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Cliff Jumping into Kootenay Lake

February 21, 2007 | Tips from Travellers > Creston, Beaches & Swimming

Kids jumping off the huge rocks along the shore of Kootenay Lake, around 10 kms south of Crawford Bay.  The lake is crystal clear and nice and warm, in spots.  What a rush!

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Posted by Loreen anderson, regina at 07:35 PM

hiking to Plaid Lake

February 21, 2007 | Tips from Travellers > Creston, Hiking
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 View from the top of the Mountain Range, near Crawford Mountain.  View is of Kootenay Lake.  You could see the ferry going across every so often.  It was a very steep, long hike, but the gorgeous view was worth every step!

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Posted by Loreen anderson, regina at 07:27 PM

Kayaking in a fjord

February 21, 2007 | Tips from Travellers > Vancouver, Kayaking & Canoeing
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At the end of our week-long vacation in B.C., we drove to Deep Cove, a small, picturesque waterfront town with one short "Main Street" lined with shops and a few restaurants. After exploring the shoreline and sampling the town's playground with our 3-year-old daughter, we got daring and decided to take her out for her first ride in a kayak, available for rental from a waterfront shop. We paddled through the cove and into the fjord's deeper waters, marveling at mountains that emerge from the water's edge, reaching straight for the clouds. Our daughter was a little nervous, but the experience made us all the more sad that this would be our final few hours in B.C.

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Posted by Brian Kladko, Brookline at 05:59 PM

Helmcken Falls

February 21, 2007 | Tips from Travellers > Clearwater, Sightseeing Tours

 Located in Wells Gray Provincial Park.  A great place to enjoy a lunch and listen to the roar of the waterfall.

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Posted by Walter Reid, Mississauga at 05:15 PM

Quintet Tunnels

February 21, 2007 | Tips from Travellers > Hope, Sightseeing Tours
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Near Hope BC.  Probably one of the few places you can safely walk through a railway tunnel 

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Posted by Walter Reid, Mississauga at 05:13 PM

Thunder in the Mountains

February 21, 2007 | Tips from Travellers > Golden, Sightseeing Tours
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Train approaching the Spiral Tunnels

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Posted by Walter Reid, Mississauga at 05:10 PM

Big Stumps

February 21, 2007 | Tips from Travellers > Squamish, Hiking
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The grand remains of the giant trees

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Posted by Walter Reid, Mississauga at 05:08 PM

Making The Mountains Rumble

February 21, 2007 | Tips from Travellers > Revelstoke, Sightseeing Tours
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Train approaching the Spiral Tunnels 

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Posted by Walter Reid, Mississauga at 05:02 PM

Full Moon

February 21, 2007 | Tips from Travellers > Tofino, Museums

 his picture was taken in early August 2006 in late evening on the highway outside the interpretive centre loacated at Long Beach campground near Tofino, Vancouver Island.

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Posted by Jim Melvin, Winnipeg at 04:49 PM

Scenic Highway 99

February 21, 2007 | Tips from Travellers > Pemberton, Sightseeing Tours
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Having travelled from SW Ontario across the Trans  Canada Highway to visit my daughter in Pemperton, my wife and I decided to travel to Pemperton via the northern approach from Lilloet via scenic Highway 99.
The early October  weather was  mixed sun, rain showers and some snow showers.  The drive was great with wonderful scenery and suddenly after rounding a curve we witnessed a rainbow after a snow/rain shower passed by.

The position of the rainbow led us to pose infront of it.  A memorable moment but only one of many during a great trip through the Rockies in BC.

My daughter and husband both work at Whistler and that is another wonderful memory and another storey.

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Posted by Frederick Airey, Alvinston at 04:49 PM