Radium Hot Springs, British Columbia

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website = [http://www.radiumhotsprings.ca Radium Hot Springs]
footnotes = Radium Hot Springs(coord|50|37|14|N|116|4|22|W|) is a village of approximately 800 people situated in the East Kootenays of British Columbia, located km to mi|280 west of Calgary, Alberta. The village is named for the hot springs located in the nearby Kootenay National Park. Despite it being named after the radioactive element, the springs have among the lowest level of radium in the worldFact|date=June 2007. From Banff, Alberta, it is accessible via Highway 93.

Amenities

Several golf courses are located nearby, along with 600 hotel and motel rooms.

Hot springs

The hot springs complex itself contains two large pools, one with hot water for soaking (usually around the temperature of 39°C (104°F)), the other a 2/3 Olympic swimming pool that is usually around 29°C (84°F). There is also a hot-tub sized pool that has been dubbed the "Plunge Pool", because the water can be hot - right from the source at 44°C (114°F) - or cold, right from a creek running beneath the pools.

Geography

Radium is located 16 km north of the tourist town of Invermere, and 105 km south of Golden, British Columbia. It is located at the junction of Highway 95 and Highway 93, in the Columbia River valley, between the river and Kootenay National Park.

Wildlife in the area includes mule deer, grizzly bears, black bears, Mountain goats and Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep.

External links

* [http://www.radiumhotsprings.ca/ Village of Radium Hot Springs Town Webpage]
* [http://www.hotsprings.ca/ Radium Hot Spring Pools]
* [http://www.radiumhotsprings.com/ Radium Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce/Visitor Centre]