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Visitors enjoying the
popular swimming pool at
Radium Hot Springs

abandoned by the Canadian
Pacific Railway due to
avalanches, and a tunnel was
built underneath it instead.
The Trans-Canada Highway
(Hwy 1) follows the route of
the pass as it bisects the park,
en route to the lovely town
of Revelstoke (p127).

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Kananaskis Country
@ Canmore n 907 7th Ave,
Canmore; www.kananaskis.
com
Kananaskis Country is a
verdant park system in the
Rocky Mountain foothills, with
mountain peaks, lakes, rivers, Radium Hot Springs pools, store fronts of the coffee shops
and alpine meadows. Located along the deep red cliffs of and pubs along the main
southwest of Calgary on the the Redwall Fault, and up over street, and the town has more
boundary of Banff National the Sinclair Pass. The road motel rooms than residents.
Park, this 1,500 sq miles continues into the Kootenay Many of the 1.2 million
(4,000 sq km) of wilderness is River Valley, past Hector Gorge, annual visitors come to bathe
popular for hiking and view ing and into the Vermilion Valley. in the healing waters of the
wildlife such as eagles, wolves, Short nature trails introduce springs. There are two pools:
and bears. The town of you to magical Paint Pots, a hot soaking pool and a
Canmore serves as the center iron-rich mineral springs cooler swimming pool. Locker
of this large recreational area, with rust-colored clay banks. rooms, swim suits, and towels
offering plenty of places to Visitors will see the Marble can all be rented, and
stay, as well as information Canyon, whose 115-ft (35-m) massages are available.
on outdoor activi ties. deep dolomite walls are Visitors can explore the
carved by the glacial waters nearby Columbia Valley
of Tokumm Creek. The Wetlands too. Fed by glacial
Fireweed Trail at Vermilion waters from the Purcell
7 "'= Pass take in vibrant regene- and Rocky mountains, the
Kootenay rating forests growing along Columbia River meanders
National Park the Continental Divide, in the through these marsh lands,
wake of old forest fires. which provide an important
n Kootenay National Park habitat for over 250 migratory
Visitor Center, 7556 Main
St E , Radium Hot Springs; waterfowl such as Canada
(mid-May–Sep); (250) 347 8 geese and tundra swans.
9505 Radium Hot Springs
Kootenay National Park covers n Visitor Center, 7556 Main
543 sq miles (1,406 sq km) St E; www.radiumhot Did You Know?
and is known for its ecology, springs.com
climate, and diversity of land- Local legend tells of a
scape. The 58-mile (94-km) This small town is famous Bigfoot, or Sasquatch,
Kootenay Parkway (Hwy 93S) for its mineral springs and living in the Rockies.
bisects the park from north is a good base for exploring Look out for giant
to south. It winds through the nearby Kootenay National “foot prints.”
the narrow gorge of Sinclair Park. In the summer, flower-
Canyon, past the renowned filled pots decorate the
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