THE KOOTENAYS - British Columbia: Including the Alaska Highway - page 440

Fort Steele Heritage Town
Across the road from the park entrance is Fort Steele Resort & RV Park (250/
489-4268, www.fortsteele.com , $29-44), which offers a solar-heated outdoor pool, showers,
a laundry, and a barbecue and cooking facility.
Wild Horse Creek
To get to the original Wild Horse Creek diggings, continue north from Fort Steele and take
the logging road to Bull River and Kootenay Trout Hatchery, then the first road on the left
(before the creek crossing). Fisherville—the first township in the East Kootenays and once
home to over 5,000 miners—was established at the diggings in 1864 but was relocated up-
stream when it was discovered that the richest seam of gold was right below the main street.
About five kilometers (three miles) from the highway is Wild Horse Graveyard. From this