The new 550sq ft 1 bedroom apartment is located in Balfour on HWY 31, on the banks of Kootenay Lake overlooking Queens Bay and the Purcell Mountain Range. You will enjoy the panoramic view from the living and dining area, the kitchen and the spacious deck, while sun bathing or entertaining a BBQ party. A 5 minute walk leads you down to a pebble beach, while across the street a championship golf course invites you to your favorite game. The West Kootenays are providing you with the most spectacular beauty of nature and wild life. Nelson, with its over 350 historic buildings, only 30 minutes to the west, is recognized as the cultural center of the district and regarded as the " Best Little Arts Town in Canada" . Only 15 minutes north on HWY 31, all year round, after a hard day's work of vacationing you may relax in the pool or cave of the Ainsworth Hot Springs. Our house can be used as base camp for the whole family, since the Kootenays are offering numerous activities for summer and winter. You may hike, bike or just walk through the parks up to the Kokanee glacier, nature pure. The Kootenay lake provides all the water sports you can think of with boat mooring and rentals just minutes away. Take your ATV for an excursion, meet your friends for fishing and hunting, go on a photo safari or just relax while bird-watching. Winter activities are as numerous with snowshoeing, cross country skiing and snowmobiling directly from the house. Downhill, deep powder and back country skiing. 40 mi S/E at Whitewater Mountain, is ranked by Powder Magazine as the best powder ski area in North America. For the discriminating expert skier Nelson is one of the major hubs for cat and heli skiing in the Monashee -, Selkirk - and Purcell Mountains.