Nelson - Salmo

• Electoral Area E, F & G
• City of Nelson
• Village of Salmo

Cottonwood Lake Regional Park comprises 8.2 hectares of land and is located approximately five kilometres south of the City of Nelson. The park is managed by the Nelson, Salmo, Areas E, F, and G Regional Parks Commission. Recreation facilities in this waterfront access park include a swimming beach, picnic tables, boat launch, footpaths, cross-country ski trails, picnic shelters, and related rest rooms and parking facilities.

Taghum Beach Regional Park is located approximately six kilometres west of the City of Nelson and comprises approximately 2.1 hectares of land. The site is privately owned and leased by the Regional District. It is designated as a waterfront access park providing recreation facilities that include picnic tables, washrooms, parking lot, and beach.

James Johnstone Regional Park is composed of four lots totaling 1.2 hectares of land located on the north shore of the West Arm of Kootenay Lake immediately north of the City of Nelson. The site includes a beach access trail, washroom facilities and fire pits and is designated as a waterfront access regional park.

Sunshine Bay Regional Park is located on the south shore of the West Arm of Kootenay Lake in the Procter - Harrop community. The park has a total area of approximately 22 hectares. The park is comprised of five lots of which three lots are contiguous with the remaining two lots located approximately one kilometre west of the three easterly properties. The park is managed by the Sunshine Bay Regional Park Commission. The eastern sector of the park is approximately 9 hectares in area and the western sector is 13 hectares.

The eastern sector includes ball fields, picnic facilities and a recently developed BMX bike park. Part of the western sector of the park includes an equestrian facility leased to the Sunshine Bay Riding Club. The park is designated as a combined waterfront access and multiple purpose regional park.

Rosebud Lake Regional Park is located approximately twenty kilometres south of the Village of Salmo. The site is presently undeveloped and owned by the Regional District of Central Kootenay. The site characteristics of the park are most appropriate for low intensity development. The park is designated as a waterfront access park.

Bonnington Regional Park is composed of four lots totaling 1.2 hectares of land located on the north shore of the West Arm of Kootenay Lake immediately north of the City of Nelson. The site includes a beach access trail, washroom facilities and fire pits and is designated as a waterfront access regional park.

Nelson Salmo Great Northern Trail provides recreation trail use on a former CPR rail right-of-way. Owned by the Province of British Columbia, the Regional District of Central Kootenay has entered into a License of Occupation Agreement with the Province for this, the former Burlington Northern Santa Fe rail line from Troup Junction to the Village of Salmo. This trail is designated as a multiple prupose regional trail.

Pulpit Rock Access Regional Trail - This small piece of land, owned by teh Regional District, was acquired for the purpose of providing legal access to the popular Pulpit Rock hiking trail in the rural Nelson area. This park is designated as a non-motorized regional trail. Visit http://www.savepulpitrock.com/ for more information on the Pulpit Rock trail.