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Kokanee Creek Provincial Park is a provincial park on the west shore of Kootenay Lake in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. Highway 3A bisects the park 19 kilometres (12 mi) east of Nelson. Established as a BC Provincial Park in 1955, it encompasses 260 hectares of sandy beaches, deltas, and coniferous forest. [3] [4]
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 .
Kikomun Creek is situated in the southern region of the Rocky Mountain Trench, on the eastern shores of a man-made reservoir along the Kootenay River.This 685-hectare park provides recreational access to Lake Koocanusa, whose name is supposedly a combination of Kootenay, Canada and United States.
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. The park has three glaciers (Kokanee, Caribou, and Woodbury) that feed over 30 alpine lakes which are the ...
Southeast (Columbia River–Kootenay River) Kickininee Provincial Park: PP Okanagan-Similkameen: 48.76 120.5 1970 Southeast (Columbia River–Okanagan River) Kikomun Creek Provincial Park: PP East Kootenay: 682 1,690 1972 Southeast (Columbia River–Kootenay River) Kilbella Estuary Conservancy: C Central Coast: 376 930 2007 North central ...
Dozens of walking trails in and near Castlegar [19] are maintained by the Castlegar Parks and Trails Society. The area attracts retirees and tourists for its summer and winter sports. The Columbia River flows through Castlegar. Along the river to the west are Scotties Marina and Syringa Provincial Park, with boating and camping amenities.
The nearest settlements are Argenta, to the west, and Invermere to the east. The park encompasses several large drainages in their entirety, and contains the headwaters of several other large streams and rivers. On the western side of the park, Hamill, Fry, and Carney Creeks flow into Kootenay Lake and the Kootenay River system.
Kootenay National Park is one of seven contiguous national and provincial parks that form the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site. The Continental Divide is the boundary between Kootenay and Banff National Park , as well as the British Columbia–Alberta provincial border.