The village is home to about 300 people, with most of the services that travellers might require.

Location: Fauquier is located on Highway 6 on the eastern shore of Arrow Lake, and is the eastern terminal of the Arrow Lake ferry, connecting with Needles across the lake.

• The Ministry of Transportation operates a car and passenger ferry service between Fauquier and Needles on the western shore of Arrow lake. Capacity 40 Cars and 150 Passengers. Click for Inland Ferry Schedules.

• The historic white steepled Fauquier Church started out as a United Church, becoming a Catholic Church when it was moved to its present location. Now both use the building.

• Join Fauquier residents and their guests at Christmas time as they take a traditional Horse and Carriage ride around the town.

• Golf: Golfers can play the Fauquier Golf Course, situated along the shoreline of the beautiful Arrow Lakes. Putt on the interesting green projecting into the lake, or visit in winter and search for golf balls in the sand as the lake's water level drops! The 9-hole semi-private Fauquier Golf Course is located on Highway 6, amongst beautiful mountain and lake scenery. Golf Vacations in the BC Rockies.

• Head to the boat launch adjacent to the golf course, a favourite spot for anglers fishing for kokanee, rainbow trout and dolly varden. Fishing in British Columbia.

• Enjoy nature at the Fauquier Provincial Park, located just north of Fauquier Creek off Hwy 6.

• There's plenty to do in these parts once Old Man Winter checks in. Located smack in the middle of the Selkirk Mountains to the east and the Monashees to the west, this area is a veritable playground for skiers, snowmobilers and even ice fishermen on Box and Trout Lakes. For the day skier, there's the Summit Lake Ski Area just 20 km south of Nakusp on Hwy 6 to New Denver, and for those seeking more of a challenge, local helicopter skiing companies will whisk you and your guide high into the backcountry, where the finest virgin powder snow lies. Most communities in the area offer cross-country skiing; Barnes Creek between Fauquier and Edgewood, Wensley Creek Ski Trails closer to Nakusp, and the Upper Brouse Road area southeast of Nakusp are but a few that offer trails. Snowcat skiing and snowmobiling also await visitors who are ready for an adventure to happen. Skiing and Winter Recreation in the B.C. Rockies.

• Travel back into the history of this region, to the Ghost Town of Sandon, once the Capital of the Silvery Slocan. Located 8 km east of New Denver, Sandon was an incorporated city of 5,000 people at the height of the mining boom in 1892. Two railroads once served this Monte Carlo of Canada, with its twenty nine hotels, twenty eight saloons, an opera house, two newspapers, five men's clothing stores, a bank, and several other gambling halls, brothels, offices, stores and businesses. Now a renowned and restored historic site, Sandon lures thousands of visitors each summer.

• See the best of the area on The Okanagan and BC Rockies Circle Tour. Travel the sunny interior of British Columbia, north through the Okanagan to Sicamous, following Highway 1 into the mountains of the BC Rockies. From Golden, head south through the Columbia Valley to Creston, and west through Boundary Country and the Southern Okanagan to complete the loop. Circle Tours in BC.