Kootenay Lake
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Kootenay Lake is a lake located in British Columbia, Canada. It is part of the Kootenay River. The lake has been raised by the Corra Linn Dam and has a dike system at the southern end, which, along with industry in the 1950s–70s, has changed the ecosystem in and around the water. The Kootenay Lake ferry is a year-round toll-free ferry that crosses between Kootenay Bay and Balfour. The lake is a popular summer tourist destination.
Kootenay Lake with Old Tom Mountain in the background
The Big Orange Bridge across Kootenay Lake, West Arm
Beach at Kokanee Creek Provincial Park
Aerial view of the south end of Kootenay Lake, with Duck Lake
Sinixt
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The Sinixt are a First Nations People. The Sinixt are descended from Indigenous peoples who have lived primarily in what are today known as the West Kootenay region of British Columbia in Canada and the adjacent regions of Eastern Washington in the United States for at least 10,000 years. The Sinixt are of Salishan linguistic extraction, and speak their own dialect (snsəlxcín) of the Colville-Okanagan language.
Interior of a Sinixt pithouse in the Slocan Valley
Frog Mountain in the Slocan Valley is sacred to Sinixt People
Kp'itl'els (Brilliant, BC), Sinixt village site on the confluence of the Kootenay and Columbia Rivers and historic home of the Alex Christian family