Invermere

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Canadian Museum of Rail Travel

Monday, May 26th, 2008 by GetawayBC.com

Cranbrook is home to the renowned Canadian Museum of Rail Travel, one of the largest museums of its type in Canada, with a valuable national collection of luxurious trains from the golden age of railw

Canal Flats

Monday, May 26th, 2008 by GetawayBC.com

Canal Flats was originally called McGillivray’s Portage, so named in 1808 by mapmaker David Thompson. In 1883, an English sportsman named William Adolphe Baillie-Grohman dreamed of building a canal ac

Natural hot springs

Monday, May 26th, 2008 by GetawayBC.com

The Columbia Valley offers a great variety of hot spring experiences – from rustic to full-blown spas.

Radium Hot Springs and Fairmont Hot Springs provide the spa experience, as well as food and beve

Panorama Mountain Village

Monday, May 26th, 2008 by GetawayBC.com

Panorama Mountain Village, 18 km west of Invermere, is the largest multi-purpose ski resort in the valley and the training ground for Canada’s and many other nations’ elite skiers.

Originally founde

Mountain biking

Monday, May 26th, 2008 by GetawayBC.com

As any keen rider knows, the feeling of setting out on two wheels to conquer the world is a fantastic feeling.

Mountain biking in the Columbia Valley is plentiful and picturesque. Everything from th

Nipika Resort

Monday, May 26th, 2008 by GetawayBC.com

While the valley may be famous for its downhill skiing opportunities, it is becoming equally well-known for its Nordic (cross-country) skiing thanks to Nipika Mountain Resort.

Former Canadian Nationa

A golfing mecca

Monday, May 26th, 2008 by GetawayBC.com

Copper Point Golf Club

The newest golf course of the valley is now a whole lot more – twice the fun, in fact.

Added to the splendid 18-hole, par 70 course Copper Point Golf Club has turned into the

Artisans in the valley

Monday, May 26th, 2008 by GetawayBC.com

The Columbia Valley’s arts scene has always been alive thanks to the mountain scenery and its proximity to nature.

If you are looking for inspiration or a new place of self-discovery – this is the pl

Kootenay National Park

Monday, May 26th, 2008 by GetawayBC.com

Evidence shows that Kootenay National Park (KNP) has long been an east-west travel route.

It is believed that the area encompassed by the park (1,406 sq. km) was travelled on a seasonal basis by Firs

Radium Hot Springs

Monday, May 26th, 2008 by GetawayBC.com

Although it is the Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep capital of B.C., Radium Hot Springs is most famous for which it is named, naturally warm water springing from the earth and captured in a huge soaking p