![]() Some of the can’t-miss Salmon Arm dining includes the excellent creperie Café Tasse for a delicious breakfast or lunch (located conveniently in the Prestige), Cantina Vallarta for tasty Latin cuisine, Table 24 for the high-end diner and the Shuswap Pie Company for a yummy dessert. #I salute you movie#Some highlights include the Salmar Classic single-screen movie theatre in the heart of downtown, the historic Shuswap Art Gallery a two-minute walk away and Bookingham Palace, a great independent bookstore. There’s a good mix of modern and quaint, with plenty of bookstores, shops, restaurants and cafes to explore. Photo Grant Lawrenceĭespite the Trans-Canada Highway and the Canadian Pacific Railway cutting directly through the city, downtown Salmon Arm is nestled comfortably between both. Grant Lawrence spent some quality, shirtless time in Salmon Arm recently. Despite the near 30-degree air temperature, the water was George Constanza-like frigid, and my swim was more of a yelping leap. What I didn’t realize was that the estuary and the beach are separated by a large subdivision, which forced me to leave the lakeside trail and tackle some major hills before descending down to the secluded and sandy Canoe Beach.Īfter the long bike ride, I was ready for a swim, and in for a shock. I was hoping to reach the much-talked-about Canoe Beach for a swim. The estuary trail winds several kilometres northeast of town, which I enjoyed on a bike I borrowed from the hotel. #I salute you full#Look up and you’re likely to spot a dive-bombing osprey or a blue heron in full flight. You can stroll or bike along a raised pathway through the estuary, which gives you a bird’s eye view of all the wildlife action below - waterfowl, turtles, frogs, snakes, lizards, beavers and muskrats. Salmon Arm’s crown jewel is a massive estuary and a birder’s paradise in the middle of downtown. If you’re fortunate enough to be there during hatching season, the estuary is filled with cute ducklings and goslings, dutifully following their parents through the reeds. Word on the Lake’s home base is at the Prestige Harbourfront Resort, on the edge of Salmon Arm’s crown jewel - a massive estuary and a birder’s paradise. Sure enough, the first thing I noticed crossing the bridge just south of town was muddy brown water practically level with the bridge decking. interior were either flooded or on flood watch. When I visited a few weeks ago, the weather was unseasonably hot, sunny and gorgeous, but nerves in town were on edge as several areas of the B.C. You’ll pass picture-perfect lakeside towns such as Chase and Sorrento before arriving in Salmon Arm, the biggest and busiest burgh in the Shuswap region, surrounded by towering mountains. As you drive past the arid, dusty hoodoos of Kamloops, rolling east on the Trans-Canada Highway, a gorgeous, temperate playground of forested mountains and sparkling lakes opens up before you like the pages of a travel magazine. Salmon Arm is nestled in the heart of the Shuswap Lake region in south-central B.C. Upon each return, I’m reminded of just how spectacular this area of B.C. It’s hard to put a finger on it, but tourism has played a huge role.Įvery couple of years I’m lucky enough to wrap myself in Salmon Arm courtesy of the Word on the Lake Writers Festival. ![]() These days, times have changed for Salmon Arm. Back in ’82, Salmon Arm was primarily a logging town with a 30 per cent unemployment rate. ![]()
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