Kootenay River
River in Western Canada and the United StatesThe Kootenay River or Kootenai River is a major river of the Northwest Plateau in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, and northern Montana and Idaho in the United States. It is one of the uppermost major tributaries of the Columbia River, the largest North American river that empties into the Pacific Ocean. The Kootenay River runs 781 kilometres (485 mi) from its headwaters in the Kootenay Ranges of the Canadian Rockies, flowing from British Columbia's East Kootenay region into northwestern Montana, then west into the northernmost Idaho Panhandle and returning to British Columbia in the West Kootenay region, where it joins the Columbia at Castlegar.
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Castlegar, British Columbia
City in British Columbia, Canada
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Radio station in Castlegar, British Columbia
Brilliant Dam
Dam in Central Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada
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Brilliant, British Columbia
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Brilliant Suspension Bridge
Suspension bridge over the Kootenay River