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A fascinating account of the dramatic story of the Kaslo & Slocan Railway - the Great Northern's narrow gauge line - in the rugged Slocan Mountains of British Columbia's West Kootenay district. Against a backdrop of silver-lead mining and the rivalry between the Great Northern and the Canadian Pacific, the K&S fought a nearly constant battle against snow storms, slides, forest fires and washouts along the daunting mountain grades. This book covers not only the K&S but also the other Great Northern lines in the area (the Kootenai Valley, Bedlington & Nelson, and Kaslo & Lardon-Duncan) and the Canadian Pacific's rival lines (the Columbia & Kootenay, the Kootenay & Arrowhead, the Nakusp & Slocan, the British Columbia Southern, and the Columbia & Western) and the Nelson & Fort Sheppard Railway. Also covers the story of the beautiful sternwheelers that connected the K&S with other Great Northern branch lines. Illustrated throughout with over 300 dramatic and historic black and white photographs (many by Richard Henry Trueman, an early Canadian photographer, to whom the book is dedicated) and illustrations (12 in full color), and 25 specially prepared maps and plans. There are equipment rosters for the Kaslo & Slocan, the Bedlington & Nelson, and the Kootenai Valley Railways, and a fleet list for the Kootenay Railway & Navigation Co. There is a K&S mileage summary and charts of operating statistics for the K&S and the Navigation Company. With bibliography and references, endnotes, and decorative end papers. 296 pages.

A fascinating account of the dramatic story of the Kaslo & Slocan Railway - the Great Northern's narrow gauge line - in the rugged Slocan Mountains of British Columbia's West Kootenay district. Against a backdrop of silver-lead mining and the rivalry between the Great Northern and the Canadian Pacific, the K&S fought a nearly constant battle against snow storms, slides, forest fires and washouts along the daunting mountain grades. This book covers not only the K&S but also the other Great Northern lines in the area (the Kootenai Valley, Bedlington & Nelson, and Kaslo & Lardon-Duncan) and the Canadian Pacific's rival lines (the Columbia & Kootenay, the Kootenay & Arrowhead, the Nakusp & Slocan, the British Columbia Southern, and the Columbia & Western) and the Nelson & Fort Sheppard Railway. Also covers the story of the beautiful sternwheelers that connected the K&S with other Great Northern branch lines. Illustrated throughout with over 300 dramatic and historic black and white photographs (many by Richard Henry Trueman, an early Canadian photographer, to whom the book is dedicated) and illustrations (12 in full color), and 25 specially prepared maps and plans. There are equipment rosters for the Kaslo & Slocan, the Bedlington & Nelson, and the Kootenai Valley Railways, and a fleet list for the Kootenay Railway & Navigation Co. There is a K&S mileage summary and charts of operating statistics for the K&S and the Navigation Company. With bibliography and references, endnotes, and decorative end papers. 296 pages.

50 hikes in the Selkirk and west Purcell ranges of southeast British Columbia, near Nelson and Kaslo. Includes Valhalla, Kokanee Glacier, and Goat Range parks, as well as hikes near Arrow, Slocan, and Kootenay lakes. Full-colour images throughout. Trail locator maps.

Like beads of sweat on straining, bulging muscles, water trickles down from the Kootenay mountain summits. Rivulets gather speed and volume, cascading into the region's inland fiords. In this part of British Columbia, if it's not submerged, it's vertical. Three distinct mountain ranges give the area, generally referred to as the Kootenays, a tightly pleated, accordion topography.From lakeshore level, you'll barely glimpse alpine country above the soaring, densely forested slopes. Where are the rugged peaks, meadows, and glaciers? The 55 hike descriptions in Where Locals Hike in the West Kootenay will guide you through the most rewarding dayhikes and backpack trips in SE British Columbia's West Purcells, Selkirks and Monashees. Includes Valhalla, Kokanee Glacier, and Goat Range provincial parks.