A Tale of Two Kootenays is a great essay from Don Gayton in TheTyee.ca about the Kootenay region of eastern BC. Great “sense of place” essay about a wild and beautiful corner of our bioregion.

In the Kootenays, I see the ideal location for a bioregional culture. Who are we Kootenaians? Well, we are a full day’s drive from either Calgary or Vancouver. Although we do travel to those places on occasion, we are completely out of their orbit. Spokane or the Okanagan is half a day away, but other than for the rare weekend shopping trip, these locations might as well be on another planet.