The Best Ways To Get Out And About in Castlegar
To truly get out and about, you have to immerse yourself in your surroundings. You have to step within to experience the about. Feel the spray from the waterfall on your skin. Walk into the forest and listen to leaves rustling in the breeze. Submerge yourself in a crystal clear pond. By stepping…
How To Get The Family Fishing In Castlegar
"I caught a fish!" Those four words, when uttered by a child, are usually done so at a decibel level reserved for such announcements as "I'm riding my bike!" and "I used the potty!" For parents, it's four-word statements like these that make it all worthwhile. Fishing is an incredibly popular…
Get Lost and Found On Castlegar's Golf Courses
There’s a certain freedom in being lost. It leads to new discoveries. A cherished place that you never knew existed, or something powerful within yourself that you didn’t know was there. But to find yourself… well, first you have to be lost. And to get lost we need room to move. Room to breathe.…
FishingBC Features Castlegar Angling
One of the most definitive websites about fishing in British Columbia has featured the angling opportunities in Castlegar. In a story that ran earlier this year, FishingBC detailed the incredible rainbow trout fishing opportunities in and near the small West Kootenay city. Called “The Heart of the…
The Best Camping Spots In Castlegar
There are few areas in the world where you can tent camp in a remote site beside a lake and enjoy the soothing sounds of nature or park your RV on a cement pad and watch the river flow past. And all of it can be found within 10 minutes of a city’s downtown core. The West Kootenays are world-famous…
Castlegar White Sturgeon – Proof Dinosaurs Still Swim Among Us
Many anglers are impressed by the size of the fish they pull out of the waters near Castlegar. Take Denis Woodcox for example, who caught the largest Kokanee salmon in the world in Arrow Lakes. But there are even larger monsters lurking in the deep of the Columbia River that make Denis’s 12-pound…
Castlegar Generating Stations Are Dam Interesting
There is a lot of natural beauty to be seen in and around Castlegar, British Columbia, but there are many man-made marvels as well. And one of them is the Hugh Keenleyside Dam. Located on the mighty Columbia River, 10 kilometres upstream from downtown, the Hugh Keenleyside Dam is 171 feet (52m)…