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Winlaw,
B.C. is located in the heart of the lower Slocan Valley. "Downtown"
Winlaw, on Highway 6, features:
- Winlaw
MiniMart a convenience store with a large selection of foods
liquor and goods, and gas station; open 7 am to 9 pm weekdays,
8 am to 9 pm weekends.
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Winlaw Post Office open 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Sat 9 to 12;
closed from 1 til 2 pm weekdays.
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Cedar Creek Cafe, a cozy, eclectic restaurant offering
conventional, vegetarian and ethnic food; open 8 am til 8 pm;
7 am til 9 pm in summer; there is often entertainment, inside
inthe winter and outside in the summer, offering a festival-like
atmosphere.
- Sleep
Is For Sissies is a take-out or sit-down, licensed eatery
in a greenhouse-like setting, for a quick bite, featuring coffee,
wraps and other delights. There is entertainment often,
and a skating rink behind, in those winter months that make it
possible.
- Gaia
Tree Whole Foods features organic foods and produce, much
grown locally- located at the Cedar Creek Cafe.
- Earth
Spirit a metaphysical bookstore, videos and much more.
- Egg-Cetera
Feed has animal feed, fresh eggs and Loomis depot.
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MoonMonsters Secret Cave has all sorts of new
and used treasures, especially clothing.
- The
Spicer Centre is home to a school, a wellness centre, with
lots of treasures and used goods, and an agriculture co-op; there
is a Farmer's Market here on Sundays (during the "season"
for this) from 11 am to 2 pm.
- Winlaw
Elementary School has a large playground and field, paved
basketball court and community library.
- Winlaw
Nature Park nearby, has trails, a beach and a play area.
Winter and summer activities abound!
- Winlaw
Hall nearby, just up the highway, and with a back trail to
our campground to the hall, has facilities for gatherings, and
a large field outside too.
- Fomi's Bakery is about a km north of us, on the highway, and features all kinds of yummy breads, take-out foods, bakery goodies, borscht, and a cozy little indoor area to have a nice snack or meal, or a coffee. Closed Sundays, Mondays.
- The
Slocan Valley Rail Trail -"Spirit of 2010", a "Rails to Trails" recreation
corridor that runs from South Slocan to Slocan, is a wonderful
trail for non-motorized use by horse riders, mountain bikers,
runners, walkers, hikers, wildlife viewers, photographers, and
in the winter, cross-country skiiers and snowshoers. Please
pick up after your pooches.
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