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motel has a game room, loads of parking, a laundry, free wireless Internet access, and
an outdoor pool. Park Place Lodge (742 Hwy. 3, 250/423-6871 or 888/381-7275,
www.parkplacelodge.com , $99 s, $109 d) is a modern three-story hotel along the main road.
Amenities include spacious and elegant rooms opening to an atrium-enclosed pool, the Max
Restaurant, and a pub.
Up at the alpine resort, Griz Inn (250/423-9221 or 800/661-0118, www.grizinn.com ,
$104-154 s or d) offers a mix of hotel rooms and kitchen-equipped suites, an smallish in-
door pool, a hot tub, and a restaurant (open in winter only).
The best bet for campers is Mount Fernie Provincial Park (519/826-6850 or 800/
689-9025, www.discovercamping.ca , mid-May-Sept., $21), 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) south
of town and four kilometers (2.5 miles) north of the Akamina-Kishinena Provincial Park
access road. Facilities are basic, but it's a pleasant setting, and a short trail leads along Liz-
ard Creek to a waterfall.