The Slocan River is a 60-kilometre (37 mi) long tributary of the Kootenay River in the Canadian province of British Columbia . It is part of the Columbia River basin, as the Kootenay River is a tributary of the Columbia River. Its drainage basin is 3,290 square kilometres (1,270 sq mi) in area.
6-598: The Slocan River originates at the south end of Slocan Lake and flows south past Slocan and Winlaw to join the Kootenay River near Shoreacres, about halfway between Castlegar and Nelson . The route includes a mixture of broad flatwater, lazy meanders, gentle flows and, on the lowest section, a few rapids. This article related to a river in British Columbia , Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Slocan Lake Slocan Lake
12-649: Is a lake in the Slocan Valley of the West Kootenay region of the Southeastern Interior of British Columbia , Canada . With an area of 69.29 km (26.75 sq mi) it has a maximum depth of 298 m (978 ft). It is fed by Bonanza Creek and drained by the Slocan River . In 1947, a Canadian Pacific locomotive was lost in the lake when a barge on which it was being carried sank. The locomotive
18-701: The mouth of Wilson Creek, and Hills at the lake's north end. To the west of the lake is the Valhalla Range (or "the Valhallas"), most of which is enshrined in Valhalla Provincial Park . The mountains to the east of Slocan Lake were the focus of the silver rush known as "the Silvery Slocan", during which steamboats and railways penetrated the Kootenay Range east of the lake to Sandon , the "capital" of
24-436: The pass from Summit Lake, beyond which is the town of Nakusp on Upper Arrow Lake . In addition to Slocan City (officially now a "village", but usually referred to locally by its old name of Slocan City to distinguish it from Slocan Park and South Slocan), other towns and communities on the lake include the twin communities of New Denver and Silverton , midway up the lake's eastern shore, Rosebery slightly north of them at
30-589: The rush and the destination of three railways, two from the direction of Slocan Lake via Carpenter Creek , the other via Retallack Pass from Kaslo on Kootenay Lake . The 1902 discovery of zinc in the area also aroused interest and excitement. BC Highway 6 follows the eastern shore of Slocan lake from Hills to Slocan City and down the Slocan River from there. The Canadian Pacific rail line from Nakusp via Bonanza Pass now dead-ends at Rosebery Slip, on Slocan Lake, but originally ran into Sandon. On January 1, 1947
36-508: Was located in 2020. The largest community on the lake is a village known as Slocan City. The lake is drained by the Slocan River , which flows south from the lake's foot at Slocan City through the Slocan Valley to South Slocan, British Columbia, where that river meets the Kootenay River a few kilometres above its confluence with the Columbia . It is fed by Bonanza Creek, which comes down
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