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It’s hard enough slav-ing away at the gym all winter to get that perfect beach body for your sum-mer vacation to the Co-lumbia Valley.

The Pioneer has the solution to keep your per-fectly whittled waist and still enjoy the pubs and restaurants in the area.

Three valley fitness centres are open to the public, with daily, weekly and monthly passes.

• If you are in the north end of the valley, visit Radium Resort.

Radium Resort is located south of the Village of Radium, just off Highway 93/95. The fitness centre at the resort has a swimming pool, gym and squash and racquetball courts. The gym is equipped with bikes, treadmills, an elliptical trainer and a weight machine, as well as free weights.

A drop-in pass for the centre at Radium Resort costs $6; a ten-punch pass is $42.50, a monthly pass is $52.50 and a six-month pass costs $208.

• The Valley Fitness Centre is a great location for any visitors visiting the central area. The non-profit organization was started in 1987. Located in down-town Invermere, the facility offers extensive cardio-vascular equipment and weight training area. There is also a ‘Women’s Only’ section located in a separate room above the public area. The ‘Women’s Only’ area

is composed of 15 cardio and weight stations used for circuit training, plus an elliptical trainer.

Valley Fitness Centre also boasts drop-in fitness classes nearly every day of the week. With cardio, yoga and seniors’ classes, there is something for ev-eryone.

A drop-in pass for this centre costs $8; a two-week pass, $30.50; a monthly pass $55; a three-month pass, $153; and a punch card $70. Students and seniors have slightly lower membership rates.

• If you are vacationing in the south end of the valley, Fairmont Hot Springs Resort also offers an exceptional fitness centre. Located just above the community of Fairmont near the hot pools, the re-sort offers two workout facilities. One offers pressur-ized equipment, meaning that instead of weights, the resistance is maintained by air pressure. The second gym has a regular weight machine. Both facilities are equipped with cardiovascular equipment, including bikes, treadmills and elliptical trainers, as well as free weights.

Those who purchase a pass also have access to the resort’s private outdoor mineral pool, a mineral plunge pool, and a steam and dry sauna.

A drop-in pass for this fitness centre is $10; a weekly pass is $49; a monthly pass is also only $49; and a three-month pass is $117.

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By Sally WaddingtonPioneer Staff

First settled by David Thompson in 1807, Invermere has a deep and colourful history. Scattered around downtown are buildings almost 100 years old – built when the Invermere townsite was laid out in 1911.

These days, the buildings are used as stores, pubs and private homes, but the history remains.

The Windermere District Historical Society has mapped out a walking tour of Invermere that takes in 13 important sites in the early life of the town.

The walk takes about two hours at a leisurely pace – longer if you stop for a beer or an ice-cream at one of the historical spots.

1. Windermere Valley MuseumStart at this centre of valley history to pick up a

brochure and walk around the museum complex. Most of the exhibits can be found in the large log

building. In 1975, the historical society had the build-

ing moved from the bottom of the hill in Athalmer, where it had served as the railway station. That year, a train had derailed coming into the station and dam-aged the building, but the historical society rescued it from demolition and found a new use for it.

2. Kootenay LodgeWalk towards Sobeys and turn right, then left at

Pharmasave. Take the first right onto 5th Street and you’ll see Kootenay Lodge on the right.

Pioneer and journalist Basil George (“B.G.”) Hamilton had this house built in 1912. Mr. Hamilton is an important personality in local history because of his commitment to gathering accounts of events of the day. The museum has boxes and boxes of archives do-nated by B.G.’s family.

Before the lodge was built in 1912, prominent businessman Robert Randolph Bruce wrote to Mr. Hamilton with some advice:

“A property situated as yours will be with regard to Invermere would, I think, always be a good market-able proposition.”

3. The site of the first Invermere hospitalContinue west along 5th Street to the first inter-

section, then turn left. Walk the length of 12th Avenue until you reach 10th Street. Turn right here and walk west another block. After that intersection, you’ll see a fence with alternate white and brown fencing.

Where you are now standing is where Invermere’s first hospital once stood. Built in 1914, it consisted of one large ward with six beds and three private rooms, a doctor’s office and a small operating room. Water for the hospital had to be brought up from a well in downtown Invermere. A day in a public bed cost the patient $2.50.

4. Strands Old House RestaurantRetrace your steps along 10th Street but continue

walking straight until you reach the new hospital on 10th Avenue. Turn right, then take the first left. Here you’ll see a white house with a green roof: Strands Old House Restaurant.

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This home was also built in 1912 for Alexander Ritchie, but he sold it in 1920 to Dr. Filmer Coy and his wife. During the years he lived here, Dr. Coy was the only doctor between Cranbrook and Golden, so he was on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The hard-working doctor sold the house in 1946 to Ian and Lucy Weir. This was their winter home; the old Canadian Pacific Railway lodge on Fort Point (site seven) was their summer residence. Lucy ran the town’s first kindergarten out of Strands before they sold it to Tim Strand and it became a restaurant.

5. Invermere LiveryContinue along 12th Street, then take the second

right onto 8th Avenue. Turn left at 13th Street and walk towards the bakery. Stop outside Bud’s Bar and Lounge.

In 1912, a livery was built here to care for the horses that pulled ore from the Paradise mine, near Panorama. Across the road, where The Bargain Store is now, was once Wing Lee’s store and boarding house. Miners would leave the horses at the livery then sleep at Wing Lee’s place. At Christmas, Mr. Lee – then a well-known valley character – cooked a turkey dinner for his guests and anyone else in town who didn’t have anywhere else to go.

The livery became a garage in 1935. A car and driver would meet passengers at the train station in Athalmer and bring them into town.

6. Pynelogs Cultural CentreFrom Bud’s, walk back to The Bargain Store and

turn left. At the end of the street, turn left again, then take the first right onto 7A Avenue. This road takes you to Kinsmen Beach and Pynelogs.

This 1915 building is the subject of a tragedy. Robert Randolph Bruce had the house built in this spectacular position for his fiancee, Lady Elizabeth Northcote. But Lady Elizabeth died of appendicitis while the home was still being built. Her grave sits across the road, next to the beach.

Devastated, Bruce could never live in the house so he donated it to the community to be used as a hospi-tal. Since then it has been used as a seniors’ home and a mental hospital, before it was converted to an art gallery and performance venue in 1990.

The cafe on Pynelogs’ deck is a good half-way stop: it is known around town for the stuffed Scotty burger.

7. Fort PointWalk across the lawn and past the tennis courts

until you get to the railway bridge on 4th Avenue. The area to your right is known as Fort Point.

Now home to some of Invermere’s most expensive real estate, the point was named after a 1923 fort built to commemorate explorer David Thompson. The fort has since been demolished, but still standing is an old CPR lodge, built as a tourist camp in 1922.

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The house is currently on its original location on the dogleg of 2nd Avenue, but a community group is seeking to move it to Kinsmen Beach this year.

8. Canterbury HouseFrom the entrance to Fort Point, cross the railway

bridge and climb the hill. After the intersection you will see an old green house on your right.

This place was built in the 1920s as a police bar-racks, then staffed by Bob Pritchard.

Mr. Pritchard was transferred to another area later in his career, but he loved the town so much that he returned after his retirement and lived here until his death in 1964.

The house served various government roles – in-cluding use as a courthouse – until it was privately bought in 1987.

9. The Cleland HouseContinue along 14th Street until you get back to

downtown. Turn right and you will soon see Angus McToogle’s Restaurant and Bar on your right.

From 1924, this was a private home for first the Cleland family and their five children, then Des and Myrtle Askey lived there with their children.

Their son Roger later converted the house into a gift store and called it Myrtle’s, after his mother. An old brochure for the store says it sold, “suttles and

seawinds skirt and vest sets; hand-painted silk scarves; honey-lite candles; jade and ivory jewellery.” It has been a restaurant since 1992.

10. CIBCFrom outside McToogle’s you can see the CIBC

branch on the corner of 13th Street and 7th Avenue. Unlike the other sites, this one has always been a bank.

The Canadian Imperial Branch of Commerce opened its first branch in downtown Invermere in 1928. Previous branches were in Wilmer and Athalm-er.

11. McKay houseContinue along Main Street until the corner with

Tiffany’s Thredz. On the side street behind Thredz is the next site.

Now containing several stores, including River-gems, this house was built in 1911 for James Lorenzo McKay. The McKay family also had a ranch north of Radium and a house beside Lake Windermere where the Lakeside Pub now stands.

This house was originally in Athalmer, beside the Columbia Wetlands, but in 1980 it was moved to its current location.

12. Village ArtsFrom the McKay house you can see the building

now containing Village Arts.

From 1911 to 1958, the building was Invermere’s hardware store. It was owned by Frank Stockdale un-til 1945, and his niece Joy Bond remembers working there on weekends when she was in high school.

“The exciting part for me was being taken to the Invermere hotel for lunch . . . I always had chocolate pudding with whipped cream for dessert.”

Joy was so attached to the store that she and her husband, Bill, bought it from Frank in 1945. Later it became a grocery store, before its current reincarna-tion as Village Arts.

13. David Thompson statueWalk north on Main Street, past Parkside Place,

until you see the bronze statue at the north end of Pothole Park.

Created by Albertan artist Rich Roenisch and installed in 2003, the statue depicts explorer David Thompson and his wife Charlotte Small as they take in the natural beauty they found when they explored the valley in the early 1800s.

There are many other significant sites beyond walk-ing distance, including the site of Kootenae House just north of town on the road to Wilmer.

Kootenae House, a Northwest Company fur trad-ing post, was built by Jaco Findlay under the direction of David Thompson in 1807. It served as the jumping off point in his search for the Northwest passage.

Ask at the museum for directions to other sites of historical interest around the valley.

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A long weekend in the Columbia Valley can be as lazy or as exciting as you’d like. Here are some things to do with your family this weekend:

Master the climbing wallOpened in 2002 and expanded last

year, the Conrad Kain Climbing Wall is open to the public at J. Alfred Laird School in Invermere. The wall is in the school gymnasium on 13th Avenue. The wall has more than 1,000 square feet of climbing area for all skill levels and climbing styles. Drop-in hours are Friday , Saturday and Sunday from 5 to

8 p.m. The cost is $5 per session includ-ing climbing gear and lessons. For more info, call 250-342-6232.

Play at Funtasia Fun ParkJust north of Fairmont beside High-

way 93/95, you’ll find this kids’ won-derland among the trees. There is an 18-hole mini golf course, bumper cars under a disco ball, two playgrounds, and animals to pet, including rabbits, goats, donkeys – and even an emu! Admission ranges from $8.50 for a bumper-car ride to $26.50 for the grand slam – full ac-cess to the park. For more information, call 250-345-4511.

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Nat McGrath, aged 11, tackles the climbing wall. Photo by Sally Waddington

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Catch a movie at the Toby TheatreOn 7th Avenue in Invermere, you can’t miss the

bright red lettering marking the Toby Theatre. This Columbia Valley landmark is a classic small-town the-atre. Pick up some popcorn and settle back to watch Race to Witch Mountain, playing this weekend. Screenings are Wednesday to Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

Splash around in the hot poolsIt’s what we’re known for best. In the north val-

ley are Radium Hot Springs Pools. One pool sits at a temperate 27°C, while the other is a delicious 39°C. The pools are open daily from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. and admission starts at $5.40 for children. For more infor-mation, call 250-347-9485.

In the south valley are the hot pools at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort. There are three pools at 30°C, 32°C and 39°C. Admission starts at $8 for children; they are open daily from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. For more information, call 250-345-6030.

Ride a horse through the bushHorseback riding could just be the number-one

way to take in the Columbia Valley’s beauty at a lei-surely pace.

North of Edgewater you’ll find Luxor Creek Cor-ral. Owners Doug Goodwin and Cheryl Condy guide rides ranging from a one-hour exploration to over-night camping rides. The rides take in the hills around Luxor Canyon and Mount Muledeer.

Prices start at $30 for a one-hour ride. Kids over 10 can head out, but younger kids should take some lessons at the corral instead. For more infomation, call 250-688-0280.

Float a kayak on the lakeRent a kayak and take to the water on Lake

Windermere or the Columbia River. From Invermere, head to the shore in Athalmer and Columbia River Outfitters. You can rent the vessel with life jackets and paddles, then take off on a self-guided tour. Prices start from $40 for two hours. For more information, call 250-342-7397.

Soak up the rays at the beachLet’s keep it simple. There are four public beaches

around the Columbia Valley just begging for a beach towel, a bucket and spade for the kids, and a novel for you.

In Invermere, there is Kinsmen Beach, at the foot of 17th Street and 7A Avenue. In Athalmer, you’ll find James Chabot Provincial Park.

Windermere has a beach at the bottom of Selkirk and Fairmont Streets. All three beaches have a play-ground for children to climb on.

And in Canal Flats is the quiet gem Canal Flats Provincial Park.

Learn how to use a bow and arrowThe Lake Windermere District Rod and Gun

Club is hosting free family archery lessons all day on Sunday, May 17th.

Kids from age five up – and interested parents, too – can learn how to shoot a bow and arrow. Four archery coaches will be on hand to give advice on us-ing the weapons, and a variety of targets will be set up in a range of difficulty levels.

The classes will be held at Lake Lillian Archery Range. Take the Panorama road and it’s the first right after you pass Lake Lillian.

For more information, call 250-342-9033.

Clamber around at the playgroundIf you have young children, knowing the nearest

playground is essential information.In Invermere, you can’t go past the top-notch

playground on 12th Avenue, behind the hospital. Built and maintained by the Lake Windermere Dis-trict Lions Club, the park has everything a little one will love. There is a giant cobweb to climb around, sev-eral sit-and-spin rides, a set of swings, and two groups of play equipment with slides, climbing walls, tunnels and bars. In between is plenty of lawn space to run around on, and picnic tables for Mums and Dads.

Better still, it’s open any day, any time and it’s free!

Bowl them over at Valley AlleyA 20-foot bowling pin beside the highway in

Windermere marks Valley Alley, the area’s only bowl-ing alley.

The main game is five-pin bowling. The littlies can use bumper guards, and there is shoe rental and automatic scoring available. At night, the whole place lights up with Extreme Glow Bowling – wear white for a supernatural glow! There are also pool tables, and you can even slip in a little golfing practice with the Virtual Golf Simulator.

Bowling starts at $3.18 for kids under 12. Pool-table rental is $10.60 for an hour. The ParTGolf simu-lator is $26.50 for an hour. For more information, call 250-342-2695.

Navigate a valley searchIf you are looking for more than a simple hike,

Fairmont Hot Springs Resort now runs a new family outdoor activity: geocaching. It sounds more technical than it is. Groups are given a Global Positioning Sys-tem and the coordinates where they will find hidden treasures in the great outdoors. Geocaching starts at $10 for a child. For more information, call 250-345-6049.

Visit the new skate parkInvermere now has a top-quality skate park. Mount

Nelson Athletic Park has several bowls to check out, so skaters of all levels will be able to ride. The park also has soccer and baseball fields, as well as a field house that includes change rooms, washrooms and a conces-sion stand.

The park is located behind J. Alfred Laird School in Invermere, on 14th Street just off 13th Avenue.

For more information, call 250-342-9281.

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Some of the valley’s most beautiful places are, naturally, some of her best-kept secrets. Lake Windermere Provin-cial Park, formerly known as Sunshine Ranch, is one.

Affording the casual hiker (or mountain biker) stunning views of Lake Windermere and the snow-capped peaks of the Fairmont Range beyond, Lake Windermere Provincial Park pro-vides fun for the whole family.

Located on the west side of Lake Windermere about 10 kilometres south of Invermere on Westside Road, Lake Windermere Provincial Park protects one of the last remaining tracts of native grassland and riparian habitats along the western shores of Lake Windermere.

Don’t expect a big welcome sign or even a parking lot. In fact, the park is kind of hard to spot from the road.

Reset your tripometer as you leave Invermere on 13th Avenue. At about the 10-kilometre mark, watch for a pond-size body of water on the right side of the road. Across the road (on the south side), you will see a gate, turnstyle and

a single post which reads, “Park Bound-ary.” (See inset photo at right.)

Park on either side of the road and enter the park through the turnstyle.

A nice wide trail forks off in two dif-ferent directions, but both lead through the woods into the open grasslands that border the lake.

Originally purchased in 1961, the area was formally established as a Class A park on June 29, 1999.

Large populations of ungulates — white-tail deer, mule deer and elk — also use this area for winter range. The park is open to hunting during the lawful game hunting season.

Please check the Hunting and Trap-ping regulations for more information.

Oldtimers might remember Sun-shine Ranch as the site of legendary biker parties, but very few signs of those days remain.

Be sure that everyone in your par-ty brings a frisbee-style flying disk. A makeshift disc golf course has been marked with red ribbons on trees along the hike.

Get your disk between the ribbons in the fewest number of throws to win the hole.

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A trail leading into Sunshine Ranch. Inset, a single post marks the entry.

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Allow me to let you in on a little secret: not all of the mountain bike trails in the Columbia Valley cater solely to the extreme, dare-devil style of riding.

Many valley trails feature only gentle up and downhill grades. And the valley, with rolling topogra-phy on its fringes, allows riders of all abilities and tol-erances for risk to enjoy the sport of mountain biking. The wide variety of terrain in our backyard is part of what makes the Columbia Valley a mountain biking jewel.

Avid riders in the valley have been on the trails since about the end of March and the cross-country trails are now completely dry and in fine form.

Volunteers from the Columbia Valley Cycling Society — and others whose interest is keeping the trails well-maintained and fun to ride — have been out making sure the trails are in great shape.

The Columbia Valley trails can be enjoyed alone, with your family, or with a group of friends. The Co-

lumbia Valley Cycling Society offers newcomers to the valley — or locals who just want to get out and ride — a great opportunity to get involved in local cycling.

New this year, the club has added Monday night parent-kid rides. These rides are short, about 30 min-utes to one hour, and the pace is relaxed. It is a nice way to get your child out to enjoy cycling and be phys-ically active (also a benefit for the parent).

These rides meet at 6:30 p.m. at the cattle guard at the entrance to Grizzly Ridge Properties immediately on Invermere’s western boundary.

To get there, turn west off Pineridge Drive on the new road. It is a construction zone but the road is open and many people access the trails behind. You do need to be a club member to join in on these group rides.

A family membership for you and your child costs $40 and provides insurance coverage for members, discounts at both local bike shops, and information on and an invitation to all club events. Please visit: www.columbiavalleycyclingsociety.org or either Columbia Cycle or Rob’s Bicycle Works for more information.

The trails on Grizzly Ridge Properties have a long

history of non-motorized use and are open to the pub-lic for their enjoyment.

The Canyon Trail (which runs along the Toby Creek Canyon), and the trails that run off it are some of the best in the valley for beginner and advanced cyclist alike.

Recently some roads have been cut over and through some of the trails; however, the trails remain almost as sweet as ever.

Biking can be a really cost-effective way to get out and see some of the terrific terrain and sights in the valley. In most cases, your old mountain bike will serve you well as you get (re) acquainted with the trails in the valley.

Remember that bikes require maintenance and a properly-tuned bike will provide infinitely more fun than one that doesn’t brake or shift properly. A visit to either local bike shop will get your wheels turning again this spring.

Best of all, you don’t have to travel far to get out and enjoy the best terrain the valley has to offer.

Happy trails.

Mountain biking trails at GrizzlyRidge are as sweet as ever

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Submitted by Eloise BerryTour of the Arts

The Columbia Valley Arts Council is celebrating the arts again this year with another Tour of the Arts on August 2nd from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The theme this year is history. We are showcasing the 50 artists in venues that are the historical story of the Windermere Valley. Patrons of the arts will again purchase passports to all five venues and what interest-ing venues they are!

The K2 Ranch off the Westside road will feature its wonderfully restored barn, built in 1895, where 14 artists will be set up for viewing.

The Delphine Lodge in Wilmer was built in 1899 to house the miners who arrived in droves on week-ends. During this time, Wilmer was the ‘capital’ of the central part of the Columbia Valley. The Delphine went through several owners and is presently the home of Jill and Sebastian Bell.

The Windermere Valley Museum in Invermere has a terrific collection of heritage buildings and is open every day during the summer months. One can visit the exhibits many times and find new and interesting information about the valley’s past.

On to the Stolen Church in Windermere, a lov-ingly-kept church by the members of Christ Church Trinity and local neighbours, which still hosts services and weddings. The church was ‘stolen’ from Donald, and rafted downstream on the Columbia River after the CPR railway was completed and the residents moved elsewhere, including Windermere.

At the end of this most interesting tour, holders of the passports can end up at Pynelogs, the Centre of the Columbia Valley Arts Council, for more art dis-plays and a reception from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

A Tour of the Arts Passport costs just $20. Tickets for youths aged 13 to 18 cost $10, and children under 12 years are free with an adult.

The passport provides admission to all tour sites and Celebrate the Arts reception.

Passports include the tour map and artists’ photos and information.

Passports stamped at all sites are eligible for the draw prize – two nights at Tin Horn Creek Winery with golf and dinner for two people.

For information, passport purchase, or to become a tour volunteer, please call 250-342-4423 or email info@columbiavalleyarts.com.

2009 Tour of the Arts

visits historic buildings

12 ~ Play ’n’ Stay • The Columbia Valley Pioneer May 15, 2009

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