Tunnacliffe Flats (unofficial name, Invermere)
“I have always loved it here. I have no wish to go away.”43
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Pynelogs
Pynelogs Cultural Center (Invermere)
Pynelogs, “is picturesque in the extreme. It is built of rough-hewn logs and faces south, with a glorious prospect of lake and mountain from its windows.”28
Peters Hill
Peters Hill (Informal name, northwest of Toby Creek Bridge in Athalmer)
“Morning wasn’t morning until the Peters’ had made their daily milk delivery.”31
Windermere (2)
Windermere Townsite, Windermere District, Windermere Lake
Windermere, “claims justly, that there is no more beautiful townsite on earth than her own. She is modest about it, is Windermere, and she never institutes comparisons which are invariably odious.”53
Windermere (1)
Windermere Townsite, Windermere District, Windermere Lake
“Windermere [was] a magnet for land speculation by government officials.”
Windermere Hotel
The Windermere Hotel
The Windermere Hotel was, “The neatest and best appointed house in East Kootenay, fitted up with every modern convenience, baths, electric bells, etc.”24
Templeton
Templeton River
Other names: Salmon River
From the earliest records, this was Salmon River. So established was the name that, even after it was officially changed, “Salmon River” continued to be used.
Edgewater
Edgewater (community)
Settlers would arrive with expectations of a rural British utopia, and so Edgewater was created in the image of an idealized English country village.
Mineral King (2)
Mineral King Mine (former community, unofficial local name)
Although provincially classified as a small mine, the Mineral King Mine was the largest underground mining enterprise in the Windermere Valley.
Mineral King (1)
Mineral King Mine (former community, unofficial local name)
Those who examined the Mineral King property in these early years agreed that that it was, “very encouraging”24, but as the scattered investment in the property suggests, there were a number of factors impeding development.
In The Windermere 