Cranbrook, BC

With the Steeples Mountains as your backdrop, and the CP Train off in the distance, celebrate your big day in beauty of the Kootenays, British Columbia. This private gardens is away from everything, no distracting traffic and you are not competing with all the other brides for the best photo locations ... because it is all yours!

The largest city of the Rocky Mountain region, and the sunniest place in British Columbia, Cranbrook is located in the Columbia Valley, offering the best of city and country. The vistas of snowcapped mountain peaks, lush green valleys and crystal clear lakes are sure to take your breath away. For those seeking an oasis of civility in the rough Rockies, there is shopping galore, boutiques and cafés, an arts centre, several heritage centres and an abundance of other attractions to entertain visitors.

Cranbrook's history is rather colourful, and filled with interesting characters. It is said, however, that the railway made this city.

Prior to the entire rail goings on, the Cranbrook region was inhabited for over ten thousand years by the Ktunaxa (pronounced "Too nah hah") Native people. They followed retreating glaciers into the Cranbrook area from the great lakes to the south. As the land evolved and changed, they passed down many legends and stories. The Hoodoos, for example, are said to be the bones of Yawo'nek (pronounced "Yehwoonik"), a great water monster whose bones were thrown up onto the banks of the river. The area now called Cranbrook was called "The Pine Tree in the Centre" in the Ktunaxa language.

Cranbrook is located near the junction of Highway 95A and Crowsnest Highway 3 in the BC Rockies, 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Kimberley.

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