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1. www.vicnews.com › news › meltdown-west-kootenay-skiMELTDOWN: West Kootenay ski hills struggled without reliable ...

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   May 1, 2024 · Wally (left) and Levi Huser stand with Salmo Ski Hill in the background. The community hill was open only 14 days last season. Photo: Tyler Harper

2. www.comoxvalleyrecord.com › news › meltdown-westMELTDOWN: West Kootenay ski hills struggled without reliable ...

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   May 1, 2024 · Christopher Nicholson is president of the Canada West Ski Areas Association, which represents 130 ski areas located in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Yukon. He said hills the size of Salmo’s represent the majority of ski areas in Western Canada, but not all of them are struggling in the same way, depending on location.

3. www.trailtimes.ca › local-news › meltdown-westMELTDOWN: West Kootenay wildlife rely on a disappearing ...

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   May 2, 2024 · The snowpack, which was recorded by the BC River Forecast Centre at just 72 per cent of normal for the West Kootenay on April 1, is impacting the region’s wildlife in a variety of ways. Kootenay Lake is partially fed by glacier melt, but it doesn’t rise naturally with the freshet.

4. www.ronperrier.net › 2017/10/22 › west-kootenay-historyWEST KOOTENAY – HISTORY - only where you have walked have you ...

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   Oct 22, 2017 · Because of the West Kootenay’s rugged topography, there were few Indians and no trading posts until 1856 when Fort Shepherd was built on the Columbia River near the border. Finally, in 1865, in an attempt to maintain British influence during the Fort Steele gold rush to the east, the first east-west land route was established across the southern reaches of the Columbia Mountains near the U.S ...

5. www.cbc.ca › news › canadaSki group on the hook for $15,000 bill while operator ...

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   Dec 31, 2020 · When Steve Spencer of Rossland, B.C., and his friends entered a lottery back in May to book a backcountry ski trip in the West Kootenay, provincial COVID-19 case counts were low and staycations ...

6. www.thestar.com › news › canadaResort operators bullish about upcoming ski season

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   Nov 5, 2021 · West Kootenay ski resort operators are feeling pretty good about their prospects for the upcoming ski season. ... The Toronto Star and thestar.com, each property of Toronto Star Newspapers Limited ...

7. www.cbc.ca › news › canadaFirst Nations at odds over who gives input on Big White ...

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   5 days ago · A dispute over Indigenous consultation on expanding the Big White Ski Resort near Kelowna, B.C., is testing the relationship between two cross-border First Nations governments.

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   How did the West Kootenay become a city?

   • The silver rush opened up the West Kootenay. Towns grew, roads and railways were built, and a fleet of paddle wheelers soon plied the valley lakes and rivers. Once this base of civilization was established, settlers began to arrive.

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   Why is the West Kootenay important?

   • The West Kootenay was promoted in England as a land of spectacular mountains and fertile valleys where a person could live a pastoral life of orcharding and still find adventure. The area became home to many of these British families, who brought with them not only their cultural interests but also their adventurous spirit.

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   What did the kutenais do in the Kootenay Valley?

   • The Kutenais were seasonal visitors, travelling along the shore of Kootenay Lake and the West Arm, to hunt, gather huckleberries, and fish for spawning kokanee in the tributary streams. These valley people, though never numerous, concentrated their activities along the Kootenay shoreline and their artifacts can still be found there.

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   How did the CPR get to Kootenay Lake?

   • The CPR laid track between Kootenay Lake and Arrow Lakes and put a fleet of sternwheelers on Arrow Lakes that connected with a branch line from the main line in Revelstoke. Access to the Slocan was provided by the Nakusp and Slocan Railway from Nakusp to Sandon. In 1898, the CPR began the southern line through Crowsnest Pass to the Kootenays.

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   What's going on with big white ski resort?

   • (Brady Strachan/CBC) A dispute over Indigenous consultation on expanding the Big White Ski Resort near Kelowna, B.C., is testing the relationship between two cross-border First Nations governments. The resort lies on the traditional territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation, and has fallen under the Westbank First Nation's jurisdiction for years.

   First Nations at odds over who gives input on Big White expansion

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   What is life like in the West Kootenay mountains?

   • Logging, which replaced mining as the chief industry in the West Kootenay, has been increasing steadily, with clearcuts creeping up virtually every watershed. Man’s history in these mountains emphasizes a frontier mentality: conquer, exploit, desert.

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