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Abandoned building and vehicles in the
                         silver-mining ghost town of Sandon
 Beaton  Beaton
 Trout  Trout
 Galena Bay Galena Bay  Lake City Lake City  The small village of
                         Meadow Creek is the
                         gateway to the Lardeau     GREAT VIEW
 Trout  Trout            Valley, a gorgeous, if remote
 Halfway Hot Halfway Hot  Lake                      Buchanan
 Gerrard Gerrard
 Lake
 Springs
 Halcyon Hot Halcyon Hot  Springs  stretch of backcountry   Fire Tower
 Springs  Springs        with great hiking trails
 St Leon St Leon  Duncan  Duncan  and several rafting tours.  Follow the Blue Ridge
          Lake  Lake                             Forest Services Road
 Ione Falls Ione Falls
 Upper  Upper
 Arrow Lake Arrow Lake                           to a retired fire tower
         Howser Howser       Sandon, a former    on the top of Mount
 Nakusp Hot Nakusp Hot       silver-mining town,   Buchanan. At 6,272 ft
 Springs  Springs            boasted a population of   (1,912 m), the 360-
 Nakusp Nakusp               10,000 during the boom
 Summit LakeSummit Lake  Meadow CreekMeadow Creek  degree views from the
 McDonald Creek  Provincial Parkvincial Park  years. Now a ghost town,   peak here are stunning.
 McDonald Creek
 o
 Pr
 Provincial Park             you can explore its empty   Several picnic tables are
 Provincial Park
          Lardeau Lardeau    buildings and abandoned   dotted around near the
                             streetcars (p119).
 Upper  Upper  Galena  Galena                    former  lookout.
 Arrow  Arrow  Trail  Trail
 Lake  Lake   New Denver
  New Denver
   Sandon Sandon
 Silverton Silverton
    Buchanan Buchanan
           Kaslo
    Fire Tower Fire Tower  Kaslo
 Slocan  Slocan
 Fauquier Fauquier  Lake  Lake
            Kootenay Kootenay
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            Lake  Lake                     0 kilometers0 kilometers  25  N  N
 Slocan  Slocan                Kokanee Creek   0 miles  0 miles  25  25
          Ainsworth Hot Springsth Hot Springs
 Upper  Upper  Slocan  Slocan  Cody CavesCody Caves  Ains w or  Provincial Park has
                               beautiful sandy beaches,
 Arrow Lake Arrow Lake Appledale Appledale  Balfour Balfour  K  several playgrounds,
            Kootenay Bayootenay Bay
                               and plenty of mountain-
         K
 Vallican Vallican  Kokanee Creekokanee Creek  biking trails to explore.
          o
    Provincial Parkvincial Park
         Pr
 Nelson  Nelson              The vibrant town of
 Kootenay  Kootenay  START   Nelson has a pretty
 South Slocan
 South Slocan  Whitewater Skihitewater Ski
         W
    Resort  Resort           historic center, with many
                             buildings dating back to
        Kootenay Kootenay    the 19th-century (p118).
 CastlegarCastlegar  Lake  Lake                        BRITISH
                                                      COLUMBIA
                                                       INTERIOR
           Duck LakeDuck Lake
 Columbia  Columbia  Salmo  Salmo  Wynndel Wynndel
 R
 Red Mountained Mountain
                                                         The West
 Resort  Resort  FINISH                                  Kootenays
 Trail
 Rossland Rossland  Trail  Creston Creston
                                                          Locator Map
                                                      For more detail see p112
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