Kaslo & Area Guide 2018 by Pennywise Publishing

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August 11

K a sl o M a y Da y s

May 19-21

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DINING & ACCOMMODATION

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Kaslo is Celebra ng 125 Years!

This year, 2018, the Village of Kaslo is celebrating 125 years since it was first incorporated. Of course numbers are arbitrary, and we Kaslovians celebrate each other and where we live any time we jolly well please, and we do so often, more often than we whine (we’re human like that, too.) But marker years cause us to stop Kaslo 60th Anniversary Jubilee, 1953 and reflect, which in turn inspires us the moonrise when the full moon to go ahead and make a mark of our own, is finally released by the jagged here and now. peaks of the Purcell mountains. There will be many projects and events Kaslo is an easy place to fall in commemorating a century and a quarter love with; the beauty of its setof life in this mountain town on the big ting is almost overwhelming at lake. In the centre of this special edition of first. Look across the brilliant Kaslo 125th Anniversary, 2018 Photo: Dan Sequin the Kaslo Guide we hope you’ll enjoy the clear water of Kootenay Lake at the ciate the beauty of the landscape – just as snippets we have chosen from our remark- mountains opposite. The Purcells appear today a biker on the newly hewn trail up able history. On the Victorian Day long unmarked by roads and man-made struc- Strawberry Ridge stops, drops her hands weekend join us and all those returning for tures. The forested slopes beckon hikers, from the grips and takes a few moments just Kaslo’s annual homecoming at May Days, mountain bikers and backcountry skiers, to gaze over Kootenay Lake. a community party that has been reuniting and provide inspiration for musicians and Come and visit! relatives and rousing a rabble every year artists. The most dramatic peak, snowwithout fail since 1892. The big day, when topped for all but a few weeks every year, For all the generations of people who have there is sure to be lots of pomp and cere- is the mountain named after the Norse god made their home in Kaslo since 1893, mony, speeches and an unveiling or two, Loki, a legendary trickster and a shape shiftgrowing up hasn’t changed that much. will be August 14, Kaslo’s official birthday. er. Climbing Mt Loki is a rite of passage for Listen to Mary Carolyn Davies in her For a village with a population of under many Kaslovians. poem A Mining Town, Kaslo BC 1,000 people, Kaslo sure has a lot going on. Kaslo kids grow up with the lake as their “…I see you again, town of my childhood. This is not just the contemporary face of front yard and the bush as their backyard. Eager, flaming town. Confident, alert, Kaslo – in the late 1890s Kaslo was often All that wildness fosters a sense of advenTown of the mountainside with glaciers called “The City of Energy.” Perhaps it’s be- ture, an urge to get out there. They carve cause the townsite is so compact, and far their own paths or follow the route of the above you, and snow peaks; enough away from larger centres that we wagon roads and pack horse trails. In the … Was ever a child of yours need to create our own entertainment. old days, access was carved through the afraid, little Town? Highlights on the calendar are May Days mountains by hand, by steam donkey, and They all have the eyes of you, and the Kaslo Jazz Etc festival in August, the giant Timber Hog (an early chainsaw.) eyes that see far when the population of Kaslo triples and we It was the lure of minerals and the towering And your hands of daring, and your welcome amazing musicians on the floating timber that drew on the prospectors and heart of reckless joy.” fallers over a century ago. But you have to stage in the bay, and dance on the beach, under the August sun and in the shine of think that some of them paused to appre-

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Galena Bay

West Kootenay

Trout Lake

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Upper Arrow Lakes Ferry

Trout Lake

Halcyon Hot Springs

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If you meet a bear in the wild, remain calm. Never approach or chase the bear; instead face the bear without making eye contact and back away slowly. Take the same route out that you came in. Ask at the Kaslo Visitors Centre at the SS Moyie for local informa on on bears.

Salmo

TRAIL

KASLO

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Be Bear Aware wildsafebc.com

Kootenay Lake Ferry Kootenay Bay Crawford Bay

Balfour

NELSON

Ainsworth Hot Springs

Harrop

Passmore

Home of the SS Moyie National Historic Site

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Koch Creek Road

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Mirror Lake

Valhalla Park

Edgewood

Christina Lake

Argenta

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Silverton

Needles

Purcell Wilderness Conservancy

Arrow Park Arrow Park Ferry

Duncan Lake

West Kootenay Map .................5 Ferry Schedules ........................7 Historical Landmarks ...........9-11 Events Calendar .....................11 Fes vals ............................13-15 Recrea on .............................17 Ar sts & Ar sans ...............19-21 125th Anniversary Sec on . 22-32 Kaslo Street Map ...............26-27 Healing & Wellness ...........35-38 Day Trips ...........................40-43 Woodbury ..............................45 Ainsworth ..............................46 North End of Kootenay Lake ....47 Dining Guide ..........................48 Accommoda ons Guide ....49-50 Churches ................................50

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Kaslo aerial: Ken Hewat Mtn Biker: Thomas Nowaczynski Street aerial: Dan Seguin Jazz Etc Fes val: Louis Bockner

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Map of Kaslo and the West Kootenay

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Ferry Schedules BALFOUR

KOOTENAY BAY

Vessel Name

All Year

Summer

All Year

Osprey 2000

6:30 am

7:10 am

Osprey 2000

8:10 am

9:00 am

Osprey 2000

9:50 am

10:40 am

MV Balfour

10:40 am

Osprey 2000

11:30 am

MV Balfour

11:30 am

11:30 am 12:20 pm

12:20 pm

Osprey 2000

1:10 pm

MV Balfour

1:10 pm

2:50 pm

MV Balfour

2:50 pm

2:00 pm

2:00 pm 2:50 pm

3:40 pm

Osprey 2000

12:20 pm 1:10 pm

2:00 pm

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7:00 pm

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8:40 pm

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Fauquier-Needles Ferry

All times are Pacific (Balfour) time.

The Arrow Lakes Ferries Include the Fauquier-Needles ferry (approximately 20 minutes) and the Upper Arrow Lakes ferry between Shelter Bay and Galena Bay (approximately 25 minutes) and the Arrow Park ferry (just 5 minutes.)

Upper Arrow Lakes Ferry - (enroute to Revelstoke and the Trans Canada Hwy) Allow two and a half hours to drive to Galena Bay from Kaslo. The free ferry crosses to Shelter Bay (west side) once an hour, on the half hour, 5:30 am un l 12:30 am at night: to Galena Bay (east side) 5am - midnight. The Fauquier/Needles Ferry - on Hwy 6 (enroute to Vernon) leaves from Fauquier (east side) every 30 minutes on the hour and half hour 5 am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 10 pm; from Needles (west side) 5:15 am - 9:45 pm. Arrow Park Ferry - On demand.

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Kootenay Lake Ferry Arrow Lakes Ferry

Kootenay Lake Ferries Connects Highway 3A from Balfour on the west side of the lake to Kootenay Bay on the east side, and is the longest free ferry ride in the world (at approximately 35 minutes.)

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Fishing, Hunting, Camping, Motorbike & Smoke Shop

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The SS Moyie

In 1942, Kaslo’s heyday was a distant memory. This influx of new residents made a big impression and animated the half

The Kaslo Village Hall

St Andrew’s Church, like the Village, is also celebrating 125 years. Several events are planned including an old fashioned pantomime “Tell Me An Old Story’’ – the story of St Andrew’s beginnings in 1893 up to today. Local actors will represent some of the town’s forefathers who participated in the building of the church, the impact on the church of the fire and floods the following year, and the connection with Rev. K. Shimuzu whose congregation of Japanese Canadian internees worshiped here.

The Langham There are many old buildings in Kaslo, but arguably none can match the Langham as a witness to the challenges met by all those who have climbed its elegant central stairway. For some, the clapboard sided, cedar shake-roofed building on A Avenue and Fifth Street was their workplace – it was

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Kaslo Village Hall - Photo: Karma Halleran

empty town. After the war was over, all but three of the interned families left the village. On 6 August 1988 a ceremony to formally apologize to the Japanese Canadians interned in the Langham and elsewhere in Kaslo took place. The Village of Kaslo became the first municipality to offer redress. Until the early seventies, the building did not see much love and demolition of the raw, derelict building seemed inevitable. An energetic local group, organized by Michael Guthrie, saw its potential for a cultural centre and purchased the building. The Langham Cultural Society was formed in 1974 and for four decades has been a hub of arts, culture and heritage in Kaslo and the surrounding region. It currently houses galleries, studios, a small intimate theatre, and the Japanese Canadian Museum. During the year, the public can view a variety of exhibitions in the galleries, attend plays, music events and inter-

national films in the theatre, and participate in a wide variety of workshops and classes. In 2014, the Architecture Foundation of British Columbia named 12 of the best buildings in BC. The Langham was recognized as one of that elite dozen. The self-guided tour of the Japanese Canadian Museum features a series of photographs and writings on the walls and stairways of the building. There are sound stations where one can hear the authentic voices of internees. On the third floor there is also a re-creation of the living quarters of a family of Nisei (Canadian citizens of Japanese descent); a snap shot of what it must have been like to live in internal exile in one’s own country. Langham Gallery hours are Thursday through Sunday, 1 – 4 pm. The Japanese Canadian museum is open weekdays from 10 am to 4 pm, seven days a week. For more information call 250-353-2661 or email langham@netidea.com, or you can go to their website www.thelangham.ca

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Saint Andrew's Church

(Kaslo’s “City” days are long gone!) was built in 1898 – the same year the SS Moyie made her maiden voyage on Kootenay Lake. It is the oldest municipal hall still standing in mainland BC. For the past decade this graceful wooden building has undergone extensive restoration, both outside and inside. While the library remained open on the ground floor despite the ongoing works, Kaslo Village staff and council moved their offices to the Kemball Memorial Centre in 2009. After almost a decade they will be moving back to the Village Hall this year.

Landmarks

The Langham

When she was launched on October 22, 1898, there were no roads, no trains, and only foot, horse or mule travel into these hidden mountain valleys. You could not overstate this ship’s value, or the affection the people in the many isolated communities on Kootenay Lake felt for her during her 60 years of faithful service on the lake. The ship is still a welcoming sight. The SS Moyie is both Kaslo’s Visitor Centre and a captivating museum. Read more about the Moyie on page 11.

originally built in 1896 as a hotel. It was so busy in town then that each bed was rented out to three miners, who slept in shifts. It later became a bank, a bottling company for ginger beer and sodas, and a boatworks. 76 years ago, in the late winter of 1942, it became the home for eighty men, women and children who did not arrive by choice. It was World War II and the BC government, with an Order In Council, initiated a scheme whereby Canadians of Japanese descent were exiled to the interior of the province. With only one bag of possessions each to remind them of their former life on the coast, thousands were forced to live in tent camps and in the old buildings that had been abandoned after the mining boom went bust.

Kaslo Village Hall

There are 94 Na onal Historic Sites in the vast province of Bri sh Columbia and only ﬁve in all of the West Kootenay. There are two Na onal Historic Sites in Kaslo – the Village Hall on 4th Street and the SS Moyie, the oldest intact passenger sternwheeler in the world.

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Gallery Thurs - Sun 1 - 4 Theatre Workshops Community Events Japanese Canadian Museum Visit our website for schedule of events

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Landmarks

Events Polar Bear Plunge

Jan 1

Kootenay Star Mining Museum This little museum, right in the middle of Front Street, celebrates an era when hard, hard work, and unimaginable risk, was the norm for most people. At its founding, Kaslo was the gateway to the “mining metropolis of the world”; a time when fortunes were made and lost in a day. Hundreds of old tools from the boomtown years are on display – also mining machines, assaying paraphernalia and mineral samples, and miners’ gear. At the back, there is one room devoted to the early days of forestry. Axes of all different shapes and sizes, and crosscut saws cover the walls. A stump in the middle of the room bristles with some of the first power saws ever used for falling trees and bucking timber. Imagine hefting any one of these monstrous old chainsaws in the saw room. Photos and ephemera and even personal items from Kaslo’s early years are displayed on the walls and in cabinets – medicine bottles, spectacles, a restaurant menu, a photo of horses wearing snowshoes… After your visit, enjoy the warm atmosphere at Teresa’s, a unique coffee shop above the museum, which serves homemade delectables, sandwiches, espresso coffees and ice cream.

Argenta Fall Faire 2nd or 3rd weekend in September Thanksgiving Rainbow Derby Woodbury Resort

Salon of the Arts, Langham

Jan 19

The New Oxford Quartet, St Andrew’s Church

Robbie Burns Night, BlueBelle

Jan 25

Kaslo May Days Festival

May 19-21

Christmas Light Up Celebration

Dec 1

Kaslo Logger Sports

May 19, 20

Kaslo Legion Craft Faire

Dec 1

Kaslo Show n' Shine

May 20

BC Day Winter in the Forest Festival Heritage Week Activities Early Years of Kaslo, Langham

Feb 12 Feb 19–25 March 2

May 15

Canada Day

July 1

Kaslo Art Walk summer months

Winter Solstice Celebrations

Jazz Etc. Festival

Aug 3-5

ONGOING:

Alexei Tartakovsky, pianist St Andrew’s Church

IDIDaRide-Run

Aug 11

Kaslo Saturday Market

Pirate’s Day SS Moyie

Aug 12

Easter Dolly Derby, Woodbury Resort March 31-April 2

Columbia Basin Culture Tour Aug 11, 12

The Zodiac Trio Piano, violin, clarinet St Andrew’s Church April 5

British Car Show

Small Glories folk/roots, Langham April 14

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Kaslo’s 125th Birthday

Aug 14

Dec 21

Kaslo Jamboree Hockey Tournament Dec 22, 23

Twin Bandit, folk duo, Langham March 3 Mar 9

Oct 6-8

June 9 to Sept 22, 10-2pm Workshops, exhibitions, speakers & film series www.thelangham.ca

Sept 9

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Lardeau Valley Harvest Festival Sept 29

For up to date event info.

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Events Calendar

The Slocan Ramblers, Bluegrass, Langham May 11

Kootenay Star Mining Museum

Come down to the ship at the bottom of Front Street for a journey into the not-so-distant past that feels like a world away. The sternwheeler SS Moyie belongs to the era when only steamships could have brought so many settlers and prospectors to this difficult landscape. Kootenay Lake was the only highway. For nearly sixty years, sternwheelers provided a transportation lifeline to the many isolated communities on Photo: Karma Halleran Kootenay Lake. The staterooms and You can tour her decks and her state decks of the SS Moyie and her sister ships rooms, including the elegant Ladies Salon, welcomed the miners, entrepreneurs, or go down below and look at all the cargo farmers and pioneer families who wanted and the great coal fired engine in her belly. to settle (or make a fortune) in the rough Storyboards at street level describe the territory. When she was launched on Octoscope and scale of the restorations that are ber 22, 1898, there were no roads, no trains, still ongoing today. If you hear her whistle and of course no air travel into these hidblow, someone has succumbed to the mesden mountain valleys. The ships were the sage on the little sign “Blow the whistle, only means of mass transportation, freight $5.” Show me a kid of any age, anywhere, and mail service. And so they came – the who could resist that whistle cord! rich, the poor, the prospectors and settlers all mingled together on the decks, in the The sternwheeler is open daily for selfsalons, and at table… The sternwheelers guided tours from Mother’s Day through were the bearers of our destiny. to Thanksgiving weekend. She is also home to the Kaslo Visitors Centre. The Moyie is Once on board, you will be immersed in located at 324 Front Street, Kaslo. For more the old days when ladies’ dresses swept information see www.klhs.bc.ca or phone/ around their ankles and men wore woolen fax 250-353-2525. suits and always a hat.

SS Moyie Sternwheeler

SS Moyie

in Kaslo

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May Days Kaslo has been celebrating May Days in its own inimitable style for over a century. Her first May Days was celebrated in 1892. Plan to share in the excitement of the 126th May Days this year from May 19 – 21. In the old days the sternwheelers ran excursion trips from Nelson and stopped to pick up revellers at every point along the way, while others arrived in every type of boat and conveyance, filling the streets of Kaslo with miners, prospectors and their families. The main event then was a horse race down Front Street, with prizes as high as $250, and a unique “Prospectors’ Race.” May Days has events for all ages and tastes – theatre, musicians in the park, a slowpitch tournament, a Show ‘n’ Shine, kids’ races, as well as food, craft and wellness booths. On Saturday and Sunday, cheer along with the crowd watching the Logger Sports down by the beach. On Monday join the people lined up along Front Street and catch the sights and sounds of the May Days parade. Afterwards, walk down to the maypole in Vimy Park and watch the children weave ribbons in a traditional maypole dance, just as their parents and grandparents did when they too were children.

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Kaslo Logger Sports

Winter in the Forest

Show 'n’ Shine Come down to Front Street on the Sunday of May Days. From the SS Moyie on up to the top of Front Street, classic cars and trucks will be displayed in a splashy array of gleaming paint and chrome. The street will be closed off to regular traffic, music will be playing and you can grab some great street food too. A few classic car owners have been coming to this event for each of the twenty years Kaslo’s car aficionados have been hosting this fun street party. It’s old home week for the guys – and increasingly the women – who can express themselves through vehicles. This is such a friendly scene that it’s always a relief to the organizers if some out-of-towners agree to perform the necessary but pitfall-laden job of judging, even though usually there are as many prizes as entrants. If you see a spectacularly mustachioed man in animated conversation, without doubt you’ve spotted Dave B., one of the Show 'n’ Shine organizers. Introduce yourself!

Feats of amazing skill and daring This is a show you don’t want to miss. Every Victoria Day long weekend lumber Jacks and Jills come to Kaslo’s Logger Sports Grounds from all over North America and even further. These athletes, whose skills are linked more closely to Canada as the land of legendary timber than any other sport, put on a show that always wows the crowds. The sport has a rich and colourful history

originating in the logging camps in this country in the late 1800s. Today, there are logger sports competitions across North America, northern Europe and even Australia and New Zealand. Kaslo’s early spring event is the kick-off show for the Canadian western circuit. The individual events are fast-paced and range from tree climbing an 80 foot spar pole to chopping through a 12 inch standing chop block to precariously balancing on a springboard 10 feet in the air! Don’t forget the log burling – competitive one-on-one log rolling – which ends with competitors splashing into the chilly water of the burling pond. The venue is the shore of beautiful Kootenay Lake with its backdrop of the Purcell Mountain Range. Logger Sports is run by volunteers and is sponsored by local businesses, groups and individuals. Mark your calendars (Saturday, May 19 and Sunday, May 20) and we’ll see you at this exciting family show.

Longstanding Slo-Pitch Tradi on Kaslo has hosted a 3 day slo-pitch tournament on the May long weekend for close to 40 years. Local teams as well as out of town teams from Lardeau, Procter, Nelson, Castlegar, Trail, Kelowna, Vancouver, Hills, and Silverton (to name a few) have competed here. Some great rivalries have been formed and many memorable games have been played. The tournament has always proceeded, rain or shine. Kaslo's ball field is situated at Vimy Park by Kootenay Lake. It would be hard to find a more picturesque backdrop for a sports event with the mountains and lake everywhere you look. Players and spectators alike look forward to this event every year.

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Kaslo Logger Sports Show n' Shine

Got the winter blues? February is the shortest month in the year, but sometimes you wonder if it will ever end. When you feel blue from too much white, it’s time to celebrate outside with music and food and good company. Some unusual events in this outdoor festival include human dogsled races for charity, Swede sawing competition and the water boil race. Enjoy the sweet stickiness of maple taffy, a steaming cup of homemade soup or baked beans, hot dogs and cocoa and hot cider. Or make your own bannock on a stick over the bonfire. Local musicians and storytellers will entertain you. The festival takes place on BC Family Day every year at the Kaslo airstrip which is just below all the True Blue trails.

May Days Kaslo Jazz Etc.

Festivals

Winter in the Forest

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The ninth annual Columbia Basin Culture Tour is a fun weekend that combines a road trip with a customized cultural experience. Visit new artists or view new works from your favourite artisans. Experience craft demonstrations or discover local history. Meet performers and writers, ask questions of historians and curators or browse local art, books, music and craft. Roll out for this free, self-guided tour on August 11 and 12 from 10 am to 5 pm. Simply grab a map, your Culture Tour Directory and go! Look for directories at the Langham or SS Moyie Visitor Centre or order one online at www.cbculturetour.com The Columbia Basin Culture Tour is a project of the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance and is funded by Columbia Basin Trust.

iDIDaRide & Run Kaslo iDIDaRide & Run is a five event mountain bike and trail running race, to be held Saturday, August 11 on the fabulous Kaslo and area trail network. This is the second year for this event and there is something for everyone in the family. Bike races of 40, 20 and 8 km as well as running races of 20 km and 8 km are on the menu. The first year was a great success with over 100 contestants, from as far away as England, participating on the great single track trails around Kaslo. Some starts and all the finishes are at the loggers sport grounds, situated on the shores of Kootenay Lake. The venue is unparalleled in beauty. Many a racer last year happily went straight into the lake upon finishing. The five events offer a variety that makes it "a day" for all. From novice riders and runners to the most experienced athlete competing in the longer races, each will be challenged and satisfied at the end of their day.

The feedback from last year's race gave clear evidence that the growth of IDIDaRide will be exponential. Mark it on your calendar, and book the time off you need to take part in BC's hottest new event. http://ididaride-kaslo.ca/

When the light returns In mid-December, when the sun slips behind True Blue Mountain just after two o’clock in the afternoon, people in Kaslo really yearn for the promise of longer days. For people throughout the ages – from the ancient Egyptians and Celts to the Hopi – midwinter has been a significant time of ritual, reflection, and renewal. Though the year’s shortest day heralds the onset of winter, it also promises the gradual return of the sun after a prolonged period of darkness. There are usually a few solstice celebrations happening in the area on December 20 or 21. Join the Kaslo Trailblazers in a lantern procession from the main trailhead at the end of Higashi Way to the covered bridge. Gather at the bridge picnic area for free hot chocolate while you cozy up around the fire pits.

Kaslo Jamboree For nine years now, on the last weekend before Christmas, the infamous, nay notorious, K-Jam has fogged the air in the Kaslo Arena. It’s old home week for all of the graduates of Kaslo’s storied Minor Hockey Association but anybody can play as long as they have a connection to Kaslo. The hockey players always have a lot of fun, they usually raise a bit of money for charity, and the players on the winning team get to hoist the coveted Colander Cup. Plus they get a full year of bragging rights until K-Jam rolls around again next December.

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Artwalk is a fusion of visual art and performance. David Stewart of Heritage & Arts in the North Kootenay (HANK) says there “are plans to make it a more celebratory event with musicians, food, and guided tours…” Sounds like fun! Details will be made available as the plans unfold. The best way to know what’s coming up is to keep an eye on the events listings in the Pennywise paper or on Facebook VisitKasloToday.

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Free-range fun for the whole family! Jazz is in the name, but in the last 25 years and counting, the scope of the music has broadened – grown outward with the event itself, which spills down over the lake, into Kaslo’s downtown and, finally, the summer vibe gets reinvigorated at all the pop-up campsites and on the beaches. As festival organizer Paul Heinrichs points out “There’s not much traditional jazz in the lineup. But what it really comes down to is – what’s jazz? You could talk for hours about that.” Festival goers will discover a diversity of musical genres, a natural laid-back environment that’s very family friendly, quality sound, and truly exceptional talent. Mountains rising over 10,000 feet from the lake are the backdrop for the performers. The audience can watch and listen while reclining on the sunny, sandy beach, in the shade of the trees, or even while swimming or boating in the water around the stage. From a 2017 review, post-festival … “…(New Orleans Preservation Hall Jazz) Bandleader Ben Jaffe (bass, tuba) made a huge impression on the elated crowd. He said, “With that backdrop it’s hard not to feel sexy!” and thanked the crowd for being there and bringing their kids: “That’s the best part, some of those kids dancing out there!” Keyboardist Kyle Roussel added, “We want to thank all the kids for dragging their parents out here too.” –Halynn Blanchard, Earshot Jazz, Seattle Keep an eye on their website as the acts are confirmed. www.kaslojazzfest.com

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Kaslo Golf Course is one of the very ďŹ rst in BC. Set on a bench overlooking the town, the lake and the stunning mountains, the course offers a unique experience and is challenging to golfers of all ages and skill levels.

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Kaslo Recrea on Complex The Kaslo and District Complex draws people to its doors like a light shining bright draws moths. This asset was built by community effort in 1975, with money, materials and labour that were all donated. The Complex includes a hockey arena and two sheets of ice on the curling rink side. Most weekends, both parking lots are filled with vehicles bringing both budding and weathered hockey stars and new and used curlers each to their cherished ice kingdoms. All ages take advantage of our sacred arena – seniors, oldtimers, women and minor hockey all have their slot.

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Parks

Whether you’re interested in an afternoon match or information on a season membership, both can be arranged at the Kaslo Motel, 250-353-2431, 330 D Ave. The courts are located on the south end of town by the arena. For information email kaslotennis@netidea.com

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From bikes to skateboards, the kids ride them all. This has to be the most scenic skatepark anywhere in the world – right on the beach, just north of the Kaslo river mouth. See map pg. 27.

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At the Kaslo Golf Club there is a spectacular view at each of the 9 holes. Whether you are an experienced golfer or a beginner, there are enough nuances of play to keep you coming back to enjoy the course. The timber frame clubhouse features a fully licensed restaurant with a varied menu, specials and take-out. The food is always fresh and made from scratch. Dine inside or on the covered patio where you can relax and enjoy the view. Occasionally you’ll catch sight of a few deer, elk or a bear strolling across the greens, taking the shortcut to the lake. Have your camera ready! You do not usually have to pre-book tee times. There are rental clubs and pull and power carts, and motorcyclists can get free club rentals. 2018 Fun Events: Ladies Rainbow Tournament August 21. Two Lady Best-Ball Scramble. Lots of fun. Lots of prizes. Lots of good food! Registration $50, 250-353-2410 or edlindawillms@ hotmail.com or patti2names@gmail.com

Recreation

The Kaslo Curling Club has a men’s, women’s and mixed league, as well as junior programs and a drop-in night. There Kootenay Lake Parks is an active social club, and they welcome There are quite a few provincial parks on visitors and newcomers to the sport. Kootenay Lake, some quite tiny and acThe Kaslo complex is one of the benefits cessible only by boat, and others that are that encourages people and connected to vast families to move to Kaslo. areas of protected wilWant to visit some Many say they would never derness. ancient trees? have come without one. It is a Kootenay Lake Provprized amenity, providing reThere are still some pockets incial Park is really five creation, social activities, and of ancient forest near Kaslo different parks. pride. Every icetime is primethat are easily accessible. Campbell Bay: A time in Kaslo! Plan to visit at least one – small park on Kootebring your walking shoes nay Lake, just across The forest and your camera. These are the lake from Kaslo. It special places: and the trees has a sandy beach and Retallack Cedar Trail: 28 km If you were to fly over the vilis only accessible by lage of Kaslo, you’d be struck by west of Kaslo on Hwy 31A. boat. Primitive camphow small this community is in ing facilities. Kokanee Glacier Park Old the surrounding vastness of the Growth Forest: Davis Creek: The forested hills and mountains About 49 km south of Kaslo smallest park on Kootethat seem to go on forever. on Hwy 3A, then turn right nay Lake but easily acTake a walk through these foron Gibson Lake Rd, drive cessible by Highway 3. ests and you’ll begin to see the up for 11.4 km. Lost Ledge: This park trees. There is huge diversity John Fenger Memorial Trail: is really a stretch of here – it’s known as the KooNorth of Kaslo on Hwy 31 tenay mix. Fir, larch, cedar, shoreline on the west approx. 70 km in the Goat hemlock and pine tower above side of the north you. A rich variety of species Range Provincial Park. arm of Kootenay of trees, plants, animals and lake and is also acbirds all thrive in this area – the cessible by Hwy 3. second wettest climate zone in the province From both parks you can enjoy spectacuafter the coastal rainforest. lar views of the Purcell Mountains to the Elevation, as you might expect in this east, not to mention fishing, boating and mountainous area, is a major defining facswimming. The forested campsites are tor for what can flourish in a particular ecopopular with anglers and families for their system, or biogeoclimatic zone. But so is the informal camping experience and lovely degree of slope and the aspect – how much wild beaches. sunshine? how steep? how high? Coffee Creek: If you happen to be driving Wildfires from lightning strikes have always along the highway from Kaslo to Nelson, altered the forested hills. Only the cedars in you will have plenty of warning that you the wet valley bottoms and the Douglas fir are approaching this park. When you find with its thick bark have a measure of proyourself slowing down to 50 kms per hour tection against the sporadic seasonal fires. and hugging a rock bluff on your right side, Look at the mountain slopes and see the with Kootenay Lake straight down from forest fire history. If you can spy a subtle the cliff on your left side, you know you’re patterning of patches, rather like a sculpted almost there. When you descend to a little wool carpet, you’re seeing the varied ages of bridge at the bottom of a tight switchback, stands and the extent of old fires. pull off the highway and park in the area Kaslo’s Community Forest Society is by the river. There is a trail from there that charged with the stewardship of the forest goes under the bridge and down to the lake resources and other values, such as water alongside Coffee Creek. and recreation, in much of the Crown land Midge Creek: This boat access only park adjacent to Kaslo. It is also responsible for is located on the west shore of the main a recreation tenure – the Buchanan Rebody of Kootenay Lake, across from Sanca creation Area, locally known as “Bucky”, Creek. It boasts more than a kilometre of which is located on the lower slopes of Mt sandy beach and backs onto the Midge Buchanan. Creek Wildlife Management Area.

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ust 12 minutes north of Kaslo, discover a well kept secret – a quiet, serene, beautiful treed campground and marina. Come relax with us, or make us your base for many other trips to the numerous attractions here in the Kootenays. We offer for your enjoyment: • Easy, level access for those larger units • Treed sites, full hook-ups • Sheltered marina, boat ramp & boat gas • Shady spacious tent sites • Sparkling clean washrooms & showers • Fishing licences and freezer facilities for your catch • Picnic tables, firewood & fire pits • Laundry & ice • Beautiful beach • Trailers for rent (view is free) • Also 2-bedroom house

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Teresa’ s Coffee Shop serves up homemade goodness every day! 402 Front St. Kaslo 250-353-2115 www.ilovekaslo.com Summer hrs: 7 days a week, early morning to 5:30 (or later!) Fall/Winter hrs : Monday - Saturday, early morning to 5:30 pm

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Kaslo has a racted all kinds of ar sts and ar sans. There are portrait painters, landscape ar sts, silversmiths, candlemakers, sculptors, woodworkers, po ers, felt cra ers, soap makers, musicians and just about any other crea ve person. Like stones rolling down the riverbed in spring me, the crea ve nature of so many Kaslo and area residents rubs

oﬀ on virtually everybody. Original artwork, a lively arts scene and an audible rumble during some key weekends in the year is the result. The following pages will introduce you to some of Kaslo and area’s many ﬁne ar sts and cra speople.

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Porcelain Ceramics

Karel Peeters creates bold, colourful earthenware pottery that celebrates the domestic rituals surrounding the preparation and service of food. Thirty years of experience working with earthenware clay has allowed him to develop a distinctive style of glaze applications that complement the clean, functional forms he produces on the potter’s wheel. Karel looks forward to reopening the Kooterra gallery and studio to the public for the fourth year on May 17. The gallery will have an expanded selection of pottery after the enthusiastic response from visitors during the 2017 season. www.kooterrapottery.ca

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For the past 25 years Ric Gerzey has been carving and painting beautiful wood folk art in his home-based studio located in the Uphill district of Nelson. Inspired by traditional wooden folk art, including decoys, weather vanes and the work of Doukhobor and Ukrainian settlers, he creates pieces with his own distinctive style. Ric is continually developing his skills; the breadth of his artistic output ever evolving. His sculptures range from an elegantly carved shorebird with subtle tones to a colourful, whimsical Kootenay caricature.

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Porcelain Ceramics - Sarah Lawless Award-winning potter Sarah Lawless creates a line of porcelain ceramics, combining ergonomic usability with a sculptural emphasis on form. Her pots are wheel-thrown and hand-built, with soft matte surfaces and earth-toned glazes. She worked as assistant to acclaimed potter Wayne Ngan, and has a Diploma in Craft & Design from Selkirk College in Nelson, BC. Her work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally. It is available locally at the Kaslo Saturday Market and by chance in her studio at 833 C Ave, Kaslo.

Galadriel Rael â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Lake Gem Jewelry available at Kooterra Po ery & Gallery Sterling silver jewelry handcrafted with stones carefully selected from the pristine shores of Kootenay Lake. Designed with love by Galadriel Rael.

The character of birds, fish, animals, creatures and objects are captured in spontaneous poses, although the process of creating each sculpture â&#x20AC;&#x201C; using oxyacetylene and electric welding techniques â&#x20AC;&#x201C; is exacting and difficult. Andrew Raney has exhibited in galleries and museums across Canada and his works are included in many corporate and private collections. Each unique piece of welded steel sculpture, functional or decorative, is carefully handcrafted by Andrew in his studio in Salmo.

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Honey Candles Honey Candles is located on the pristine shores of Kootenay Lake, framed by the stunning Selkirk and Purcell mountain ranges, an ideal place for skilled beeswax candle makers to ply their ancient craft. Both old techniques (hand dipping) and new (hand pouring in custom specialty molds) are used. All Honey Candles are made with 100% pure Canadian beeswax carefully filtered to premium candle grade. New shapes, styles and designs are always being tested, so check out their new product and experience the beautiful, natural ambiance of burning beeswax! Call 1-800-558-7292 or visit Honey Candles online at www.purebeeswaxcandles.com

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Simple, practical, small luxuries. Operating in Kaslo for 12 years now, Back Dirt Road manufactures exceptional soaps, lotion, creams and specialty skin and hair products for men and women. Treat yourself or a friend. Experience the difference and quality discovered by many across British Columbia and the over 20 stores we supply.

Influenced by a passionate love of nature and art, Kentree Speirsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; paintings are joyous celebrations of the natural world. They express a unique voice by blending stylistic elements and full spectrum colour choices resulting in a kinetic swirl of disorienting, spectacular, painterly events. 250-353-8796 art@kentreespeirs.com www.kentreespeirs.com

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Kootenay Interiors - Sue Sco We offer custom made curtains, window coverings and fabric accessories in a large selection of styles and fabric choices. Our focus is on high quality products and design, and making the best possible window treatments to suit your budget. We also offer an extensive fabric selection from a variety of high quality designers and suppliers, for those who wish to purchase fabric from our workroom. 250-353-2993 info@kootenayinteriors.com

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any stirring tales can be told of the great wild boom days when Kaslo was a rival to Nelson, when men came and went into the wilderness searching for the silver and lead and zinc that lay so temptingly hidden in the great rocks in the interior of the mountains, when

the white prowed steamers first broke the stillness of the blue Kootenay waters; when men were made and married and wealth came and went in a short hour. In these pages we will relate stories about Kaslo’s early days, and the 125 years since it was first incorporated as a city – correctly as far as we are able – but knowing we leave so much untold.

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Before Kaslo was a rollicking boom town George Thomas Kane came to the delta and was much impressed by the beauty of the site and its possible value as a location for a town. This was in 1887. He had been sent to the Kootenays by the Waterous Engine Works of Brantford, Ontario to install machinery in a sawmill at Canal Flats. In 1890 Kane applied for a preemption on the shore front and sent for his brother David to live there while he went to the coast to organize the Kaslo-Kootenay Land Company. David Kane built a log cabin near what is now Front and Third Streets. He lived there alone all that summer with his small dog, living off the stores he had brought and berries and fish. He and his dog befriended a curious bear cub, which you can see on the roof in the photo below. In later years the bear used to amble down to shore to greet the newcomers who soon were arriving daily in all manner of boats. (The bear’s story did not end well, since it developed an unfortunate appetite for small dogs.)

Kaslo’s first cabin Note bear on the roof

A year before Kane’s application for a pre-emption, sawmill owner George Buchanan had staked a timber claim but he did not stay. In 1891 he returned, this time with his wife. They shared breakfast with David Kane at his log cabin. Kane’s clearing gang for the new townsite was already there.

160 acres had been set aside for the townsite and surveyor John Keen had laid out the streets and the lots. Land that only months before had been covered in heavy timber was being sold in shortt s order at fabulous prices for the more choice build-m ing lots. Men came from e all over Canada and the r US, the largest number s arriving via Bonner’s d Ferry from Spokane and Coeur d’Alene.

Kaslo pioneers

Although Kaslo was still a settlement of tents and cabins, the first permanent buildings began to make their appearance. The first frame house was completed in 1891; the first home in Kaslo for the Kane family. They came all the way from Eastern Canada – by train to Spokane, then by stage coach to Bonner’s Ferry. The last leg of the trip was on-board a wood-burning tug. They pulled up to the newly built wharf in Kaslo in a cloud of smoke that smelled strongly of burning ham – because the tug had run out of wood and, rather than lose power on the lake, the captain had resorted to burning a few hams to be sure to make landfall. In May of 1892, the population of Kaslo was about 600, mostly men, and mainly miners and prospectors. The first sternwheelers arrived, loaded to capacity with people and supplies and nine miles of the Kaslo-Slocan trail had already been completed. Marsh Adams was the name of Kaslo’s first policeman. By all accounts the one man police force was very successful in keeping law and order. But

in the spring of 1893 the population in b ballooned to 3,000 – there were 20 saloons and the Theatre Comique on A Avenue employed 80 ladies (known locally as “boxrustlers”), and operated a saloon on each of its three levels. That’s when Marsh Adams got himself a constable. Besides the saloons, before the year was out Kaslo would have its first church (St Andrew’s, which still stands), two newspapers and a bank. There was a dairy by the river at E Avenue and Third Street, and a butcher, dry goods, grocers and menswear stores on Front Street. All summer long, George Buchanan’s sawmill in Kaslo Bay was humming day and night. Real estate was very active and stories of fabulous mineral finds invited great speculation; it looked as if each holder of a likely claim back in the hills held a winning ticket in the lottery of fortune. Meanwhile, the first clouds of a devastating financial storm were gathering unnoticed on the horizon. By August 1893 the town seemed to have gone bust. The boats were hauling people out and the population declined to less than 1,000. Many restaurants, saloons and other places of business were forced to close their doors and many of the mines closed down or reduced their crews to a minimum. It was during these troubled times that Kaslo incorporated as a city.

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A Series of Disasters Rocks the City

Kaslo’s first full year as a city must have felt like the end. In February 1894 a fire destroyed almost an entire block of Front Street. And four months later almost half of the town was flooded. The fire alarm sounded at 2:30 am. When the volunteer fire brigade responded, they found a large blaze at the Bon Ton Restaurant on Front Street. In the five weeks previous to this, three attempts had been made to destroy the town by fire. The citizens had been living in daily fear of firebugs and the City had hired a night watchman in an attempt to prevent further conflagrations. In spite of the efforts of the firemen and practically every able bodied man in town, the fire spread rapidly, and both sides of the street were burning. A bucket brigade was formed down to the lake at the end of Front Street. Blankets were soaked with water and spread over roofs of nearby buildings. Merchandise of every description was hurriedly removed from hotels, saloons and stores in the path of the fire. This was put into huge piles in the snow, covered with blankets, carpets or mattresses and soaked with water. A light snow was falling and it was bitterly cold. The clothing of the firefighters was caked with ice. It soon became apparent that desperate measures were necessary. At about 4:30 am, a group

Kaslo after the storm, June 1894

of men made preparations to blow up Byer’s Hardware store, which was directly in the path of the fire. A case of dynamite was suspended by a rope from the ceiling and a fuse attached to it. The store blew up with such a terrific explosion it shattered most of the glass of the surrounding buildings. Several smaller buildings were hastily pulled down and the clear space checked the fire for the first time. A few people were slightly injured by flying glass and some slight burns were suffered but there were no other casualties. While practically every man in Kaslo fought the fire all night, some found time to sample the “merchandise” which the various saloon owners had stacked out in the street to prevent it from being burned. Next morning, some of the teamsters needed a little assistance before they could mount to the driver’s seat of the ore-wagons.

A Cyclone’s Devastating Work The weather was close and hot, unusually so for early June. All day Saturday the water in Kootenay Lake continued to rise, and by six o’clock it was 15 inches higher than on the previous evening. Sunday dawned exceedingly warm and by ten o’clock it had become oppressively hot, continuing so until afternoon. The water of the lake was as smooth as a mill pond, and many took to small watercraft, some to row among the submerged buildings and others to visit more distant points of interest.

The water kept on encroaching and was starting to inundate Third Street. Kaslo River was pouring an immense volume of muddy water down its main channel, and there were two subsidiary channels of no small proportions. Not infrequently large trees were brought down with a force that seemed irresistible. In many of the buildings the water reached to the tops of the windows. Way down the lake towards the southeast, heavy clouds came nearer and nearer, and fitful gusts of hot wind indicated that a storm of unusual severity was approaching. Soon the wind increased to a hurricane, and then to a veritable cyclone. The lake was lashed into a perfect fury. Huge waves of oceanic magnitude rolled in, wreaking havoc. On land the air was gritty with dust and sand and small stones flew though the air rattling against the buildings like volleys of rifle bullets. When the force of the gale was spent, and people were able to take stock of the damage, not a building remained intact east of Third and north of the Kaslo River, and all but four or five had been utterly destroyed. The depths of Kaslo’s loss had, however not yet been sounded. Downwards towards the lake came the fierce torrent of Kaslo River, having busted though a log jam upriver. About two o’clock on Monday morning the water was flowing over the deck of the Third Street bridge, and an immense tree with roots and branches attached had lodged against it. Soon another tree came barrelling down and struck a tremendous blow. The wooden bridge broke in the centre and its two halves were taken by the swift current, carried out to the lake where they sank.

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If there was ever a one-word answer to the question “Why Kaslo?”, in the early 1890s the answer was “Minerals.” A very good source for an understanding of the mining fever is Don Blake’s book Valley of the Ghosts. You can also spend countless hours reading the annual reports of the BC Ministry of Mines, now online, from the 19th century. The following is adapted from these two sources. By 1891, Ainsworth, south of Kaslo, was booming. The mines were producing rich lead ore (galena) and silver too. Supplies and equipment were arriving daily along with prospectors eager to get out into the hills and have their dreams fulfilled. The area over the mountains to the west and northwest of Ainsworth was considered to be all granitic type rocks and, as such would be devoid of any commercial mineralization. It was “shunned by prospectors who had an unwarranted lack of faith in the likelihood of veins being in this formation.”

trict. 140 claims were located before the end of the year. Residents of Kootenay Lake at once began making trails to the Slocan. An effort was made to get the Government to build a wagon road from Nakusp to the head of Slocan Lake to move supplies into the Slocan claims and the ore out, but the Government refused. The residents of Kaslo then induced the Slocan miners to transfer their pack animals from the Nakusp trail to the Kaslo trail. Before the winter was over the road was passable by waggons and then sleighs. Over this road hundreds of tons of high-grade ore were transported during the winter of 1892-93.

In August 1891, Andrew Jardine showed up in Ainsworth with a quantity of highgrade silver-lead ore. On the value being ascertained, a stampede for the neighbourhood of the new find Prospecting Trip was a natural result. Prospectors swarmed the Blue Ridge MounIt is August in the year guide us. There are not even tains, 13 miles Westerly from 1891 – only a couple of any trails. Some places we Kaslo, and many fairly good dismonths left before winter must fight our way through coveries were made. sets in. Away we go with the undergrowth and windour packs on our backs. We falls. Generally we stick to Early in September 1891, the Payne mine was located, the first must carry supplies to last the creek bed, wary of the actual mine in the Slocan Disupwards of two months, slippery rocks. We can only and absolutely nothing that go so far in a day. Then we is not necessary to our surmust stop. vival or useful for our inWe build a fire and make tended purpose. some supper. Some nights

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We carry a change of clothes, a blanket, matches, flour, salt, dried beans, some molasses, tea, 2 pots, some fishing line and hooks, our rifle and bullets, and our prospector’s pick and an axe. There are no sign posts to

we have a grouse in our pot – one that was brought down with a rock – we must save every bullet. After eating, we wrap ourselves in our blankets and sleep on the forest floor, dreaming ragged dreams of falling down slopes and rocks.

All supplies had to be carried up to the mine site by horses. Rawhiding the ore out in winter was cheaper than packing it out in the summer. There were occasions when the horses had to be fitted with snowshoes.

Whitewater Concentrator Some mines were found by accident and others by hard work. “After many hardships and disappointments, but after persistent prospecting, the Ruth Vein was accidentally disclosed by a small piece or two of iron stained rock sticking in the roots of a windfallen tree… In this case a vein was eventually determined to have been the richest ore chute ever mined in the Slocan.” The first two or three years all mining was done by hand. It has been said single-jacking is what made the country. Single-jacking is a term used to indicate one man working alone with a drill steel and a hammer. Double jacking is a two man team – one man holding, turned the steel after each blow of the hammer. It was turned 8, 10, 9 or 12 times to the circle. If it was turned too much the steel would bounce, so the rate of turn had to be slowed down. Andy Jardine, Jack (Lardo) McDonald and Jack Allen (the Beaver Group) had staked a number of claims. Their camp was known as Jardine’s Camp. Beaver was the name of the claim that had precipitated so much mining frenzy. In 1893 it was reported “These claims are being developed by tunnels, but so far no ore has been shipped.” In 1919: “The Beaver was worked for about 3 months by the owners, extending the tunnel 35 feet, with encouraging improvement of the ore showing.” But the Beaver never became a producing mine. The stampede it triggered, on the other hand, led to discoveries which to date, have produced metals to the value of almost $350,000,000.

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Railways and Roads The Kaslo and Sandon (K&S) Railway was incorporated in 1892, a year before Kaslo became a City. The province granted a charter to Alex Ewen, DJ Munn and John Hendry of New Westminster for all that was required to get a railway from Kaslo west to the mines above Carpenter and Sandon creeks and those lying near the head waters of Bear Creek. 10,240 acres of land would be granted (land that the grantees could sell) per mile of completed railway. That’s how infrastructure was financed in those days. In the summer of ’93 the price of silver crashed and the owners were permitted to amend the charter to build a narrow gauge railway, a significant economy. Tracks that are closer together mean smaller trains – and smaller trains require shallower cuts, and the rolling stock can get around curves that larger trains cannot. A nimbler train, just like a packhorse vs a wagon and team, can make progress on the skimpiest of routes. On May 8th of 1895, the grading of a right-of-way up the Kaslo River began. Through terrain which is some of the most savagely hostile to railroading on the planet, a track of 45-pound rail was pounded up 3.25% grades to the 1,700 foot level at Zincton. On a fragile looking “grass hopper” trestle, chief construction engineer W.F. Tye inched the line across the brow of Payne’s Bluff, 1,000 feet above the valley floor. Less than 29 miles from Kaslo, the K&S reached Sandon on October 22nd. Rich ores from the Bonanza King, the Noble Five and the Eureka joined those of the Goodenough, the Payne, the Rambler-Cariboo and the Slocan Star on their way to market.

There was, however, a costly bottleneck in the K&S’s operation. Because they were not of standard gauge, the ore cars of the K&S could not simply be run onto barges and off-loaded onto the rails of the Great Northern. In a laborious, time-consuming process, ore was dumped onto the docks at Kaslo and wheelbarrowed aboard ships. At Bonner’s Ferry the process had to be reversed. When the line was sold to a Kaslo syndicate, partner Daniel Munn remarked “T’was a perverse child with us and its career will always be interesting.” Truer words were never spoken. In 1910 a wildfire destroyed the tracks from Rossiter Creek to Sandon. In 1912 the crippled K&S line and rolling stock was bought out by the Canadian Pacific Railway. By 1950 only one mixed passenger/freight train was running just once a week between Kaslo and Nakusp. Five years later, torrential rains caused Carpenter Creek to flood and burst its banks. Most of downtown Sandon and its main street collapsed into the creek and was carried away, taking the trestles and creek side grade of the CPR with it. The CPR made no attempt to rebuild the line and for many years, end of track was near a spectacular washout with rails still dangling a hundred feet above Carpenter Creek.

Wagon Road In 1891, when silver was discovered in the Kaslo River valley, prospectors rushed to stake their claims. The Kaslo Board of Trade initiated the work of building a proper road and by the winter of 1892/3 the wagon road was “fit for sleighing.” The Kaslo Transportation Co. had stages running daily to Bear Lake, one leaving Kaslo at 7am and another leaving from Bear Lake at 8am. Horses and wagons, stage coaches, and pack trains carved pocks and dug ruts as wranglers pushed and pulled their loads over the new road. By 1923, the road was handling gasoline-powered vehicles.

The Wagon Road was made obsolete in the 1960s when Highway 31A was constructed, a highway that stayed close to Kaslo River for most of its length, following the route of the rail bed of the old K&S railway. In 1993 the community of Kaslo and the Rails to Trails Society began the restoration of the Wagon Road as a multi-purpose recreation trail, complete with interpretive signs illustrating the history of the area.

The Kootenaian - Aug 18, 1921 All indications point to a great deal of unemployment this coming winter… There is no immediate prospect of the mines opening up. Here there is sure to be a small army of deserving men idle. During the past year nothing has been done to complete the road between Nelson and Kaslo, although there is not a great deal to be done to open a highway between the two cities… Standing by and cussing the government for not making the road will avail nothing…

By R B Road, d S South th and dN North th A road was finally completed, linking Balfour to Kaslo. By 1926 one could drive all the way to Nelson, a trip that formerly could only be made by boat. The road north opened up in 1955 but it was pretty rough. In order to get to the school bus on time, Meadow Creek teenagers had to get up at 5:30 in the morning. Before the road was built, Kaslo folks like Edie Allen took in the high school students who lived up the lake. They’d stay at least Monday to Friday, sometimes not returning home for weeks at a time. After Kaslo’s flood in 1894, some residents found that they had not only lost their houses, but their land too had been torn away by the raging river. It was cheaper to buy land up the hill which was still undeveloped. The road was busy and rutted, being the main supply road to Sandon and the mines west. of Kaslo. In 1898 a trestle bridge was constructed which went over the K&S tracks, a great improvement.

In 1898 a trestle bridge was built over the K&S tracks.

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A Sawmill Town

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It was in 1889 that G.O. Buchanan drove a stake into the ground, just above the bay, in what is now Kaslo. The stake was a notice of his application for a timber claim that extended one and a half miles west and one mile south – about 960 acres. There was a huge demand for timber. The railways swallowed up acres of forestland for ties, even the pack roads and the wagon roads needed timbers for traction through the muck (these sections were called “corduroy” roads.) And of course, the precipitous growth of population in boom towns like Kaslo meant houses and all manner of commercial buildings were being built as fast as the wood and labour could be secured. By 1893 Buchanan’s hastily built sawmill in Kaslo Bay was running night and day.

As early as 1884 when the BC government enacted the Timber Act, loggers were required to pay a tax on the volume of timber they removed from Crown land. In 1889 G.O. Buchanan had to stake a timber claim, which granted him exclusive rights to all the timber in the area he applied for, but he was not granted ownership of the land.

During the war years (1939-1945) many Kaslo men worked in timber operations for Kootenay Lake Forest Products, a Nelson mill. The cottonwoods which grew to a massive size in the low lying areas at the north end of the lake became the plywood sheeting for the barracks of Canada’s armed forces. The massive trunks were floated from the flats at the head of Kootenay Lake, then at Lardeau were loaded onto barges fitted out with railway flatdeck cars. Since there was no through road or railway track between Kaslo and Lardeau, the lake was the only highway. The barges would then be pushed by the SS Moyie sternwheeler or pulled by tugboat to Kaslo. Just below where the Kaslo Hotel is now, the loaded rail cars would get transferred from the barge and coupled to the locomotive on the CPR Line to Sandon & Nakusp. Or logs would go straight into the lake. It was a dangerous job containing them into booms with the heavy iron chains. Tug boats pulled the log booms, either to the train at Kaslo or all the way to Nelson. When Kaslo’s T&H Sawmill started logging across the lake, the mill was moved from its site on Arena Avenue to the A 2 man chainsaw and cross cut saw

The Slocan Hotel, Kaslo’s finest, was constructed by 75 carpenters in 30 days with wet lumber, used as it was sawn. It had 70 rooms. When the timber dried out, there was little privacy in the hotel rooms.

Kaslo River mouth. The timber from Deer Creek was towed across the lake to the mill on the beach in booms. Hopping around on the great floating raft of logs tethered at the mill site was a forbidden activity that attracted the more daredevil teenagers in Kaslo at the time. T&H sawmill was, for a time, Kaslo’s biggest employer, but it suffered a disastrous fire in October, 1971 – about 60 men were out of a job the next day. (T&H re-tooled and stayed in business until 1983.) Other local mills during the 1950s and ‘60s included Chernoff’s mill, south of the golf course, and there was once a mill near where the airport is now. The Aldinger brothers’ first mill was on family land where Bjerkness Creek crosses the Back Road. The brothers Ed, Fred and Horst later were to establish the mill at Cooper Creek, which became Meadow Creek Cedar. Around 1990 the Aldingers sold the mill, which, as the name suggests, was designed to mill old growth cedar, to a Japanese concern. The mill was reconfigured to mill Douglas Fir and was a major area employer until it was sold again in 2005. After that employment at the mill was spotty and uncertain, reflecting the variability in the new management schemes initiated by the owner who lived in the lower mainland. In 2013 a fire destroyed much of the milling equipment and it has not been rebuilt.

With the development of the BC forest service (est. 1912), management areas were mapped and timber sales were advertised. Mills and logging companies would be invited to bid on the patch of timber laid out by the government foresters. But purchasing the right to cut down timber, in the middle part of the 20th century could be as simple as applying for a “Limit.” If you found a nice patch of timber, and it wasn’t allocated to anyone else, the forest service would allow you to cut it and market it – of course you were charged a fee based on the number of board feet (a “board foot” is 12 x 12 inches x 1 inch thick) – a tax that was (is) called “stumpage.” Kootenay Lake tugboats pre 1930s

Kaslo area timber claims were non-replaceable rights until 2006 when the Kaslo Community Forest Society (est. 1995) was granted an area-based tenure, giving it more flexibility but also much more accountability for the long-term viability of the forestlands under its stewardship. The community forest also has a recreation tenure – the Buchanan Recreation Area, locally known as “Bucky” – which is located on the lower slopes of Mt Buchanan, just west of Kaslo.

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Fruit Farming and Tourism

One of Kaslo’s early industries, after mining and logging and all the services required to support those, was fruit ranching. The virgin forest in the western part of town and halfway up the hill to Shutty Bench was cleared and stumped. Apple trees – especially Gravenstein – and Bing and Lambert cherry trees were planted and the Kaslo Fruit Growers Association was formed by Mr. J.W. Cockle. The Kaslo Fruit Fair was the outstanding event of its kind in the BC Interior. Kaslo cherries won first prize in London, England in 1909 and Kaslo apples won first prize at the Fruit Exhibition in Chicago in 1912. You could say that Kaslo fruit was world famous.

In 1932, the City Council decided it would be an excellent idea to plant cherry trees instead of shade trees along the boulevards in lower Kaslo. There is still one on B Avenue below Third Street. In a reversal almost a century later, Kaslo Village council decided that free cherries for bears was not in the best interest of the townspeople and that all new trees planted by the municipality would be strictly ornamental shade trees.

Kaslo Fruit Fair, 1912

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The weather being in a reasonable mood, the 6th Annual Kootenay Lake Fruit Fair passed off very nicely indeed. The Exhibition was fully up to expectations in every way.… Rowland Hunt, MP for South Shropshire, England formally declared the fair open. Mr Hunt stated that he was delighted and felt honored in having the privilege of saying a few words to the people of Kaslo upon the occasion. He had no hesitation in saying that nowhere had he seen such splendid fruit as was on exhibition in the hall where he was speaking. “Where I live in the Old Country, there is nothing to approach it,” he said, “and I would advise the ranchers here to strive for the old country market, where there is always a demand for high class fruit such as is produced in the great Kootenay country… The Kootenaiian 1912

For the past two weeks the Kaslo Motor Transport big freight lorries have been making special night trips to Nelson with Kaslo’s cherry harvest…

Depending on the decade, tourism has played a more or less important part in Kaslo’s economy since almost the beginning. An early piece on the charms of Kaslo as a tourist destination is at right.

Many of the larger growers report a large percentage of splits especially on the Bench and up the Hill. But many orchards in town and at Mirror Lake have an average size crop of lovely fruit and these tons of cherries will be welcome on the Canadian market this year, especially after the shortage from split elsewhere, and from flood failure. One thing is encouraging. There is little sign of little cherry damage in this year’s crop and growers are hoping the plague is on the wane. So far no help from the scientists, who still have no method of control to offer except to cut out the tree. The Kootenaiian 1948

Tucked away in a corner of the Kootenays lies the tiny village of Kaslo which has only of recent years been discovered by prairie folk. Making one more stage from Procter and Nelson, which have been highly popular of late, Kaslo is now being “done.” The remnant of a prosperous mining centre of 10,000 (sic), Kaslo bears a history. All about are evidences of past and prosperous days that have slackened into the dull monotony of the sunset of life. Days of revelry have changed into the tamer pleasures of the summer resort. The prospectors, lured into the mountains by the search of adventure and wealth, appear no more. The little main street that once held 24 noisy dance halls, bustles only with the steps of a few tourist shoppers. … Kaslo –“The Place of Many Berries”– so the Indians called it. And truly it is well named for the great wild saskatoons

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hang luxuriously; the pink-eyed salmon berries stare out at every turn; the bold huckleberries swell with pride at their prolificity. Cultivated fruits abound too, and “The Place of Many Berries” has become famous for its cherries and its apples. All the attractions of the better known and more professional resorts are here – mountain climbing, boating, camping, fishing, swimming, fruits. There is a beach with wonderful prospects, but at present it is impaired by past history, for, if one may read the signs aright, it has been used as the city dumping ground, with the result that many a small voice runs screaming home with gashes made by ugly broken bottles or tin cans. Here is great work for one of the public-minded organizations of the little town, now depleted in population to about 900 souls. … Lethbridge Herald 1921

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The Sporting Life It’s no surprise that sports of all kinds were popular in Kaslo from the start. Loungers were not likely to undertake the arduous trip into Kootenay Country. The founders of Kaslo were ambitious, mostly fit, and unafraid of physical risk. Miners, prospectors and loggers worked very hard, and usually in teams, but they frequently experienced bouts of time when there was no work because of the vagaries of mountain weather or even of the global economy. Carousing was one answer to the question of what to do on days off, but the number of sports teams organized by both men and women suggest that the teamwork that was normal for them at work translated nicely to the pitch or the rink or the court when there was no work to be done. The spirit that embraces risk takes many forms, even social and political. Within two years of having the vote in BC, in 1918 two Kaslo women ran and were elected to City Council. They haven’t been wallflowers at sport either; Kaslo ladies’ hockey players have been “socking it in the twine” for more than a century. To this day, the sports teams of Kaslo’s children, no matter how small – boys, girls, or mixed – have competed successfully with the bigger towns in the region. Is this due to their relative isolation in a village, where they grow up knowing each other like brothers and sisters? Or is it their ancestors?

c1940 There was always a lot of talk in the town around who was the strongest man. Cecil Pangburn, who was tall and lean, or Franz Eimer who Franz Eimer was short and very stocky. A big crowd gathered and a mule with a pack was brought forward. The contest would be who could lift the mule’s back feet off the ground. Cecil getting under the mule could not straighten his long legs. Franz got under the mule, put his back against the belly and snapped his legs upright. The mule’s back feet came off the ground and Franz won the day.

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Kaslo Ladies Hockey Club 1924. Right, a baseball game played in Vimy Park in the 1940s.

Curling: Kaslo was the first settlement in the Kootenays to organize curling. The first curling game played in Kaslo was in 1893 – the first big bonspiel was held on Mirror Lake in 1896. At first the Kaslo Curling Club had to depend on the ice at Mirror Lake but in 1897, the Kaslo Rink Company bought 8 lots from George Kane in the area where the Kaslo Motel is now. Two curling rinks and then a skating/hockey rink shielded by rough-sawn boards were created. Hockey: Like curling, hockey was first played on ice at Mirror Lake or any small pond in the area. In 1897 the Nelson hockey club had just organized and Kaslo players were invited to play them. Then for about 50 years the rink was at the corner of D and 4th Street, (a covered ice surface for much of that time), after that in the area where the Public Works is now, then back again to Mirror Lake until the Kaslo Recreation Complex was completed in 1975. Golf: A.J. Curle, or “Unc Curle” as he was called by the children of Kaslo, worked in the office of the Kaslo and Slocan Railway. He was also a land agent, fruit growers’ association secretary, and was on the Village Council in 1916-17. A.J is credited as the founder of the Kaslo Golf Club and was reportedly the first to own golf clubs in Kaslo. Kaslo’s golf course was financed with a bond sale and opened for the first time in 1925. Over the years the four holes have become nine and improvements are still

You gotta have ‘Wa’. Wa is a Japanese word that means harmony. It was the sport of baseball that brought together wary townspeople and the Japanese internees who arrived in May, 1942. A few of Kaslo’s internees used to play on the Vancouver Asahi baseball team. With their daring base running and bunting, the Asahi’s style of play led them to win five consecutive Pacific Northwest Championships between 1937 and 1941. After that year, they and their families were forcibly removed to camps and towns like Kaslo. Games and tournaments were organized between West Kootenay towns which brought May Days Games, many families 1893 back together Boat Racing: briefly during Double & Single Scull that hard time.

being made. A beautiful timber frame clubhouse was completed in 2007 and in 2017 some of the fairways were realligned to reduce the risk of golf balls being driven over to the next fairway and conking unsuspecting golfers on the head. Still, it’s very likely that A.J. Curle would recognize the course today as the one he spearheaded almost a century ago. He would be sure to enter the Rainbow Tournament, which, along with the incredible view, has been a mainstay of the course always.

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The Kaslo Powerhouse

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Kaslo Fire Department Drill W When Kaslo was first incorporated in 1893, its promoters boasted that it w was “the neatest wooden town in British Columbia.” Y Yet imagine the simmering anxiety of living in a town w where every house, shack and warehouse was built of wood – especially in the wintertime when everyone was heating their rooms with open fireplaces and woodstoves. Kaslo had no running water and no fire hydrants until 1896, two years after the 1894 fire that destroyed half of the buildings on Front Street. Before that, water from the Kaslo River was sold from two hogsheads on a wagon drawn by a team of horses. The cost was 25¢ a barrel to the downtown residents, while the unfortunate ones living out of the lower town had to pay double that price. At first Kaslo’s water was piped from a dam on the Kaslo River to the reservoir, which was located where the community garden is now on 8th and Washington streets. But there were complaints about pollution from the mines upriver and in 1936, 6,000 feet of wood-stave piping was laid down through the woods to bring water from Kemp Creek to the reservoir. You can still see parts of the old wooden pipes as you walk along the Lettrari Loop of the Kaslo River Trail. In 1981 the reservoir in upper Kaslo was filled in with sawdust and a new reservoir was finished west of the airport. Although the Kemp Creek source is as pristine as one could wish for, from time to time, especially during spring runoff, it needs treatment. In 2002 McDonald creek burst its banks and washed out the water system used by the Allen Division in upper Kaslo.

Kaslo invited the residents to hook into the Village’s system which at that time was being upgraded to the tune of a million dollars - a cost borne equally by Kaslo and Area D and the provincial and federal government. 1896 was a banner year for new technology and convenience in Kaslo. The first telephone line – with eight telephones and a fire alarm system – was installed that summer. The operator worked out of the Geigerich house, now the home of Tom and Georgie Humphries. By Chrismastime, the first electric light was switched on. The newly built Langham Hotel was one of the first to be hooked up. An article in the Sandon Paystreak described it as “one of the most comfortable and commodious residential quarters in town, having the benefits of all modern improvements in the way of electric lights, baths, etc.” In 1914 the City of Kaslo purchased the power plant and distribution system from George Alexander for $27,500. The power system began with a 18m dam on the Kaslo River. Water traveled through wood-stave pipe to the powerhouse, where it was returned to the river. (You can see the remains of these wooden pipes still, especially obvious near the Trailblazer bridge on the River Trail.) Each home in Kaslo was provided with free electricity to power their front porch light and this practice continued until after the powerplant was bought by West Kootenay Power in 1962.

Norm McCartney recalls the first movie he ever saw. He lived out of town on the Back Road, on land now known as Lofstedt Farm but was known as the Turnip Farm when Norm was a child. He and his buddy “Tyke” MacMurphey rode all the way to the Drill Hall in Kaslo on horseback. They stabled Cherry, Norm’s horse, over in Hogan’s Alley, at the farrier’s place kitty-corner on A Avenue and 5th. Once inside the hall, after the opening cartoons and the newsreels, the dramatic action of Robin Hood began. On the screen, arrows were flying in every direction and cinematic music boomed from the loudspeakers, filling the darkened hall. Both he and Tyke were too afraid to admit to their terror so they both decided they had better go and see how the horse was doing. They spent the rest of the movie stroking Cherry’s nose. Radio and TV came to Kaslo much later than to most Canadians. The mountains were a formidable barrier in pre-satellite days. Until the CBC was persuaded to put up a tower at Pilot Point, TV and radio signals were spotty, and came from Spokane. In the mid 1950s Bruce Tate and some friends went up and down the beach near Vimy park, holding a portable TV connected by several linked extension cords to the nearest house. They angled the TV’s antennae (“rabbit ears”) this way and that until they caught a signal. They had tuned into a western! The friends all flopped down on the sand and watched the show. There is some dispute about who owned the first car in Kaslo. Some claim it was Fred Archer. It may have been the Caldwells in 1912, whose car is pictured here. If it was ever to leave Kaslo, the car would have been loaded on the K&S Railway or into the hold of a sternwheeler.

The first motion pictures were shown in 1913 in the Eagles Hall (now the Mason Hall on 3rd Street and A Avenue.) Later, movies were shown at the Drill Hall (now known as the Legion Hall) and then at the Drexall Theatre on Front Street (now Selkirk College.)

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Gardeners love Kaslo The big lake (37 cubic kilometres of water) moderates Kaslo’s temperatures. Consequently, very low temperatures in winter are rare, and Kaslo gardeners enjoy a growing zone rating of between 4 and 6, depending on their proximity to the lake. By mid-May you can count on it being frost-free until about Thanksgiving, or mid-October.

Peaches, espaliered on a south wall, can grow here and some gardeners harvest greens from under straw all winter long. It is commonplace for yards to boast vegetable gardens and several varieties of plum, cherry, apple or pear trees, as well as beautiful flower gardens. If you love to be inspired by gardens, a stroll around Kaslo can’t be beat for visions of innovation, colour and creativity.

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Celebrating 125 years of history in Kaslo We’re helping preserve heritage structures in the Basin, like Kaslo City Hall, through our three-year $6.15 million in Built Heritage Grants.

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Climate

The most dramatic peak, snowtopped for all but a few weeks every year, is the mountain named after the Norse god Loki, a legendary trickster and a shape shifter. If you’re there when the sun goes down, the peak of Mt Loki (at 2771 metres) is the last one to

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glow with the rays of the dying sun. Climbing Mt Loki is a rite of passage for many Kaslovians. On the western shores of Kootenay Lake rise the mountains of the Selkirk mountain range. The Kaslo River valley, which is a steep cut carving through the Selkirks between Kaslo and New Denver, is riddled with the remains of mines and settlements from the era of the silver rush.

Distance

If you’re one of those people who feels more grounded and happier when you know exactly where your feet are planted, let us offer you a few facts about where you’re at when you’re here – in Kaslo: Lower Kaslo Village occupies the alluvial fan or delta of the Kaslo River, which empties into Kootenay Lake. If you are standing at the river mouth and looking across the lake, you will be looking at the Purcell Mountain Range. Land area: Kaslo occupies 3.9 square kilometres or just over a 1.5 square miles. Distance from a major centre: By highway Kaslo is 753 km (468 miles) from Vancouver, 604 km (375 miles) from Calgary, and 309 km (192 miles) from Spokane, Washington.

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Healing & Wellness The Kaslo area is blessed with healing and wellness practitioners of all kinds, as well as providers of organic and healthy foods and natural products and remedies. Kaslo's Body Project – Find your Strength Tyler Chymko and Ra'ed Jaber Body Project offers a spacious, sparkling new, safe and welcoming place to work on your fitness. There are showers and change rooms, a wide open area for the fitness classes and boot camps, and lots of room for the cardio equipment and weights. Ra'ed and Tyler, with their varied experience and knowledge, are on-site at all mes to guide and support their clients. The Body Project is open every day except Sunday, from 6 to 11 am and 4 to 9 pm, with group classes to suit any fitness level and all ages. Memberships start at $65 per month.

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Falling Water Spa at Wing Creek Resort Enhance your experience of this beau ful area by indulging in a deeply relaxing spa service in the Falling Water Spa at Wing Creek Resort. Relax and rejuvenate with your choice of soothing spa services. Let the tranquil sounds of the cascading mountain stream waters take you away. Although guests at Wing Creek Resort get ﬁrst choice of appointments, you do not need to stay at the resort to treat yourself to one of their award-winning spa services. Please book your appointment at least 24 hours in advance.

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Brendan Murray-Nellis R.Ac. Registered Acupuncturist with CTCMA Seeking relief from pain, headaches, menopause, diges on, fa gue or stress? His treatments include acupuncture, herbalism, cupping, massage and more, to balance mental and physical wellbeing. Covered by most insurance and lowincome MSP.

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Kaslo Community Pharmacy and Ward Taylor ~ Pharmacist Kaslo Community Pharmacy's goal is to support your health and wellness needs with products ranging from fitness and supplements through to Rx prescrip on supplies. You will also find a great selec on of first aid, home health care supplies and mobility aids. The store is open all week long, Monday to Saturday 9:30am–5:30pm. Knowledgeable staff can assist you in the Pharmacy department Monday to Friday 9:30am–5:30pm and the Print & Copy Centre is open 10am–5pm. Drop in and visit the Pharmacy, refill your prescrip ons online at h p://kaslopharmacy.myrefill.ca and visit them on Facebook to stay current with news and events. Kaslo Community Pharmacy. Suppor ng

Sonya Franke Cer ﬁed Mindfulness Educator

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Mindfulness offers us a way to be er understand ourselves. Current research is showing poten al benefits include overall improved wellness of heart, mind, and body, such as be er sleep, a boosted immune system, decrease of rumina on and a healthier rela onship to stress. Mindfulness can also help to manage chronic pain. Studies are showing that in as li le as 8 weeks, prac sing for 15 minutes a day can change our brain, moving us towards an increase in a en on and emo onal regula on over me. Sonya is a cer fied educator of mindfulness, through Mindful Schools, Emeryville, California. For individual or group sessions, please contact Sonya Franke at

Joli Guthrie feels blessed to live and work in the town in which she was born and raised, beau ful Kaslo, BC. She graduated from the Okanagan Valley College of Massage Therapy in 2004. In 2009, she passed the Board exams and oﬃcially became a Registered Massage Therapist in Bri sh Columbia. Joli specializes in deep ssue massage. She has a solid knowledge of anatomy, strong intui ve hands and great listening skills (the most important assessment tool in her opinion.) The oﬃce space at the front of her home by the river is cozy and soothing. Please call for an appointment.

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A licensed Naturopathic Physician since 2007, Dr. Speirs works with clients of all ages to assist them in ﬁnding op mal wellness. By addressing biochemistry, hormones, nutri on and diges on, structure, stress, energy and emo ons, we can unlock the body’s innate ability to heal and uncover the root causes of illness. For more informa on, see her website or call!

Josana oﬀers gentle ﬂow yoga with emphasis on breath, heart opening and inner transforma on. Experience your inner joy and radiance! Beginners and drop-ins are welcome! Contact Josana regarding classes, registra on for Beginner/Back to Basics classes, upcoming workshops and private sessions. The a tude of gra tude is the highest yoga. ~ - Yogi Bhajan

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Shelagh Smith Body Energe cs Holis c Therapies Shelagh is cer ﬁed in Advanced Integra ve Energy Healing (Langara College) and Visionary Craniosacral Work (Milne Ins tute). She has been in private prac ce since 2007. Shelagh oﬀers an intui ve and integrated approach to release pa erns and restric ons held in the body resul ng in pain relief, improved mobility and performance and increased wellbeing. Shelagh has a prac ce in Kaslo.

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Sunnyside Naturals Healing and wellness are integrated in our whole lives; our nutri on nourishes our bodies, our families and our communi es. Sunnyside Naturals ensures that organic and GMO-free products are available. They also work with small farmers and local cer ﬁed kitchens to provide the freshest and most dynamic foods for the community.

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On the Water A storybook character, a professional women’s baseball team, a fashion fad... or a fish?

Houseboa ng Kootenay Lake Explore the many faces of Kootenay Lake like never before – on a houseboat from Kaslo Shipyards. As captain and crew, you decide how busy or relaxing you want your holiday to be. These steelhulled houseboats have a unique design that can withstand the vagaries of weather that can happen on a lake the size of the Kootenay. All are furnished with a spacious wheel-house, full galley, bathroom and sleeping facilities for four, six or eight people. Cruise the lake in comfort and style and discover your own private cove. Go to www.kasloshipyard.com for more morrree information about their fleet and rates.

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That’s a trick question, because the answer is yes to all four, (and there are more usages for Dolly Varden than that.) The original Dolly Varden is a character in Charles Dickens’ 1839 novel Photo: C. Lynch Barnaby Rudge. She was a fetching young thing, and her name eventually Gerrard Rainbow Trout came to be applied to a colourful and layWould you like to see the largest species of ered style of clothing popular in the 1870s. rainbow trout in the world? There is only A popular parlour song of the day went: one place in the world you can see these trout, and it’s a marvellous day trip to take from Kaslo. Gerrard was once a settlement on the Lardeau River although it’s only a few cabins and a bridge today. For local folks, a trip upriver to picnic and view the spawning Gerrard is a popular Mother’s Day tradition. From the viewing platform, the huge fish can easily be mistaken for logs in the river. Then you see that they are moving, slowly upstream. Not logs! Due to overfishing, the Lardeau River has been closed to fishing rainbows since the 1940s. But this closure has worked in favour of the fish. Back in the 1950s the Gerrard run was down to less than 150 fish. Have you seen my little girl? She doesn’t Today, thanks to fishing regulations and wear a bonnet. the addition of nutrients to the north arm She’s got a monstrous flip-flop hat with of Kootenay Lake by the Fish & Wildlife cherry ribbons on it. Compensation Program and the Ministry She dresses in bed furniture just like a of Environment, the Gerrard run is apflower garden. proximately 1,000 fish in a year. A blowin’ and a growin’ and they call it To reach the viewing platform from Kaslo, Dolly Varden. take Highway #31 towards Meadow Creek. (song lyrics by Alfred Lee, 1872) From Meadow Creek stay on Highway #31 The story has it that a 15 year old girl be(well-maintained gravel road) until you stowed Dickens’ character’s name on the cross the bridge over the Lardeau River trout, which had, until then, been known near the outlet of Trout Lake (approx. 45 as a calico trout. And the name stuck. minutes from Meadow Creek). The viewThe Kootenay Lake fish known locally as ing platform and parking area is to the the Dolly Varden trout is more correctly right of the road after the bridge. named bull trout. It is a landlocked species of o char that spawns in the fall, unlike another othe othe ot her of of Kootenay Koo oo ote tteena nay Lake’s famous fish, the rainbow raiin ra nbow bow trout, bo trro ou ut, t, which whi h ch h spawns spa pawn wns in the spring.

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Gerrard Rainbow Trout

Kootenay Lake has some of the best fishing in Canada. You can fish by boat, kayak or canoe with bucktail streamers on the surface or plugs down deep. Or cast from shore with spoons and jigs. There are three different types of rainbows in Kootenay Lake; Mykiss, Kamlooper and the world renowned Gerrard rainbow with sizes ranging from 1 to 20 lbs! Not to be outdone is the bull trout or what the locals call dollies. They are great to eat or smoke up for later and range from 1 to 15 lbs. For up to date fishing reports, licensing and gear stop in at Barren’s Sport Shop on 4th Street. A little south of Kaslo, Woodbury Resort can also help you get set up. Want to go fishing with an expert? Contact Hooked-Up Charters at 250-551-3404 www.hookedupfishingtours.com or Reel Adventures at 250-505-4963 www.reeladventuresfishing.com Other options: A Kootenay style houseboat from Kaslo Shipyard will guarantee your crew an epic day on the lake, or find a buddy and rent a couple of kayaks at the Adventure Centre on Front Street. Fishing regulations are online at http:// www.env.gov.bc.ca Kootenay Lake is Region 4 in the province.

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For details on these and other day trips in the Kaslo area, visit the Kaslo Visitors Centre on Front Street (SS Moyie) or call 250-353-2525.

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1. Lardeau River Ra ing 1-855-400-RAFT(7238) 250-366-4338 www.LardeauRIverAdventures.com The 2018 season runs from May 1 ll September 30 with daily trips depar ng from Meadow Creek. Due to limited space, it is essen al to book your ra ing trip. Enjoy an exhilara ng run on the crystal waters of the Lardeau River through the awesome scenery of Goat Range Provincial Park, which is home to an abundance of Rocky Mountain wildlife.

3. Kayaking on Kootenay Lake 250-353-1925 www.kaslokayaking.com The Kaslo Kayaking Adventure Centre is located on Front Street. Tours, rentals and lessons are offered and there is high quality outdoor gear for sale. Full day and 1/2 days tours can be booked. Lessons are offered for kayaking, stand up paddleboarding and windsurfing. Rent a kayak, canoe or a stand up paddleboard.

4. Explore Kootenay Lake in a Houseboat

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The original zipline in the West Kootenay zips you through 44 acres of old growth Douglas fir and pine forests. Located 22 km north of Hwy 3A on Kokanee Glacier Park Rd., Kokanee Mountain Zipline offers 6 ziplines of varying heights and lengths and provides a breathtaking view of the Kokanee Creek canyon. It’s best to book your tour ahead as walk-ups are on a first-come, first-served basis. Some weight restric ons. Fun for the whole family!

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If you keep going west along the riverside after crossing the Trailblazer Bridge, you’ll be travelling the Lettrari Loop. If it’s a hot summer day, you’ll love this section. There are wooden boardwalks and a couple of little bridges to cross and some deeply shady spots where you can stop and cool your toes in the icy water. It eventually leaves the river, and climbs steeply to the Kaslo airport and the True Blue Recreation Area. Pick up a trail map at a local business or go online to www.Trailforks.com ('Trails' cont'd pages 42- 43)

Daytrips andExcursions Excursions Hikes and ‘Up the Lake’ (see map pg 40)

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Meadow Mountain Macbeth Iceﬁeld Monica Meadows Jumbo Pass Fry Creek DUNCAN LAKE F Glayco Beach, Howser: boat launch, camping, swimming G Glacier Creek: camping, swimming LARDEAU RIVER AREA H Gerrard Rainbow (30-40 lb) spawning third week in April to mid May. Peak end of April. I John Fenger Memorial Park in Gerrard. Old growth forest, 20 minute walk, hike. For up to date informa on on the trails in the Purcell Wilderness Conservancy go to h p://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/ explore/parkpgs/purcell/

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Hiking Trails

6. Kokanee Mountain Zipline www.zipkokanee.com

Crossing over to the south side trail by way of the original Trailblazer covered bridge, head back towards town along an enchanting path complete with steps, hand ropes and benches at view points. In early summer the Kaslo River is at its wildest, and the damp forest floor is spangled with the white-petalled Queen’s cup. Within 40 minutes or so you’ll be crossing another covered bridge and find yourself back where you started, on Higashi Way.

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Cody Caves (one of the best known cave systems in BC) are a network of limestone caves in the Selkirk Mountains in BC, located 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Ainsworth Hot Springs on the west side of Kootenay Lake. Cody Cave Tours operate year round and oﬀer a variety of tour packages: Adventure, Explorer and Family. For children age 5 and up to adults who enjoy more strenuous and physical adventure.

MULTI-PURPOSE KASLO AREA TRAILS Kaslo River Trail - You can traverse this lovely riverine loop, bracketed by two beet red covered bridges, in under an hour. Starting at the south end of Higashi Way in downtown Kaslo, and heading west along the north side of the river, walk or bike up towards the Trailblazer Bridge. The initial section of the north side trail is wide, with shallow grades and interpretive signs, making it family friendly and for much of the way, wheelchair accessible. Halfway to the bridge is the Family Pump Park, which is lots of fun for mountain bikers young and old.

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1-800-554-1657 www.kasloshipyard.com Houseboa ng is a wonderful way to explore Kootenay Lake and enjoy some of the best ﬁshing in BC. While cruising the lake you can check out the secluded coves, sandy beaches, private swimming and amazing nature hikes as well as the lakeside towns for golf, natural hot springs, shopping and dining. You can rent one of the four vessels any me of year, for a day, a week, or ...

The Kaslo Mountain Bike Skills Park or Mountain biking on Mt. Reco - Photo: Ernst Garth - Kaslo Manor Lodge Family Pump Park is located on the north side Kaslo River trail. It’s really fun for kids, novice and even expert mountain bikers to swoop along through this network of single track trails embraced within a curve of the Kaslo River. (see map pg. 26-27)

Mountain Biking

Recently making the top 10 Traveller’s Choice awards list by Canada Travel, Fletcher Falls is best known as a hiking trail to a waterfall. There is also a marine wilderness campground site for boaters and canoers who are exploring on Kootenay Lake. Backpackers arrive via a hiking trail. Drive 6 km south of Kaslo on Hwy 31. Turn le on Fletcher Creek Frontage Road. Park and walk down to the trail that leads to the foot of a spectacular waterfall and moss lined gro o.

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The Kaslo area has a vast variety of biking trails ranging from easy to very challenging. Trailforks has the most comprehensive set of up-todate mountain biking maps for the Kaslo area. Visit www.trailforks.com

River Ra ing

Day Trips

In the Woods and Over the Mountain Mountain Biking

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True Blue Trails There is a lot of variety on the multi-purpose trails above the airport in the True Blue Recreation Area, with about 9 trails of various difficulty. Spanish Moss (trail 9) is one of our favourites to walk or mountain bike! If you take Straightface trail it will connect you to I’ll Call Rusty, a trail which heads west, then does a big loop to return you to the south side of the River Trail. Little wooden bridges and boardwalks carry you over ephemeral streams, brooks and boggy areas, which is fun for the hiker or fairly confident mountain biker. To get to the True Blue Recreation Area, take Hwy 31 heading south out of Kaslo, turn right on Balfour Avenue (before the Esso), follow Balfour Avenue up the hill until you reach the gravel pit on the left before the airport. Look for sign on left for True Blue Recreation Trails, turn left into road at gravel pit. Wardner Street Lookout or the Viewpoint leads to a ridge with a beautiful view of Kaslo and Kootenay Lake. It is steep with switchbacks; the gain in elevation is about 100 metres. If you’re really fit and want a challenge, you can make it up to the viewpoint in 15 – 18 minutes. If you prefer a leisurely pace, give yourself an hour plus for both up and down, including a few minutes to take in the view. Mount Loki – Accessible on the east shore of Kootenay Lake, Mount Loki offers a great 10 km return day hike with spectacular panoramic views from the summit. The hike is not for the faint of heart and requires some exposed scrambling near the top. The trailhead is a 15 km drive on a gravel road north of Riondel up Portman Creek Road. Bring lots of food and water and dress appropriately. Hiking poles really help, especially for the descent.

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Kokanee Glacier Park

Fry Creek Canyon is a great place for a day hike for locals and visitors alike. Access by vehicle is via Johnsons Landing. Just keep following the main road until you come to the trailhead signs. There is parking at the trailhead. The trail to the canyon

Fry Canyon

Idaho Peak– This is a beautiful place to view alpine flowers during July and August. The gravel, switchback road begins in Sandon and climbs 12 km past sights of lakes, valleys and old mine sites. Idaho Peak is at 7479 feet and the alpine meadow lies at the 12 km mark. The road near the top may be snow-covered as late as mid-June. Kokanee Glacier Park – You can get to this scenic but rugged alpine park from Woodbury. After you’ve parked your high clearance vehicle, you will gain almost 1,000 metres as you hike and scramble the 4-6

Idaho Peak

Galena Trail– At the turnoff from Hwy 31A to Sandon at Three Forks is the start of the Galena Trail. This easy single track bike or hiking trail follows the old rail bed approx. 11 km to New Denver and features mining ruins and a cable car over Carpenter Creek! Approx 40 minutes drive west from Kaslo. Season: June – October

Fry Creek Canyon. Photo: Brynne Herbison

hour hike to either of two cabins. Get more info on this route into the park at Woodbury Resort. You can reserve the cabins through www.alpineclubofcanada.ca The other way to access the high alpine in this provincial park is to take Hwy 31A west of Kaslo 4 km to Southfork. Cross the bridge you see on your left and keep driving up and up the Keen Creek mainline. It’s just over 14 km to the boundary of the park. From there you are in for some true wilderness hiking as the trails in that section of Kokanee Glacier Park have not been maintained.

Hiking Trails

Whitewater Canyon Trail – This hike takes you through alpine bowls and offers spectacular viewpoints, even fascinating remnants of the valley’s mining past. It’s also pretty easy walking. Start with the Whitewater Forest Service Road. It begins from Hwy 31A just after the abandoned mine buildings and before the sign for Retallack. Walk as far as you like and then return. Most people opt for a 3 to 5 hour excursion.

crosses private property and the owners have granted permission to cross their property. Keeping this in mind, be responsible while doing so. The Fry Creek Trail extends some 12 km up the canyon and takes you to the Purcell Wilderness Conservancy. The trail winds through stands of cedar, hemlock and ponderosa pines above Kootenay Lake. You will stop often and turn around to admire the splendid views of the creek, the canyon and surrounding peaks. Once arriving at the canyon, head to the right and go down the trail to the bridge across the creek. This trail heads down to Kootenay Lake, thus making this trip accessible by boat if one chooses. The hike to the bridge is a good initiation to the canyon. For the more adventurous, the Fry Creek Canyon Trail only begins once you reach the canyon, just above the bridge. One need only hike a kilometre or two up the trail to experience the canyon. The trail stays to the north side of the creek and was blasted out of the canyon wall by prospectors hoping to strike gold. Oftentimes one feels suspended over the rushing creek. It is a long five kilometres from the trail head to the substantial cable car across the creek just above the confluence of Fry Creek and Carney Creek. Give yourselves plenty of time to get there as there is a tricky rock slide to scramble over on the way. Crossing using the cable car is also a bit of work as it is quite heavy. Once across the cable car, the trail fades quickly and the wilderness closes in. This trail is a great introduction for hikers to the ruggedness of the Kaslo area. For more information, please visit www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/purcell/

Mount Loki

Day Trips

Mount Buchanan Lookout – (High clearance AWD vehicles only.) From Kaslo, head west towards New Denver on Highway 31A for 10 km to the Blue Ridge Forest Service Road, then follow the signs. The Buchanan Lookout features a refurbished forest fire watch tower. This is a great spot for family oriented outings; views are spectacular and flowers are lovely in season. A 2 km loop trail below the lookout provides access to viewpoints.

Woodbury Resort & Marinan ,Resort Lake’s Destinatio

FREE WiFi for guests

Kootenay

Fish for Rainbows from your front door. Explore the beautiful Selkirk Mountains at your back door – 50 km quad/bike trail right from the resort

Woodbury 4 Seasons Resort has so much to offer … all year! Over 50 km of SLEDDING, ATV and HIKING trails. CREEK, MOUNTAIN OR LAKE FISHING

• Campground and RV park with over 130 RV/campground sites • Protected sandy beach

• New 2-bedroom motel suites, plus chalets with full kitchen and satellite TV • Marina – fuel and tackle • Boat rentals featuring 18’ covered boats from $35/hr (no licence required) • Swimming in our seasonal outdoor Marine Pub & Restaurant heated pool, in Kootenay Lake, 250-353-7716 or at nearby The Best Ainsworth Hot Springs • Daily activities on the Planet! at the rec hall Office/Registration, Store & Laundromat • Affordable • Family restaurant

Fish & Chips

Open 7 days a week

4 kms north of Ainsworth Hot Springs PO Box 1262, Ainsworth, BC V0G 1A0 250-353-7717 Fax 250-353-2004 Toll Free 1-877-353-7717 Email: woodburyresort@netidea.com

BEER & WINE STORE OPEN ALL YEAR ROUND WITH EXTENDED SUMMER HOURS

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Total darkness. Underground waterfalls. Cascades. Soda straws. Calcite and sedimentary rock formations. Stalactites, stalagmites. Draperies. Climbing ropes and ladders. Ancient abandoned fossil passage. Galleries. Huge granite boulders. Dog leg passage. 40 foot rappel. Fragile conservancy section.

Photo: Andrea Hand

The squeeze. John’s Crawl. Recently discovered passageway. Cave extension. Spectacular soda straw passage. Sound like an adventure for you? From May to September there are tours suited to all ages from 5 years up, lasting from 2 to 7 hours including the forest hike from the parking lot to the cave entrance. For the very active and adventurous there are now tours into Cody Cave during the winter. Winter access is via helicopter in and snowshoe out, or an overnight 18 km round trip snowshoe hike and cabin camping. On top of all the features inside the cave, you will marvel at the spectacular ice formations outside the entrance. Explore this wild but fragile underground world sculpted by glacier fed waters, located in the Selkirk Mountains above Ainsworth Hot Springs. All tours are by reservation only. For more information call 250-359-CAVE (2283) or visit www.codycavetours.com

Kokanee Glacier Park

Cody Cave Tours

Are you a sledder who loves the open back country? Make Woodbury Resort your base camp. The snow-covered access road to Kokanee Glacier Park and the Silver Spray cabin joins the highway right at Woodbury.

Cody Caves

It takes less than five minutes to drive north from Ainsworth to Woodbury Resort & Marina and Jones Boys Boats. In 1897, the length of Woodbury Creek was the site of a mining boom. Prospectors staked and then worked their claims all along the creek for kilometres up into the mountains. And as with other communities, the boom didn’t last, the mining declined and the prospectors eventually went elsewhere. Today, Woodbury is home to the thriving resort and marina, and the well known Jones Boys Boats, who offer boat and ATV sales and service. The resort, a natural playground, is open year round, and occupies a breathtaking location on the shore of Kootenay Lake. Woodbury has everything from boat rentals, and camping to a restaurant, convenience store with fishing tackle, chalet rentals, a recreation hall and a swimming pool. When you arrive, head into JB’s Restaurant and enjoy a meal. Linger over dinner and later chat with the locals in the fun and laid back atmosphere of the pub. Woodbury is also a gateway to Kokanee Glacier Park and the Silverspray Cabin. In summer, you would access the park by driving up Woodbury Creek Forestry Road for 13 km to the trailhead.

Woodbury Resort Fishing

Woodbury

AINSWORTH MOTEL …on Kootenay Lake

Kokanee Glacier Park. Photo: Gary Schneider

PREMIUM ACCOMMODATION AT AFFORDABLE RATES

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Kitchenettes • Satellite TV • Wiﬁ 3595 Hwy 31, Ainsworth Hot Springs, BC 250-229-4711• 888-848-4463 info@ainsworthmotel.com • www.ainsworthmotel.com

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Ainsworth

Ainsworth Hot Springs Check in at the comfortable Ainsworth Motel, The Mermaid or at the Ainsworth Hot Springs Resort. Come to immerse yourself in the naturally warm, healing waters and to allow the power of nature to soothe your body and soul. Since time immemorial, the Ktunaxa people (pronounced K-too-nah-ha) have valued the springs as a place for healing. After battle, warriors would come to soak in the spirit waters (nupika wu’u), easing their heart and limbs back from injury and strain through to strength once again. The source of the springs lies in the mountains above the resort, in the Cody Caves area. The water works its way down through porous calcareous rock to flow through to the pools below, renewing the water naturally approximately six times a day.

Ainsworth Hot Springs Resort Today, the site of the ancient hot springs is home to the Ainsworth Hot Springs Resort. In a pleasing circularity, the resort is now owned and operated by the Lower Kootenay Band. They are proud to bring a unique First Nations warmth to the hospitality you will experience when you stay at the resort. Staying at the hotel means you have exclusive use of the healing waters in the mornings before 10 am. Float in the steaming open-air pool, then wade into the horseshoe-shaped cave, where the darkness, the mineral deposits and the humidity all combine to offer an exhilarating experience. At the Ktunaxa Grill enjoy indigenous inspired cuisine prepared by Chef Aaron Day. You’ll enjoy a meal that’s creative, healthy, non-gmo, hormone and antibiotic-free.

H. Giegerich's General Store as it appeared in the late 1800s

KITCHEN

Beautiful outdoor family-friendly location in Ainsworth Hot Springs

JB (Pop) Fletcher took over as manager in 1912. The JB Fletcher Museum now makes this building its home.

J.B. Fletcher Museum This was Ainsworth’s general store from 1891 until 1972. With all its original fixtures, it looks much as it did when J.B. (Pop) Fletcher first came to Ainsworth in 1912 to manage it for owner Henry Giegerich. An ancient cash register, medicine bottles, canned goods, and old cereal ads, among other things, make it feel like you’ve stepped back in time. Open during the summer months. Admission by donation.

Check out Betty O’s Facebook page for hours

*Available this summer – JB Fletcher Museum has developed a walking tour map of historic sites in Ainsworth. Pick up your copy.

ALL DAY BREAKFAST • PANINIS • TACOS ESPRESSO • ICE CREAM • SHAKES • SMOOTHIES

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“I had some ac vity last summer when running the store, such as a flying umbrella, a ladies hat flying off the shelf and mysterious footsteps and electrical ac vity. Our belief is that this ghost moved in when the Silver Ledge Hotel burnt down.”

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Duncan Dam

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Water in the Duncan Lake reservoir fluctuates seasonally by as much as 30 metres in elevation. When the water is low in winter and early spring, you can still see traces of the prior settlement and the ghostly stumps of the trees. Operations of the dam can cause fluctuations in water levels downstream, at the north end of Kootenay Lake. This is an attractive area for canoeing, but care must be taken because of the potential for sudden flooding. For reservoir information call 1-877-924-2444.

Photo: Cathy MacMillan

Heli/Cat/Backcountry Skiing

If playing in the deep powder of the backcountry is your passion, Kaslo has several options for heli-skiing or snow cat skiing. After all, commercial heli and snow cat skiing operations were born here! To find out more about Mount Carlyle Lodge, Selkirk Snowcat Skiing, Retallack, Stellar Heliskiing, White Grizzly Cat Skiing and more visit our website: http:// visitkaslo.com/recreation-events/wintersports/

Lardeau Valley Museum A little north of the Meadow Creek town centre, just past the Lardeau Valley Community Hall, is a small museum dedicated to local history. It is open during July and August or by appointment, email museum.lvhs@gmail.com. If the museum is not open it’s worth stopping anyway. There is still a fair bit to see just roaming about the grounds. The buildings themselves are quite interesting and six interpretive signs posted outside give a good sense of time and place back in the day. The history lessons become hands-on at the Lardeau Valley Fall Fair every year as some of the old equipment is still functional.

Meadow Creek Spawning Channel Sometimes it’s okay to see red. The flashing bright red of thousands upon thousands of spawning kokanee that is. This is the sight to behold at the Meadow Creek spawning channel from late August to early October. The Meadow Creek spawning channel was constructed in 1967 with BC Hydro funds and was the world’s largest at the time. The channel is 3.3 km long by 12 metres wide; it supports a total of 250,000 spawning kokanee. 10 – 15 million fry are produced annually with mean egg-to-fry survival rate of 45%. The spawning channel is open to the public for the duration of the spawning season, unless there is unusually high bear activity. Walkways and an interpretive site allow visitors the opportunity to learn about this wonder of nature. It is located 4 km north of Meadow Creek off Highway 31.

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Museum

Kootenay Lake was dammed in 1967. The Duncan Dam, a 40 metre earth-fill dam with no power generation facilities, was the first of the three Columbia River Treaty dams to be built in the Canadian section of the Columbia River Basin. It was designed to control the flow of water from the Duncan River into Kootenay Lake. The Duncan is the tributary that provides about 13% of the water flowing into Kootenay Lake. As the dam neared completion, the valley bottom was cleared of large trees, the original residents of the community of Howser displaced, and some farms and orchards were flooded. When the water began to rise and fill the new reservoir, the original Duncan Lake increased in size from 25 km to 45 km in length. You can visit the dam. Follow the signs on Highway 31 north of Meadow Creek to Duncan Dam – or do the armchair version! http : / / w w w. youtu b e. c om / watch?v=DoOTEZFrJGA

Photo: Spencer Remple

Spawning Channel

Forty km (25 miles) north of Kaslo is the beautiful Lardeau Valley which embraces the small communities of Lardeau, Cooper Creek and Meadow Creek, Howser, Argenta and Johnsons Landing. The rich valley bottom farmland is the result of the ebb and flow over thousands of years by the Duncan and Lardeau Rivers through the flats at the head of the lake. The area was first settled at the turn of the last century when a flood of prospectors searching for rich lodes of ore invaded the area. In 1912, the first of several homesteading families arrived to eke out a living by farming and logging on the bench land. Starting in the 1950s the area saw an increase of people who were looking for a way to build a principled and sustainable community or just to get back to nature. The north end of the lake includes five biogeoclimatic zones, from low-lying wet valleys with towering cedar and cottonwoods to the scree on the peaks dribbling down into spectacular alpine meadows. Wildlife includes deer, moose, elk, black and grizzly bears, mountain caribou, wolverine, wolves and mountain goats. More than 68 species of birds have been recorded. Some of the streams contain native stock of cutthroat and rainbow trout, Dolly Varden (bull trout) and mountain whitefish.

North End of Kootenay Lake

Heli/Cat/Backcountry Skiing Duncan Dam

North End of Kootenay Lake

Dining Guide

In Kaslo...

Buddy’s Front Street Pizzeria

Traditional hand stretched pizza made with the finest ingredients. Classic Italian specialties, pastas, seasonal organic salads, gluten-free pizzas, plus cappuccino, espresso and specialty coffees too! Owner operated, seasonal hours. For current hours and events, please call 250353-2282 or go to their website www.buddyspizzeria.com 417 Front Street. See ad page 10.

The Clubhouse Restaurant at the Kaslo Golf Course. Amazing lake and mountain views await you from the timber framed clubhouse restaurant. Join friends for great food and summer drinks on the sun drenched patio. Open during the golfing season 7 days a week. Call for our lunch specials. 250-3532262. See ad page 16.

Teresa’s Coffee Shop Homemade baking, soup and fresh bread sandwiches, ice cream and specialty coffees. Monday to Saturday, early morning to 5:30 pm. 7 days a week in summer, early morning to 5:30 or later! 402 Front Street. 250-353-2115. See ad page 18.

Sunnyside Naturals The organic eatery in Kaslo. Fresh daily soups, wraps, pitas, salads: green, quinoa, potato. Numerous varied accompaniments according to the season and local source availability. Juice bar with create-your-own option of freshly squeezed and blended drinks and smoothies. Nutritionally complete, fabulous taste! Open 7 days a week May to December, 9 am to 6 pm Monday through Saturday, and 10 am to 4 pm Sundays. January through April open Monday to Saturday 9 am to 6 pm. 404 Front Street. 250-353-9667. See ad on page 36.

Ainsworth & Woodbury

Kaslo Hotel

Ainsworth Hot Springs Resort Ktunaxa Grill

Dine in either the pub or restaurant, or on the covered patio with its breathtaking view of Kootenay Lake. Enjoy one of many craft beers on tap, or try one of the many great dishes from their extensive menu. 430 Front Street. 250-353-7714. See ad page 51.

Fresh. Local. Indigenous inspired. Casual fine dining with friendly, professional service. Open year-round, 7:30 am to 9:30 pm. 3609 Hwy 31, 250-229-4212 extension #406. Reservations recommended. See ad page 2.

Mountain King

Betty O’s Kitchen

A tradition of great taste, serving Kaslo for 40 years – homemade burgers, fish & chips, ice cream and more. Open April to September, 11 am to 7 pm. 333 Front Street, across from the SS Moyie. 250-353-7788. See ad page 34.

Operating May to October from a converted school bus on Sutton Street just above the Highway and right next to Ainsworth Hot Springs Resort. Betty O’s serves up simple, delicious, fresh, homemade breakfast, lunch and dinner offerings – soups, panini sandwiches, tacos… as well as ice cream, shakes, smoothies, and Oso Negro espresso coffee. Bring the family and enjoy your meal sitting at one of the outdoor picnic tables. Super friendly service. Check out Betty O’s Facebook page for hours. See page 46.

The Treehouse Restaurant Located on Front Street, the Treehouse Restaurant is known far and wide for their Eggs Benedict, omelettes and breakfast bowls, as well as their daily morning specials. The extensive menu includes great vegetarian fare, plus burgers, chicken, nachos, burritos, steaks, wraps and so much more! All with generous portions and priced to please. Choose from a large selection of homemade desserts. Treat the whole family. Open daily at 6:30 am, fully licensed. 419 Front Street. 250-353-2955. See ad page 14.

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JB’s Restaurant & Pub Where visitors become locals! Bring your friends and family for world famous fish and chips, flame broiled burgers, AAA steak and piled high nachos all at a good value. Please call ahead for seasonal hours. Located at Woodbury Resort just 4 km north of Ainsworth Hot Springs, 4112 Hwy 31, 250-353-7716 or 250-353-7717. See ad page 44.

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A re-publication of the book

Pioneer Families of Kaslo by the Kootenay Lake Historical Society

Small House Innovation Chandler Rogers, Argenta, British Columbia

250.366.4674 C 250.353.8173 www.smallhouseinnovation.com www.facebook.com/smallhouseinnovation

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$25 per copy. To order: archives@klhs.bc.ca or 250-353-3204 or pick up a copy at the Moyie Visitor Centre

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Kaslo & Area Vacation Accommodations Kaslo Manor Lodge

250-353-2999

250-353-2475

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Wing Creek Resort

Edge of the Woods Guest Suite

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250-229-4711

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250-353-2253

Kaslo Hotel Luxurious, spacious guest rooms with lake and mountain views. Deluxe pillow-top beds, private balconies, free Pb&?b% ]^enq^ [Zma% kh\dbg` \aZbk% Ã&#x153; Zm l\k^^g MO' >gchr hg^ of our eleven beers on tap in our pub and licensed dining with patio. Non-smoking and wheelchair accessible. Lhkkr% gh i^ml'

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250-353-2061

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250-309-9048

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250-353-2111

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Accommodations

ROOMS AND CABINS Ainsworth Hot Springs See ad page 2 Ainsworth Motel See ad page 45, 49 Bay Shore Escape See ad page 49 Blaine’s Lake Front Condo See ad page 49 Beach Gables See ad page 49 Bougainville Lodge See ad page 2 Cherry Cove Cabins See ad page 10 Edge of the Woods Guest Suite See ad page 49 Gatehouse On The Point See ad page 6 Kaslo Hotel See ad page 49, 51 Kaslo Manor Lodge See ad page 49 Kaslo Shipyard Houseboats See ad page 14 Kootenay Lake Hideaways See ad page 8 Kootenay Lakeview Resort See ad page 6 Mirror Lake Campground & Cabins See ad page 34 Sunny Bluﬀs Chalets See ad page 49 Wing Creek Resort See ad page 59, 51 Woodbury Resort Cabins and Rooms See ad page 44

KEY Beach Access Boat Ramp Breakfast Electric Hookup Elevator Internet Kitchen(e e) Lake Front Laundry Pets Welcome Pool, Hot Tub Pub Restaurant Sani Sta on Showers Wheelchair

CAMPGROUNDS Kaslo Municipal Campground See ad page 38 Lardeau Valley Campground See ad page 42 Mirror Lake Campground See ad page 34 Schroeder Creek Campground See ad page 18 Woodbury Resort Campground See ad page 44

CHURCHES in Kaslo and Area ST. ANDREW’S UNITED CHURCH

Kaslo Community Church

Kaslo Chris an Assembly

500 4th St. Kaslo BC 250-353-2936 united-church.ca

with Village Missions Canada 430 B Ave. Kaslo BC 250-353-7335 villagemissions.ca

Meet in the Langham Cultural Centre Theatre 447 A Ave. Kaslo BC 250-353-7111 kaslochris an.com

St. Mark’s Anglican Church 601 5th Street Kaslo BC 250-353-2159 kokanee-parish.com (See Sanctuary Labyrinth behind church)

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church 313 5th St. Kaslo BC 250-353-2166 kaslosacredheart.com

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Quaker: Argenta Friends Mee ng House Argenta BC 250-366-4372 quaker.ca/mee ng/argenta

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Your Adult Vacation Paradise Romantic Luxury Cottages Romantic Luxury Cottages Romantic Luxury Cottages Gift Shop and Gallery GiftGift Shop and Shop andGallery Gallery Falling Water Spa Falling Water Falling WaterSpa Spa Private Beach Private Beach Private Beach

wingcreekresort.com

250.353.2475

5 cottages on 20 acres of Kootenay Lake waterfront just north of Kaslo

Visit the Kaslo Hotel & Pub in the heart of Kaslo. Relax with friends & great food on our spectacular lake-view patio. Unwind in our pub with locally crafted beers. Enjoy luxury guest rooms with lake & mountain views. Private balconies. -YLL ^P Ă&#x201E; Walk to great shops, museums, galleries.

250-353-7714 Toll Free: 866-823-1433 430 Front Street, Kaslo, BC

info@kaslohotel.com www.kaslohotel.com

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www.visitkaslo.com

www.klhs.bc.ca

Kaslo & Area Chamber of Commerce www.kaslochamber.com 250-353-3464

Kootenay Lake Historical Society

Open May–October • 250-353-2525

SS Moyie National Historic Site

Dear Mom I ’m visiting Kaslo There is the most amazing history, unique shops, boutique accommodations and endless outdoor adventures & camping... you could be here! SHOULD

Visit the SS Moyie Mom! Here is the address: 324 Front St, Kaslo BC Canada V0G 1M0

Photo: Daphne Hunter