Kootenay, BC Historical Sites, Museums and Tours

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Historical sites, museums and heritage walking tours and guides in the Kootenay Region of British Columbia, Canada. Book your BC history adventure today on Canada's largest booking, planning and interactive attraction and activity website.

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Introduction To Historical Sites and Museums in the Kootenays, BC, Canada

History in the Kootenays of British Columbia, Canada is well preserved, protected and shared through the eyes of our museums, heritage walking tours, historical sites and interpretive guides. Heritage sites in the Kootenays showcase our earliest settlers and First Nation people. It was a time when the First Nation lived off the land and the discovery of gold and silver attracted hordes of miners to the region. It was a time commerce too attracting fur traders, trappers and loggers to the region via river routes and wagon roads.  All of this is captured in heritage sites and museums.

Featured Kootenay, BC, Canada Historical Site, Heritage, Museum Tours, Guides and Tours

Featured history tours, clubs and guides are posted below. For a complete list of local historic tours and guides please visit the attraction section listed in the appropriate community. Register your Kootenays British Columbia, Canada museum and/or historical site tour, guide and/or attraction today.

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Fort Steele is a living history museum. We bring our past back to life! Activities vary by season. Our summer season brings history to life with street theatre, museum displays, livestock demonstrations, live theatre shows, steam train rides, horse-drawn wagon rides, and heritage trades

9851 Highway 93/95
Cranbrook
V0B 1N0
250.417.6000
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Come discover the fascinating history and heritage of Golden BC.
Summer camp for kids, school programs. Special tours for groups, guided walking tours . Stand up parties for adults looking for somewhere different to entertain.

1302 11th Ave
Golden
250.344.5169
Handicap Access
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Open daily 10AM - 5PM, Sundays Noon - 5PM. The Doukhobor Discovery Centre will introduce you to the Doukhobor culture and their unique lifestyle as it evolved in the Kootenay region

112 Heritage Way
Castlegar
V1N 4M5
250-365-5327
Handicap Access
Non-Smoking Area
Children Welcome
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