Slocan: Highway 6 at Kennedy Road/Lemon Creek Road about 8 km south of - looking south
Slocan lies along the Slocan River at the southern end of Slocan Lake, where densely forested slopes of the Selkirk Mountains rise above the water. This small West Kootenay community is connected by Highway 6 to a landscape shaped by mining, logging and travel on the lake. The settlement developed during the silver-mining rush of the 1890s, when mineral claims in the Slocan district drew prospectors to the area. Its character is still defined by the long, narrow lake and the mountain valleys around it. The Slocan River flows south from the lake through the Kootenays toward the Columbia River. Slocan retains a quiet rural scale, with roads passing through conifer forest toward New Denver and other communities of the region.
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Slocan Lake defines the setting of Slocan — its long, narrow waters and the surrounding Selkirk Mountains shape life in this settlement at the lake’s southern end. Here, the Slocan River flows out of the lake and continues south through the Slocan Valley toward the Kootenay River. Silver discoveries turned the wider Slocan district into an important mining frontier in the 1890s; during that period, sternwheelers on the lake linked communities and mining camps. Valhalla Provincial Park lies along the lake’s western side, protecting a vast area of forest, alpine country and backcountry trails. Continue with other webcams from the area to see how this part of British Columbia’s West Kootenay connects regionally.
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