free ferries

There are a lot of ferries in the BC Kootenays. Riding along a quiet road you never know when the pavement will make an abrupt end and your nose will dip into some fresh water. Mountains valleys and lakes. Luckily the boats are all free and most run fairly often.

This is the ferry from Belfour to Crawford Bay. I was extremely lucky to happen along 10 minutes before the ferry made its trip every two hours. I would have been stuck sitting around instead of exploring, or taking a different route and missing Creston and Salmo (with 5,800' summit).