British Columbia's Kootenay Region is famed for its travel and vacation hospitality, for its skiing, snowboarding, rafting, outdoor adventures and hotsprings! East Kootenay travel enthusiasts, and visitors to locations such as Kimberley BC, Cranbrook, Radium Hot Springs, will also tell you that Kootenay country is full of Canadian historical sites and tours, even stories and adventures of the time before British Columbia became part of Canada. more...

  The main population centres of the East Kootenay Regional District are Cranbrook and Kimberley BC. The East Kootenay Regional District borders the Province of Alberta and the United States.