golden, BC in the Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada. The lake destination is part of the Dogtooth Range of the Columbia Mountains.

Kicking Horse Drive

Golden

Kimberley Nature Park is one of the largest multi-use municipal parks in Canada that falls within the city limits of a community. The large 800 hectare (1800 acres) nature park is located in the community Kimberley, BC in the Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada.

Swan Avenue

Kimberley

Columbia Basin Wetlands is a hot spot for multi day canoeing, wilderness camping, birding and fishing in the Kootenays of British Columbia, Canada.

Invermere

The main features in the park are the alpine lake, sandy beach and the hiking trail. The 32 hectare lake, the 100 metre sandy beach and the 5 kilometre hiking trail attract many to the park during the summer who enjoy fishing, canoeing, wind surfing, picnicking, hiking, swimming and boating.

Rossland

Kootenay Parks and Trails

Echo Lake

Waterfront Pathway, Nelson

Waldie Island Trail

Canyon Park

Horseshoe Lake Recreation Forest Site, Cranbrook

Radium Hot Springs

Gyro Park - Nelson

Maiden Lake

Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park, Kootenays

Lockhart Beach Provincial Park, Crawford Bay

SS Moyie National Historic Site, Kaslo

Gorman Lake Trail

Kimberley Nature Park

Columbia Basin Wetlands

Nancy Greene Provincial Park, Rossland