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The Kettle Valley Rail Trail is a multi-use recreational rail trail located in the Okanagan-Boundary region of southern British Columbia. The trail uses a rail corridor that was originally built for the now-abandoned Kettle Valley Railway. The trail was developed during the 1990s after the Canadian Pacific Railway abandoned train service.
Train on the Kettle Valley Railway crossing trestle at Sirnach Creek, 1916 The Little Tunnel above Naramata, July 2009. The Kettle Valley Railway (reporting mark KV) [1] was a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) that operated across southern British Columbia, west of Midway running to Rock Creek, then north to Myra Canyon, down to Penticton over to Princeton, Coalmont, Brookmere ...
Trans Mountain Pipeline road leaves the former rail bed. [64] 31.9: Carry Creek: 109-metre (359 ft) timber frame trestle. Replaced by fill in 1944. [64] 31.9: In mid-Sep 1915, the westward advance of the KV rail head from the Brodie Station reached this point. [64] 32.0: Unnamed creek: 50 metres (162 ft 11 in) of steel deck plate girder spans.
West Kettle River as seen from the Kettle Valley Rail Trail. Location; Country: Canada: Province: ... The West Kettle River is a tributary of the Kettle River in the ...
A timber trestle crossed the river where the canyon width narrowed to 3 metres (10 ft). The opening of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) main line up the Fraser Canyon in the mid-1880s diminished the trail use basically to herding horses by 1889. After destruction by the KV construction in the mid-1910s, this trail was abandoned. [5] [6]
Penticton is known for its early involvement in the craft brewing movement and is a featured route in BC Ale Trails. The Kettle Valley Rail Trail, with trail heads leading to more than 160 km (99 mi) of flat, railbed trails for hiking and biking, can be accessed from Penticton. This trail is part of the Trans Canada Trail.
A newly launched Kentucky Faith Trail will take visitors to some of the most important faith-based sites in the state. The self-guided tour, which includes 11 stops, ...
Chute Lake is a small lake on the east side of Okanagan Mountain, in the Okanagan Valley in the southern interior of British Columbia. There is one access road, the Chute Lake Road, which is a gravel road connecting Naramata in the south, to Kelowna in the north. Chute Lake can also be accessed via the Kettle Valley Rail Trail from Kelowna or ...