Communities of Kootenay Lake
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Ten
kilometres south of Crawford Bay is
Gray Creek, which was first settled in 1906.
If you like history stop at Kootenay Lake's oldest general store - Gray Creek Store on Chainsaw Avenue. A prominent service center for the East Shore and still under the same family ownership, proprietor Tom Lymbery's father started the business in 1913. It has a great collection of BC history books, large hardware selection, and also features wood stoves. Between 1931 and 1947 The Gray Creek Store was also the location of the ferry terminal.
In the late 1920's the Hwy 3A builders established a campsite at a point known as The Lakeview, which is now the site of the Gray Creek Post Office, community grocery store, liquor agency, and gas bar.
The community of Gray Creek, at the mouth of Crawford Bay, stretches for approximately 6 km and its features include:
