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Floe Lake is a lake in Kootenay National Park, British Columbia, Canada. The lake is accessible by a 10.7 km [1] hiking trail that leaves from a marked trailhead on highway 93 or the Rockwall Trail. There is a backcountry campground at the lake as well as a Warden's cabin staffed by Parks Canada.
Kootenay National Park is a national park of Canada in southeastern British Columbia. The park consists of 1,406 km 2 (543 sq mi) of the Canadian Rockies , including parts of the Kootenay and Park mountain ranges , the Kootenay River and the entirety of the Vermilion River .
[citation needed] There are no facilities in this wilderness park, other than rudimentary trails and backcountry campsites. The park is 879.47 km 2 in size, is located between Slocan Lake (S) and Trout Lake (N), bordering Kootenay Lake The regions surrounding the park are known for its mining ghost towns from the days of the "Silvery Slocan ...
Park name Regional districts Coordinates Size Established Remarks; ha acres Akamina-Kishinena Provincial Park: East Kootenay: 10,921.5 26,988 1995 Beaver Creek Provincial Park
Floe Peak is a 3,006-metre (9,862 ft) mountain summit located on the western border of Kootenay National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada. The name for this mountain has not been officially adopted yet. Its nearest higher peak is Foster Peak, 3.0 km (1.9 mi) to the northwest, [1] and both are part of the Vermilion Range.
Mount Verendrye is situated on the western boundary of Kootenay National Park near the southern end of the Vermilion Range, which is a sub-range of the Canadian Rockies. The peak is the southern end of what is known as the Rockwall which is an escarpment of the Vermilion Range. [ 2 ]
Mount Selkirk is a 2,930-metre (9,610-foot) mountain summit located in the Vermilion River Valley along the eastern border of Kootenay National Park. Park visitors can see the peak from Highway 93, also known as the Banff–Windermere Highway. It is part of the Mitchell Range, which is a sub-range of the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia ...
The Fay hut was an alpine hut located above Prospectors Valley in Kootenay National Park, British Columbia.Although the higher Neil Colgan hut superseded it as a base for climbs in the Valley of the Ten Peaks area, it still served as a convenient base for hikers and skiers doing day trips in the area, and as an overnight stop for mountaineers continuing on to the Neil Colgan hut.