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Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park is one of the oldest provincial parks in British Columbia, established in 1922.The park has an area of 320.35 km 2 (123.69 sq mi) and is located in the Selkirk Mountains in the West Kootenays region of BC.
Kingfisher Creek Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada located 15 km southeast of Sicamous and west of Mabel Lake in the Monashee Mountains. The park is 440 hectares and was created to enhance the viability of the Kingfisher Creek Ecological Preserve .
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 .
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).
Ceyx (/ ˈ s iː ɪ k s / SEE-icks) is an Old World genus of river kingfishers. [2] These kingfishers are found from South East Asia to the Solomon Islands.. The genus was introduced by the French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède in 1799, and derives its name from the Greek myth of Alcyone and Ceyx. [3]
Chamberlain, A. F., "Report of the Kootenay Indians of South Eastern British Columbia," in Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, (London, 1892) Finley, Debbie Joseph, and Howard Kallowat. Owl's Eyes & Seeking a Spirit: Kootenai Indian Stories. Pablo, Mont: Salish Kootenai College Press, 1999. ISBN 0-917298-66-7
The Regional District of North Okanagan (RDNO) is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, Canada.The Canada 2011 Census population was 81,237. The land area is 7,512.58 km 2 (2,900.62 sq mi).
Boat Encampment is a ghost town in the East Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, Canada. The locality was at the tip of the Big Bend on the north shore of the Columbia River . [ 1 ] The general vicinity, on the former Big Bend Highway , was by road about 151 kilometres (94 mi) northwest of Golden and 159 kilometres (99 mi) north of ...