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The Kootenay Lake ferry is a ferry across Kootenay Lake in southeastern British Columbia, which operates between Balfour, on the west side of the lake, and Kootenay Bay, on the east side. The MV Osprey 2000 and the MV Balfour are the two vessels used. [1] The route is the world's longest free scenic ferry which carries vehicles. [2]
Kootenay Bay is an unincorporated community on the east shore of Kootenay Lake in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The ferry terminal and former steamboat landing, on BC Highway 3A , is by road about 81 kilometres (50 mi) north of Creston and 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) west of Crawford Bay .
Nelson Bridge crosses Kootenay Lake (West Arm) Balfour: 75.92: 47.17: Highway 31 north – Ainsworth Hot Springs, Kaslo: Hwy 3A branches south into ferry terminal 76.08: 47.27: Kootenay Lake Ferry crosses Kootenay Lake Kilometrage does not include ferry: Creston: 154.26: 95.85: Highway 3 (Crowsnest Highway) – Cranbrook, Salmo, Castlegar: Hwy ...
MV Coho in Victoria Harbour, British Columbia, Canada. The Puget Sound Navigation Company (PSNC) was founded by Charles E. Peabody in 1898. [1] Today the company operates an international passenger and vehicle ferry service between Port Angeles, Washington, United States and Victoria, British Columbia, Canada on the MV Coho, [2] through its operating company, Black Ball Ferry Line.
Kootenay Lake is a lake located in British Columbia, Canada.It is part of the Kootenay River.The lake has been raised by the Corra Linn Dam and has a dike system at the southern end, which, along with industry in the 1950s–70s, has changed the ecosystem in and around the water.
Forming a natural boundary, the lake and the Kootenay Pass on the Salmo–Creston highway divide the Pacific Time Zone from the mountain one. When daylight saving ends, the time change migrates from Yahk to the Kootenay Bay ferry landing. Consequently, Creston in the warmer months is on Castlegar time and in the colder months on Cranbrook time.
The MV Coho is a passenger and vehicle ferry owned and operated by Black Ball Line. [2] Black Ball's only ferry, Coho carries passengers and cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailers, bicycles, etc. between Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and Port Angeles, Washington, United States.
The Columbia River begins at Columbia Lake, flows north in the trench through the Columbia Valley to Windermere Lake to Golden, British Columbia.The Kootenay River flows south from the Rocky Mountains, then west into the Rocky Mountain Trench, coming within just over a mile (1.6 km) from Columbia Lake, at a point called Canal Flats, where a shipping canal was built in 1889.