Regional Resources
Living in the kootenays
Regional District Links
→ Columbia Shuswap Regional District
→ Regional District East Kootenay
→ Regional District Central Kootenay
→ Regional District Kootenay Boundary
Tourism
→ Kootenay Rockies Tourism
→ Tourism Revelstoke
→ Tourism Golden
→ Travel Columbia Valley
→ Nelson Kootenay Lake Tourism
→ Boundary Country Tourism
→ Explore Creston Valley
→ Arrow Slocan Tourism
Transportation
→ YXC – Cranbrook International Airport
→ YCG – Castlegar Regional Airport
→ BC Transit
→ Drive BC
→ Kootenay Lake Ferry
→ Upper Arrow Lake
Health
→ Interior Health
→ East Kootenay Regional Hospital
→ Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital
Find a doctor through the Health Connect Registry
Investing in the kootenays
Organizations that offer support and information about doing business in the Kootenays.
→ Basin Business Advisors
→ BC Economic Development Association
→ BC Ministry of Jobs and Economic Growth
→ Columbia Basin Trust
→ Community Futures Boundary, Grand Forks
→ Community Futures Central Kootenay, Nelson
→ Community Futures East Kootenay, Cranbrook
→ Community Futures Revelstoke, Revelstoke
→ Community Futures South Kootenay, Trail
→ Community Futures Venture Connect
→ Creston & District Community Investment Coop
→ East Kootenay Columbia Community Investment Co-Op
→ ETSI BC – Economic Trust of the Southern Interior
→ KAST – Kootenay Association for Science and Technology
→ Kootenay Film Commission
→ KORE Kootenay Outdoor Recreation Enterprise
→ Lower Columbia Community Development Team Society
→ PacifiCan
→ Trade and Invest British Columbia
Working in the Kootenays
Employment Centres/Job Boards
→ Boundary & Area
→ Columbia Valley
→ Cranbrook
→ Creston Valley-Kootenay Lake
→ Golden
→ Nakusp
→ Nelson
→ Revelstoke
Continuing Education & Skills Training
College of the Rockies is located in the Rocky Mountains of southeastern BC, and serves communities across the East Kootenays including:
→ Cranbrook Campus
→ Creston Campus
→ Golden Campus
→ Invermere Campus
→ Fernie Campus
Selkirk College serves over 11,000 students across 8 campuses in the West Kootenays including:
→ Trail
→ Castlegar
→ Nelson | Victoria Street
→ Nelson | Silver King
→ Nelson | Tenth Street
→ Grand Forks Learning Centre
→ Kaslo Learning Centre
→ Naksup Learning Centre
→ Selkirk Technology Access Centre
Okanagan College
→ Revelstoke Campus
Learning about the Kootenays
Regional Data
The State of the Basin initiative monitors and reports on indicators of social, economic, cultural, and environmental well-being in the Columbia Basin-Boundary Region. Explore their website to learn more about conditions and trends in your community of interest:
→ State of the Basin