Kootenays
- plural of Kootenay.
Example Sentences
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While most are remote and require long hikes, a section of the West Kootenays to the Canadian Rockies holds five of the most easily accessible ones.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2024
The shop boasts the biggest ski wall in the Kootenays — as well as the largest selection of technical clothing — so you’re sure to walk out with something.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2022
Vietnam resisters were first attracted to the West Kootenays because of the presence of Quakers, who fed and sheltered runaways.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 19, 2017
A tall blond Canadian of Dutch ancestry, he was born in 1978 in a log cabin built by his hippie parents and their friends in the West Kootenays, a mountain range in British Columbia.
From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2011
They were only a passing band of Kootenays, and as they journeyed on and on, week in and week out, they finally came to Crow's Nest Mountain.
From The Moccasin Maker by Mair, Charles
