Our Art Director loves his history. He recently found this very comprehensive site exploring the sternwheelers of Kootenay Lake. At one time the waterway was a hub of transportation whereby people’s only way of travelling north to Meadow Creek and south to Creston came aboard one of these incredible boats. Click HERE to read more.

Mitchell Scott
Mitchell Scott is the longtime Editor-in-Chief and co-publisher of both Kootenay Mountain Culture and Coast Mountain Culture Magazines. He's been in the writing/publishing/media business for over 20 years and currently lives in Nelson, BC where he tries to keep up with his two teenage sons with aching futility.
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