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(Main St. E., 250/347-6400, daily for lunch and dinner, $14-24) serves up similar fare in
more modern surroundings. Both places have a few outdoor tables.
As always, Husky House Restaurant (250/347-9811, 7am-11pm daily, $9.50-17), at
the corner of Highways 93 and 95, serves a solid menu of no-frills North American fare
at reasonable prices. Just around the corner is Screamer's, the place to hang out with an
ice cream on a hot summer afternoon. The ice cream here has been researched many times,
most often when returning from camping trips in the Columbia Valley. Also along this strip
is Mountainside Market, with an excellent choice of groceries and an in-house deli and
butcher.
The restaurant at the Radium Resort (3 km/1.9 miles south of town, 250/347-6268,
daily for breakfast, lunch, and dinner) caters mostly to golfers throughout the day and resort
guests in the evening, but everybody is welcome. Enjoy lunch on the outdoor patio for
around $15, or dine on sea bass smothered with a fruit-filled salsa for $28 in the evening.
Buffets are offered on Wednesday (usually pasta) and Saturday (roast beef) nights from
6pm ($31 per person).
INFORMATION
On the east side of the highway, just south of the Highway 93/95 junction, is the Radium
Hot Springs Visitor Centre (7556 Main St., 250/347-9331 or 800/347-9704,
www.radiumhotsprings.com , 9am-5pm daily mid-May-mid-Oct.). This building is also
home to the national park information center and a small retail store.
Getting There
Radium is at the junction of Highways 95 and 93, 140 kilometers (87 miles) north of Cran-
brook and 105 kilometers (65 miles) south of Golden.
NORTH ALONG HIGHWAY 95
From Radium, most travelers head into Kootenay National Park, but another option is to
continue north for 105 kilometers (65 miles) to Golden, from where the Trans-Canada
Highway heads east, through Yoho National Park and across the Continental Divide to Ban-
ff National Park, which is in the neighboring province of Alberta. From this point it is pos-
sible to continue south and link up with Highway 93, making a 350-kilometer loop through
the three parks.
Past Radium and Golden, several small, historic towns are worthy of a stop. Named for
a member of the 1859 Palliser expedition, Brisco was founded on the mining industry and
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