Kootenay National Park facts for kids

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Quick facts for kids Kootenay National Park
IUCN Category II (National Park)
Vermilion River
Kootenay National Park Location in British Columbia
Location	British Columbia, Canada
Area	1,406 km² (543 sq mi)
Established	1920
Governing body	Parks Canada
World Heritage site	304

Kootenay National Park is a national park in southeastern British Columbia. The park has an area of 1,406 km² (543 sq mi) in the Canadian Rockies. Some of the Kootenay River and all of the Vermilion River are in the park. The park is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site.

Gallery

View to the southeast from the viewpoint near Sinclair Pass
Paint Pots
Kootenay River valley
Bighorn sheep
Bighorn sheep
Lilium philadelphicum
Wild lily at Dog Lake Trail
BC Highway 93 leading into the park through Sinclair Canyon
Olive Lake
Floe Peak and Foster Peak as seen from the Rockwall Trail
Helmet falls as seen from the Rockwall Trail

Images for kids

One of the Paint Pots
Floe Lake taken from the Floe Lake backcountry campground – July 2004
Hewitt Peak in the Vermilion Range seen from Highway 93
Sinclair Canyon

See also

In Spanish: Parque nacional Kootenay para niños

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