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Map of Kootenay National Park and its lakes

Kootenay National Park

50.942° N, 115.9874° W

Park boundary and water from open government data.

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Kootenay National Park, British Columbia. 50.942° N, 115.9874° W

National park, 1,410 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/bc/kootenay-national-park/, compiled October 9, 2026

  • Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • HydroLAKES v1.0, Messager et al. 2016 / WWF HydroSHEDS. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  • Canadian Geographical Names Database, Natural Resources Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
  • Parks Canada accommodation, Parks Canada Agency. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • Parks Canada facilities, Parks Canada Agency. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • Parks Canada trails, Parks Canada Agency. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • City page weather forecasts and alerts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
  • Photographs, Wikimedia Commons contributors. Each photo carries its own licence (CC0, public domain, CC BY or CC BY-SA), credited where shown.

Kootenay National Park is a 1,410 km² national park beside Dry Gulch, in British Columbia. It was established in 1920.

4 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Floe Lake (0.51 km²).

Area
1,410 km²
Established
1920
Named lakes
4
Trails
36214 km
Campsites
3903 campgrounds

Conditions today

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT · issued Thu 3:43 p.m. MDT

The first accumulating snow of the season is expected late this week, which may affect holiday travel.

Rain will continue to spread across northern Alberta today. Precipitation will change to snow on Friday in west-central regions, and for much of the province by Saturday.

Many areas of Alberta are expected to see accumulating snow on Saturday, possibly including the Calgary-Edmonton corridor. The highest snowfall amounts are expected in western parts of the province, including Grande Cache, Hinton, Nordegg and Rocky Mountain House where snow totals of 10 to 25 cm are currently forecast. Snow amounts for other areas of the province remain uncertain.

Snow will taper off from north to south on Sunday.

Prepare for quickly changing and deteriorating travel conditions.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to ABstorm@ec.gc.ca, call 1-800-239-0484 or post reports on social media using #ABStorm.

Official alert on weather.gc.ca · expires 7:43 a.m. MDT

15.6 °C

Wind SW 17 km/h

Observed at Banff, as of 12:00 a.m. MDT

Tonight: Becoming cloudy this evening with 30 percent chance of showers late this evening and overnight. Wind southwest 20 km/h. Low 8.

Weather: Banff (local forecast), as of 12:00 a.m. MDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
7:24 a.m.
Sunrise
7:57 a.m.
Sunset
7:03 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:36 p.m.
Moonrise
6:55 a.m.
Moonset
6:23 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

In the park

FeatureArea
1Floe Lake0.51 km²
2Mummy Lake0.16 km²
3Dog Lake0.15 km²
4Kaufmann Lake0.11 km²

Waterfalls

Rivers

Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.

Campgrounds

3 campgrounds have 390 campsites.

CampgroundSites
Redstreak Campsite242
McLeod Meadows Campsite88
Marble Canyon Campsite60

Trails

36 named trails and routes, with 214.3 km of trail. The 15 longest are listed.

TrailLength
Honeymoon Pass16.6 km
Rockwall Pass12.4 km
Dolly Varden11.7 km
Floe Lake10.4 km
Helmet Creek10.4 km
Kindersley Creek9.9 km
Numa Pass9.8 km
Tokumm Valley9.6 km
Hector Gorge9.5 km
Hawk Creek8.9 km
Simpson River8.9 km
East Kootenay8.6 km
West Kootenay8.4 km
Goodsir Pass7.3 km
Tumbling Pass7 km

Things to do

Camping

  • Backcountry camping
  • Frontcountry camping
  • oTENTik

Facilities

  • Hot pools
  • Picnic areas
  • Playground
  • Trailheads
  • Visitor or interpretation centre

Official record

Designation
National park
IUCN category
II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Managed by
Parks Canada Agency

Photos

Canada - BC - 01 - hiking in Kootenay National Park (4035517884)
Photo: McKay Savage from London, UK, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Canada - BC - 02 - hiking in Kootenay National Park (4034764883)
Photo: McKay Savage from London, UK, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Canada - BC - 03 - hiking in Kootenay National Park (4034766445)
Photo: McKay Savage from London, UK, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Names

  • Parc national du Canada KootenayFrench form