kootenay

McLeod Meadows Campground – Kootenay National Park – review

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With our recent stay at McLeod Meadows Campground, we’ve finally completed the trifecta of front country camping in Kootenay National Park. We made good progress during the covid era, visiting Redstreak Campground in 2019 and Marble Canyon Campground in 2020. McLeod Meadows, however, would have to wait a few years for us to grace it … Read more

Marble Canyon Campground – Kootenay National Park – review

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Here’s an interesting tidbit. Kootenay National Park was a bribe. It’s true. A century ago, a deal was in place for the federal government to build a road from Banff to the Alberta/BC border at Vermilion Pass. The BC provincial government would build a road from Windermere to the pass thereby opening up the region … Read more

Redstreak Campground – Kootenay National Park – review

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Redstreak Campground in Kootenay National Park (part of the world-renowned Rocky Mountain National Parks in Western Canada) is another campground whose reputation precedes it. Talk to Calgarians or lurk on Alberta camping Facebook forums, and Redstreak is regularly lauded. Like all raved about camping spots, I had to find out why. This was the summer … Read more