Fort Steele to remain closed for summer

One of the East Kootenay’s most well-known attractions will remain closed for the summer as a safety measure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fort Steele Heritage Town has announced Wednesday on social media that the site will be closed to the public for the rest of the summer.

General manager Jessica Marusyk says keeping the site closed was a difficult decision to make.

“We were fortunate that our operating contract was modified a little bit to give us a little bit more wiggle room with how we were able to move forward with restrictions on social distancing and the max. capacity set,” says Marusyk. “We decided that we should probably proceed with our COVID plans and just really work on our site.”