Kootenay National Park

Kootenay National Park in southeastern British Columbia spans 1,406 square kilometres of the Canadian Rockies, including parts of the Kootenay and Park ranges, the Kootenay River, and the Vermilion River. Established in 1920 after an agreement exchanging land along the Banff–Windermere Highway for federal road construction and maintenance, it took on an unusually long, narrow form shaped by transportation rather than natural boundaries. Human presence extends back about 10,000 years, with Ktunaxa use especially linked to the hot springs and Paint Pots. Known for Radium Hot Springs, Marble Canyon, and other natural features, it is also part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site.

British Columbia · Canada