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- Type of destination: Byways
- Location of destination: Canada - British Columbia
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This geotour guide leads you through the following West Kootenay sites:
Site 1: Historic downtown Nelson – rich mining heritage.
Site 2: Gyro Park viewpoint of Nelson – Nelson’s big picture and rock foundations.
Site 2a: Pulpit Rock viewpoint of Nelson – Nelson’s really big picture.
Site 3: Kokanee Creek Provincial Park – where mountain stream meets lake.
Site 4: Kootenay Lake ferry – why is there a big lake here? And a tectonic suture line.
Site 5: Riondel – a famous former silver ...
Site 1: Historic downtown Nelson – rich mining heritage.
Site 2: Gyro Park viewpoint of Nelson – Nelson’s big picture and rock foundations.
Site 2a: Pulpit Rock viewpoint of Nelson – Nelson’s really big picture.
Site 3: Kokanee Creek Provincial Park – where mountain stream meets lake.
Site 4: Kootenay Lake ferry – why is there a big lake here? And a tectonic suture line.
Site 5: Riondel – a famous former silver ...
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This geotour guide leads you through the following West Kootenay sites:
Site 1: Historic downtown Nelson – rich mining heritage.
Site 2: Gyro Park viewpoint of Nelson – Nelson’s big picture and rock foundations.
Site 2a: Pulpit Rock viewpoint of Nelson – Nelson’s really big picture.
Site 3: Kokanee Creek Provincial Park – where mountain stream meets lake.
Site 4: Kootenay Lake ferry – why is there a big lake here? And a tectonic suture line.
Site 5: Riondel – a famous former silver mine with gushing
hot waters.
Site 6: Crawford Bay dolomite mine – a good neighbour mine ... and another limestone story.
Site 7: Ainsworth Hot Springs – deep Earth heat and plumbing.
Site 8: Cody Caves Provincial Park – dissolving limestone and subterranean worlds.
Site 9: Sandon ghost town – billion dollar boomtown and the Silvery Slocan silver rush.
Site 10: Idaho Peak Lookout – a stunning view of lake and mountain.
Site 11: New Denver-Silverton – twin towns, silver mining
heritage, and beach geology.
Site 12: MAX molybdenum mine, Trout Lake – a brand new mine.
Site 13: Kootenay River hydropower – powering the Kootenays because of an ancient diversion.
Site 14: Castlegar Lookout – a terrace town on a giant river.
Site 15: Trail smelter viewpoint and interpretive centre – industrial giant and story of environmental recovery. More information about the city of Trail on the Wikipedia website.
Site 16: Le Roi gold mine, Rossland – going underground into a historic mine.
Site 17: Downtown Salmo – stone murals of 540 million year old rock.
Site 1: Historic downtown Nelson – rich mining heritage.
Site 2: Gyro Park viewpoint of Nelson – Nelson’s big picture and rock foundations.
Site 2a: Pulpit Rock viewpoint of Nelson – Nelson’s really big picture.
Site 3: Kokanee Creek Provincial Park – where mountain stream meets lake.
Site 4: Kootenay Lake ferry – why is there a big lake here? And a tectonic suture line.
Site 5: Riondel – a famous former silver mine with gushing
hot waters.
Site 6: Crawford Bay dolomite mine – a good neighbour mine ... and another limestone story.
Site 7: Ainsworth Hot Springs – deep Earth heat and plumbing.
Site 8: Cody Caves Provincial Park – dissolving limestone and subterranean worlds.
Site 9: Sandon ghost town – billion dollar boomtown and the Silvery Slocan silver rush.
Site 10: Idaho Peak Lookout – a stunning view of lake and mountain.
Site 11: New Denver-Silverton – twin towns, silver mining
heritage, and beach geology.
Site 12: MAX molybdenum mine, Trout Lake – a brand new mine.
Site 13: Kootenay River hydropower – powering the Kootenays because of an ancient diversion.
Site 14: Castlegar Lookout – a terrace town on a giant river.
Site 15: Trail smelter viewpoint and interpretive centre – industrial giant and story of environmental recovery. More information about the city of Trail on the Wikipedia website.
Site 16: Le Roi gold mine, Rossland – going underground into a historic mine.
Site 17: Downtown Salmo – stone murals of 540 million year old rock.
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This geotour guide leads you through the following West Kootenay sites:
Site 1: Historic downtown Nelson – rich mining heritage.
Site 2: Gyro Park viewpoint of Nelson – Nelson’s big picture and rock foundations.
Site 2a: Pulpit Rock viewpoint of Nelson – Nelson’s really big picture.
Site 3: Kokanee Creek Provincial Park – where mountain stream meets lake.
Site 4: Kootenay Lake ferry – why is there a big lake here? And a tectonic suture line.
Site 5: Riondel – a famous former silver ...
Site 1: Historic downtown Nelson – rich mining heritage.
Site 2: Gyro Park viewpoint of Nelson – Nelson’s big picture and rock foundations.
Site 2a: Pulpit Rock viewpoint of Nelson – Nelson’s really big picture.
Site 3: Kokanee Creek Provincial Park – where mountain stream meets lake.
Site 4: Kootenay Lake ferry – why is there a big lake here? And a tectonic suture line.
Site 5: Riondel – a famous former silver ...
show more