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The Rockies make Cranbrook and the East Kootenay a first class, four seasons resort destination. Visitors from around the world experience the "Rocky Mountain High" while camping, fishing, boating and hiking. During the winter, Canada's finest ski resorts come alive at Kimberley, Banff, Panorama, Snow Valley and Lake Louise, short drives from Cranbrook.

Cranbrook's beautiful natural setting, well developed tourist facilities and access to major tourist attractions including many golf courses and Fort Steele Heritage Town are the key ingredients for the local trade and convention industry.

Cranbrook serves a retail trading area population exceeding 56,000. As a result, the City has two major shopping centre's, an active central business district, a wide variety of hotels and motels, campgrounds, and more than 60 eating establishments.

Moreover, the City boasts a well rounded menu of community facilities including a community college, 14 public schools, an acute, intermediate and extended care hospital; senior citizens homes, 16 parks, golf courses, a curling rink, performing arts theatre, a cineplex theatre, library, a daily newspaper, a weekly newspaper, 2 radio stations, cable television, a Rec complex containing a swimming pool, water slide and arena and the internationally renowned Canadian Museum of Rail Travel and the Casino of the Rockies.

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