AINSWORTH
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NAME: Ainsworth COUNTY: Slocan-Kaslo ROADS: 2WD GRID: 1 CLIMATE: Snow in Winter, Warm in Summer - on Kootenay Lake @ Ainsworth Hot Springs BEST TIME TO VISIT: Depends on what activity you want to enjoy |
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Small townsite still. Ainsworth Hotel is nice place to stay. Beautiful scenery. Short drive (within 1 hour) to Nelson (to the south) or to Kaslo (to the north). Right on the shore of Kootenay Lake, not far from the Kootenay lake ferry to Crawford Bay (which puts you into the Mountain Time Zone on the East side of the Lake). Short drive (within 15 mins)to Cody caves and the Kokanee Glacier on a hard packed logging road - Inaccessible in the winter due to snow. And of course as the name indicates, wonderful hot springs. REMAINS: Some buildings surviving. Dock and mine remnants. Old Cemetary still existing. |
| 49.50' north: 117.0' west. In the heart of the "slippery silvery slocan". In 1883 thomas hammil located the lulu and spring claims at ainsworth. In the late 1880’s, jim brennan, a prospector working west of ainsworth, collected some high grade silver samples which sparked considerable interest in this new and virtually unexplored area. After initial interest at sandon, prospectors extended their range of exploration to the south and west, discovering several deposits containing appreciable gold on memphis creek and locating the dayton claim in 1893 near slocan city. Submitted by: Lorilei |
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