How to get here.
You can find us at the corner of highway 6 and 8th Avenue on the North side of New Denver.
Take Highway 3A South from Nelson, or North from Castlegar. Turn onto Highway 6, located 1/2 way between Nelson and Castlegar BC. Head North for One Hour ( through Winlaw, Slocan, and Silverton )
Or take Highway 6 and the Galenda Bay Ferry South out of Revelstoke BC ( at the Trans Canada Highway ) through Nakusp to New Denver.
Approximate Drive times from larger centers with airports to New Denver
Spokane, WA --- 4 hours
Vancouver, BC -- 8 hours
Calgary, AB ---- 8 hours
Kelowna, BC --- 4 hours
Castlegar, BC --- 1.5 hours
We are approximately 40 minutes from Nakusp ( two hot pools ), 1.5 hours from Nelson or Castlegar and 40 minutes from Kaslo.
See Google Map
( our exact location is not correct on this map. We are on the
other side of the street and two blocks North )
Ferry Information
Kootenay Lake Ferry
If you are approaching from Creston up the east shore of Kootenay
Lake: click for schedule
Needles Ferry
ROUTE: Across the Lower Arrow Lake, about 59 kilometres south
of Nakusp on Highway 6, between Fauquier and Needles.
DAILY SCHEDULE: Every half hour from Fauquier 5:00 am - 10:00
pm. Every half hour from Needles 5:15 am - 9:45 pm. On demand
10:00 pm - 5:00 am.
CROSSING TIME: 5 minutes
Upper Arrow Lakes Ferry (Galena Bay
- Shelter Bay)
ROUTE: Across Upper Arrow Lake, 49 kilometres south of Revelstoke
on Highway 23, between Shelter Bay and Galena Bay.
DAILY SCHEDULE: From Shelter Bay, 6:00 am - 11:00 pm. From Galena
Bay, 6:30 am - 11:30 pm.
ADDITIONAL SAILINGS IN SUMMER: provided by the Motor Vessel Shelter
Bay which runs daily from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. as required,
late June to September. Follow this link for a detailed schedule
CROSSING TIME: 20 minutes
Slocan Valley Chamber's Map
Kootenay Rockies Map.