Community Resources

From information on how to get here, local activities, housing options and health care, the links on this page will help you build your life in the Kootenays.

One Stop Resources

Find all the information you need to settle in

Welcome home! With diverse, family friendly, business ready communities, we think you’ll fit right in.

Making it even easier for you and your family to make the transition to living and working here, our resources listing provides a wide variety of information about our unique communities including the various municipalities, tourism, health care, transportation systems and much more.

Employment Centres

• Revelstoke
• Golden
• Columbia Valley
• Nelson
• Boundary & Area
• Kootenay Lake & Creston Area
• Nakusp

Community & Regional District Links

• City of Revelstoke
• Town of Creston
• Town of Golden
• Columbia Shuswap Regional District
• Village of Radium Hot Springs
• District of Invermere
• Regional District East Kootenay
• City of Nelson
• Regional District Central Kootenay
• Regional District Kootenay Boundary
• Village of Nakusp
• City of Grand Forks

Chamber of Commerce

• Kicking Horse Chamber of Commerce
• Kootenay Lake Chamber of Commerce
• Revelstoke Chamber of Commerce
• Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce
• Creston Valley Chamber of Commerce
• Nakusp Arrow Lakes Chamber of Commerce
• Nelson & District Chamber of Commerce
• Boundary Chamber of Commerce

Libraries

• Creston Public Library
• Golden Branch, Okanagan Regional Library
• Grand Forks & District Public Library
• Invermere Public Library
• Nakusp Public Library
• Nelson Public Library
• Radium Hot Springs Public Library
• Revelstoke Branch, Okanagan Regional Library

Tourism & Recreation

• Kootenay Rockies Tourism
• Tourism Revelstoke
• Tourism Golden
• Invermere Panorama
• Tourism Radium
• Nelson Kootenay Lake Tourism
• Boundary Country Tourism
• Creston Valley Tourism
• Nakusp Arrow Lakes
• Arrow Slocan Tourism

Transportation

• Canadian Rockies International Airport
• BC Transit
• Drive BC

Local Newspapers

• Creston Valley Advance
• Revelstoke Review
• Golden Star
• Columbia Valley Pioneer
• East Kootenay News Online
• Nelson Star
• Arrow Lakes News
• Grand Forks Gazette
• The East Shore Mainstreet

Health

• Interior Health
  • Revelstoke
  • Golden
  • Invermere
  • Nelson
  • Nakusp
  • Boundary
  • Kootenay Lake
  • Creston & Area
• East Kootenay Regional Hospital
• Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital
• Find a doctor through the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia

Housing

• Realtor lists all real estate available locally, and you can search by community name
• Landcor provides housing market reports