Visit Kaslo | Kaslo Guide 2019
Kaslo is surrounded by a vast mountain wilderness riven with rushing creeks and gorges, its centre of gravity the crystal clear depths of Kootenay Lake. Prospectors, lumbermen and speculators have come and gone and will be back; the adventurers stayed on. They’ve figured out, and perhaps you will too, that the real richness here is the freedom to be yourself, to explore. There are so many ways to do that, just read on. Have fun!
Kaslo is surrounded by a vast mountain wilderness riven with rushing creeks and gorges, its centre of gravity the crystal clear depths of Kootenay Lake. Prospectors, lumbermen and speculators have come and gone and will be back; the adventurers stayed on. They’ve figured out, and perhaps you will too, that the real richness here is the freedom to be yourself, to explore. There are so many ways to do that, just read on. Have fun!
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The Arrow Lakes Ferries<br />
include the Fauquier-Needles fe(approx 20 minutes) and the Upper<br />
Arrow Lakes ferry between Shelter Bay and Galena Bay (approx 25 minutes)<br />
and the Arrow Park ferry (just 5 minutes.)<br />
Interesting<br />
Ferry<br />
Upper Arrow Lakes Ferry (en route to Revelstoke and the Trans Canada<br />
Hwy) Allow 2 1/2 hrs to drive to Galena Bay from <strong>Kaslo</strong>. The free ferry<br />
crosses to Shelter Bay (west side) once an hour, on the half hour, 5:30<br />
am until 12:30 am: to Galena Bay (east side) 5 am – midnight.<br />
The Fauquier/Needles Ferry – on Hwy 6 (en route to Vernon) leaves from Fauquier<br />
(east side) every 30 minutes on the hour and half hour 5 am – 10<br />
pm; from Needles (west side) 5:15 am – 9:45 pm.<br />
Arrow Park Ferry – On demand.<br />
General Enquiries: 250-265-2105<br />
Kootenay Lake Ferries<br />
Connects Hwy 3A from Balfour on the west side of the lake to Kootenay<br />
Bay on the east side, and is the longest free ferry ride in the world<br />
(at approximately 35 minutes).<br />
Ferries are FREE in the West Kootenay!<br />
Vessel<br />
Name<br />
BALFOUR<br />
All Year<br />
Summer<br />
KOOTENAY BAY<br />
All Year<br />
Osprey 2000 6:30 am 6:30 am 7:10 am 7:10 am<br />
Osprey 2000 8:10 am 8:10 am 9:00 am 9:00 am<br />
Osprey 2000 9:50 am 9:50 am 10:40 am 10:40 am<br />
MV Balfour 10:40 am 11:30 am<br />
Osprey 2000 11:30 am 11:30 am 12:20 pm 12:20 pm<br />
MV Balfour 12:20 pm 1:10 pm<br />
Osprey 2000 1:10 pm 1:10 pm 2:00 pm 2:00 pm<br />
MV Balfour 2:00 pm 2:50 pm<br />
Osprey 2000 2:50 pm 2:50 pm 3:40 pm 3:40 pm<br />
MV Balfour 3:40 pm 4:30 pm<br />
Osprey 2000 4:30 pm 4:30 pm 5:20 pm 5:20 pm<br />
MV Balfour 5:20 pm 6:10 pm<br />
Osprey 2000 6:10 pm 6:10 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm<br />
Osprey 2000 7:50 pm 7:50 pm 8:40 pm 8:40 pm<br />
Osprey 2000 9:40 pm 9:40 pm 10:20 pm 10:20 pm<br />
That’s<br />
A Fact<br />
Jack!<br />
All times are Pacific (Balfour) time.<br />
LAND AREA:<br />
<strong>Kaslo</strong> occupies 3.9<br />
square kilometres or<br />
almost – but not quite<br />
– one square mile on<br />
the face of the earth.<br />
Summer<br />
LOWER KASLO VILLAGE<br />
occupies the alluvial<br />
fan or delta of the <strong>Kaslo</strong><br />
River, which empties into<br />
Kootenay Lake. If you are<br />
standing at the river mouth<br />
and looking across the lake,<br />
you will be looking at the<br />
Purcell Mountain Range.<br />
MOUNTAINS:<br />
The most dramatic peak, snowtopped<br />
for all but a few weeks<br />
every year, is the mountain<br />
named after the Norse god<br />
Loki. The peak of Mt Loki at<br />
2,771 metres (9,091 ft) is the<br />
last one to glow with the rays of<br />
the dying sun.<br />
On the western shores of<br />
Kootenay Lake, (<strong>Kaslo</strong>’s side),<br />
rise the mountains of the Selkirk<br />
mountain range. The <strong>Kaslo</strong> River<br />
valley cuts through the Selkirks<br />
between <strong>Kaslo</strong> and New Denver,<br />
and is riddled with the remains<br />
of mines and settlements of the<br />
silver rush era.<br />
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