The Slocan Valley is a valley in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. The Slocan Valley is about 100 kilometres long, but its width is undefined. The Valhalla Range provides the steep western boundary and the Slocan Range presents the gradual slopes of the eastern boundary. Squeezed in between, Slocan Lake occupies the …The Slocan Valley is a valley in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. The Slocan Valley is about 100 kilometres long, but its width is undefined. The Valhalla Range provides the steep western boundary and the Slocan Range presents the gradual slopes of the eastern boundary. Squeezed in between, Slocan Lake occupies the north, and Slocan River the south. In the Selkirk Mountains, which were created 200 million years ago during the Jurassic period, the valley forms part of the 400-kilometre long Kootenay Arc, comprising sedimentary, volcanic and metamorphic rock.
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