Welcome to paradise! That’s what Kaslovians think of their home. Kaslo has also been called “a vintage silver dollar in the West Kootenay’s pocket” by British Columbia magazine. Tucked away as it is within the surrounding mountains, and skirted by a rushing river and spectacular lake, the images seem truly apt.
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In 1889 and 1890 G.O. Buchanan and brothers George and David Kane came to Kaslo to stake timber claims. The population soon grew to 3,000 people. That the settlement was incorporated as a City in 1893 speaks volumes of the optimism of those early days. It was reincorporated as a Village in 1959 and today has a population of just under a thousand.
Kaslo is famous for its self-sufficient and very pretty downtown, where many of the boomtown storefronts have been lovingly kept up by the owners of the many Mom & Pop shops and businesses. Come and visit and you will appreciate Kaslo’s thriving arts community, healthy lifestyle and the modern equivalent of the pioneering spirit of its people.
For more information on Kaslo please see: visitkaslo.com
