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NAHANNI
WILDERNESS
ADVENTURE LTD
969A Lawrence Grassi Ridge
Canmore, Alberta
Canada T1W 3C3
1-888-897-5223
PHONE
1-403-678-3374
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1-403-609-2042
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RAFTING OR CANOEING THE KOOTENAY RIVER |
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Trip Overview |
Start/Finish: BC Canada McLeod
Meadows to Canal Flats
Length: 5
days
Distance: 102 km (64
mi.)
Elevation drop: 330 m (1070
ft)
River Class: 2/3
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| Skill Level: No experience required for rafting
Intermediate for canoeing
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The Kootenay River is superbly scenic. Finding its
source high in the Rocky Mountains, the River flows
southward to join the main tributary the Vermillion
River. As one they flow through a forested valley, where
they have carved beautiful gorges through shale and
limestone bed rock and glacial deposits left behind by
retreating glaciers 8 - 10,000 years ago. The highlights
for a canoeist includes numerous grade 2-3 sections of
whitewater, Pedley falls, spire like hoodoos near White
River, Gibraltar Rock and many good camp sites.
Historically the Kootenay or Kutenai Indians traveled
through the river valley but archaeological evidence
shows that the broad open Columbia River valley was a
more common place of occupation for these natives. Sir
George Simpson, governor of the Hudson Bay company
traveled up the River valley in 1841 enroute to Sinclair
Pass and the Columbia River. The trip ends at Canal
Flats where the Kootenay River continues south through
the Rocky Mountain
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