Crawford Bay

CRAWFORD BAY, on the east side of KOOTENAY LK 75 km north of CRESTON, was a port of call in the steamship era. The landing, Port Crawford, was at the head of the bay, but the main settlement, called Crawford Bay, developed just inland in the early 1900s. Today the community, pop 328, is home to such innovative cottage industries as an authentic blacksmith's forge; Kokanee Springs golf resort is nearby. A fall fair has been held here since 1910. James Crawford, or "White Man Jim," was an early...

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