Slocan

Slocan was the smallest incorporated city in the British Commonwealth, and perhaps the smallest city in the world, before it lost its city incorporation in the 1950s. The Village of […]

Silverton

On the east shore of Slocan Lake, five kilometres south of New Denver is the small village of Silverton. The region was first settled in 1892 by miners working the […]

Selkirk Valley

The Selkirk Valley and North Kootenay Lake Valley are located in the Kootenays region of BC, hemmed in by the Selkirk Mountains. Steep-sided valleys force the peaks’ runoff into long, […]

Sandon

Known in the 1890s at the Monte Carlo of North America, the City of Sandon lies in the Selkirk Mountain Range high in the heart of the “Silvery Slocan”. Famed […]

Salmo

The small village of Salmo, to the east of Trail in the Kootenays region of British Columbia, is another of the booming mining towns whose prosperity was curtailed by a […]

Rossland

Built in the crater of an extinct volcano in the Monashee Range, seven miles north of the United States border in Washington State, Rossland is a mountain city to top […]

Revelstoke

Nestled high in the Monashee Mountains, adjacent to Mount Revelstoke National Park and close to Glacier National Park, the year-round playground of Revelstoke has some of the most spectacular scenery […]