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Fernie is known for its winter sports, edge, offering stunning views.
and boasts the best powder snow in the From the Clearwater Valley
Rockies, with its skiing season running Road there are several trails,
ranging from easy walks to
from November to April. arduous overnight hikes in
remote country. A selection of
small trails lead to the specta­
here. Tours at the nearby Wild trail through the valley leads cular sight of Dawson Falls.
Horse River Historic Site include hikers to the debris left by the
the chance to pan for gold. disaster. Visitors can learn more
about the mining communities
at the Bellevue Mine – which 13 "
11 offers tours through its historic Bowron Lake
Provincial Park
mining tunnels – and at Leitch
Crowsnest Pass Collieries, a fasci nating early
mining complex. § (250) 320 9305 £
n Frank Slide Interpretive @ Quesnel # May–Sep
Centre; www.frankslide.ca
Bowron Lake Provincial Park is
Crowsnest Pass is located in 12 located about 76 miles (120 km)
Alberta 1 mile (1.5 km) off east of Quesnel on Highway
Hwy 3, close to the border Wells Gray 26 in the Cariboo Mountains.
with BC. Like most Rocky Provincial Park The park is famed for having a
Mountain passes, it is enclosed £ @ Clearwater n 416 70­mile (112­km) rectangular
by snowcapped mountains. Eden Rd; (250) 674 3334 waterway com posed of nine
In the early 1900s, this area ∑ wellsgray.ca lakes, three rivers, streams,
was dominated by the coal­ small lakes, and many portages
mining industry and was the One of the most beautiful (trails linking the waterways).
site of Canada’s worst mine wilder nesses in BC, this park The waterway is highly
disaster. In 1903, a rockslide offers wonders comparable to popular as a canoe circuit,
on Turtle Mountain fell into the Rockies in the east. The and a week­long, ticketed
the valley below, hitting the park was opened in 1939 and trip is offered regularly, but
town of Frank and killing is distinguished by thundering it is limited to 50 can oeists
70 people. The Frank Slide waterfalls, alpine meadows, at a time (some experience
Interpretive Centre offers two and glacier­topped peaks. The is recommended), and must
award­winning audio­visual Canadian National Railroad and be booked ahead, either by
presentations about this Hwy 5 follow the Thompson phone or online. The trip is
tragic event, and a marked River along the park’s western great for wildlife encounters,
with frequent sightings of
moose and beaver. In late
summer, bears come to feed
on the spawning sockeye
salmon in the Bowron River.

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