British Columbia''s Interior
It says something about the magnificence of British Columbia's interior that you can enter it from Vancouver or the Rockies and find a clutch of landscapes every bit as spectacular as those you've just left. Some people will travel inland from Vancouver, others across country from the Rockies or the US. Unfortunately, whatever your approach, both major routes through the region confine you to some of its least interesting areas. The most obvious and quickest line east or west, the Trans-Canada Hwy , isn't worth considering in its entirety unless you're keen to cross the region in a hurry - little west of Revelstoke compares to what you might find further north or south. Nor does Hwy 3 , rumbling along just north of the US border, offer a convincing reason for sticking to it religiously. The best option would be to take a meandering course towards the outstanding Kootenay region in the province's southeastern corner - an idyllic assortment of mountains and lakes and several towns that are fun to stay in - perhaps by way of the Okanagan , an almost Californian enclave of orchards, vineyards, warm lakes and resort towns, whose beaches and scorching summers suck in hordes of holiday-makers from all over Canada and the western United States. From here you could push north to Kamloops , a far from exciting town, but the transport hub of the region and a jumping-off point for the magnificent Wells Gray Provincial Park or the Yukon. The other major option would be to head south to take in the better parts of Hwy 3 west of Osoyoos, also reasonably easily reached directly from Vancouver, and which includes a corner of desert and the spectacular ridges of the Cascades and Coast Mountains .
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