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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 list of provincial parks of the Kootenays contains the provincial parks located within this geographic region of the province of British Columbia. It includes parks from the three regional districts of East Kootenay , Central Kootenay and Kootenay Boundary .
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).
The national park borders Glacier National Park in Montana, United States. Waterton was the fourth Canadian national park, formed in 1895 as Kootenay Lakes Forest Reserve . It is named after Waterton Lake , in turn after the Victorian naturalist and conservationist Charles Waterton .
1 October 2005 (national park) August 1973 (national park reserve) 1,805 km 2 (697 sq mi) - Western Newfoundland highlands A World Heritage Site due to its exposed mantle and crust as an example of plate tectonics, the park also includes Western Brook Pond, Lobster Cove, and Gros Morne mountain in the Long Range Mountains chain. [26] Gulf Islands
Mount Wardle is situated in Kootenay National Park at the southern end of the Vermilion Range, which is a sub-range of the Canadian Rockies.Mount Wardle is home to the largest population of mountain goats within the national park. [5]
Location: Kootenay National Park, British Columbia, Canada: Coordinates: 1]: Type: Tiered horsetails: Total height: 352 metres (1,155 ft): Number of drops: 3: Longest drop: 250–300 metres (820–980 ft): Total width: 91 metres (299 ft): Average width: 30 metres (98 ft): Run: 244 metres (801 ft): Watercourse: Helmet Creek: Average flow rate: 1 m 3 /s (35 cu ft/s): Helmet Falls is a tiered ...
Mount Harkin is a 2,979-metre (9,774-foot) mountain summit located in the Kootenay River Valley along the eastern border of Kootenay National Park. Park visitors can see the peak from Highway 93, also known as the Banff–Windermere Highway. It is part of the Mitchell Range, which is a sub-range of the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada.