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springs, three of which are close to town,
and two of which have been developed into
comfortable resorts: Nakusp Hot Springs
and Halcyon Hot Springs. Up in the nearby
Selkirk Mountains are dozens of hiking,
mountain biking, and snowmobiling trails.
Roughly 25 miles (40 km) south of Nakusp, Historic 19th-century shopfronts
in the Slocan Valley, are several abandoned on Front Street in Kaslo
silver-mining “ghost” towns – the most
fascinating is Sandon, once the unofficial
capital of the mining region. Switzerland. A former sawmill and mining
boom town, its picturesque streets are lined
Kaslo with frontier-style storefronts and flower-filled
Dominated by the peaks of the Selkirk and gardens. The village’s main attraction is the
Purcell mountains, this fine lakefront village beached SS Moyie, a sternwheeler that worked
is often referred to as Canada’s Little on Kootenay Lake from 1889 until 1957.

HOT SPRINGS
The West Kootenays is peppered with geothermal
hot springs, ranging from fully developed spa-like
resorts to wilderness backcountry pools. They
provide therapeutic bathing in hot waters,
rich in sulfates, calcium, sodium, lithium, and
magnesium – all said to be good for everyday
aches, as well as arthritis.

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