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
The Kootenay River or Kootenai River is a major river of the Northwest Plateau in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, and northern Montana and Idaho in the United States. It is one of the uppermost major tributaries of the Columbia River, the largest North American river that empties into the Pacific Ocean. The Kootenay River runs 781 kilometres (485 mi) from its headwaters in the Kootenay Ranges of the Canadian Rockies, flowing from British Columbia's East Kootenay region into northwestern Montana, then west into the northernmost Idaho Panhandle and returning to British Columbia in the West Kootenay region, where it joins the Columbia at Castlegar.
The Kootenai River at Libby, Montana
Kootenay River valley in Kootenay National Park
Kootenai group with tepees, circa 1900
Falls of the Kootenay River below Kootenay Lake, ca. 1936
