Kootenay River

KOOTENAY RIVER rises in the ROCKY MTS west of Banff and flows south into and along the floor of the ROCKY MT TRENCH. At CANAL FLATS it passes within 2 km of Columbia Lk, the headwaters of the COLUMBIA R. Over the years numerous schemes have been promoted to divert the Kootenay into the Columbia system at this point, including one notable but foolhardy scheme promoted by William BAILLIE-GROHMAN in the 1880s; none has been successful. The river continues south past FORT STEELE and widens into...

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