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First Nations had known and used the pass, but it was first explored by Europeans in 1858 by the Palliser Expedition led by Captain John Palliser.It and the adjacent Kicking Horse River were named after James Hector (Hector's Branch Expeditions, 3 August 1858 – 26 May 1859), was kicked by his horse while attempting rescue of another horse that had gone into the river.
Kicking Horse Pedestrian Bridge in Golden is the longest authentic covered timber-frame bridge in Canada. [3] Planned as a community project by the Timber Framers Guild, local volunteers were joined by carpenters and timber framers from Canada, the United States and Europe.
Kicking Horse Mountain Resort (KHMR) is a ski resort located 6.4 kilometres (4.0 mi) west of Golden, British Columbia, Canada.It features over 120 trails across more than 3,486 acres (14.11 km 2) of skiable terrain and a 1,315-metre (4,314 ft) vertical drop, currently the sixth largest of any North American ski resort. [2]
The Park Bridge is a highway bridge in the Kicking Horse Canyon. The Trans-Canada Highway traverses the Kicking Horse River between Yoho National Park and Golden, British Columbia. This new bridge and the associated Ten Mile Hill section that was completed in 2007 were an upgrade to the old roadway.
Kicking Horse may refer to: Kicking Horse River in the Canadian Rockies, southeastern British Columbia, Canada Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, named after the canyon; Kicking Horse Pass in the Canadian Rockies; Kicking Horse, Montana, a census-designated place in Lake County, Montana, United States; Kicking Horse Dam and Reservoir, in Lake ...
Field is an unincorporated community of approximately 169 people located in the Kicking Horse River valley of southeastern British Columbia, Canada, within the confines of Yoho National Park. At an elevation of 1,256 m (4,121 ft), it is 27 km (17 mi) west of Lake Louise along the Trans-Canada Highway , which provides the only road access to the ...
After following the Continental Divide of the Americas for a short distance, the creek forks, with one side draining through the Bow River east to Hudson Bay and the Arctic Ocean, and the other side draining west to the Pacific Ocean by way of the Kicking Horse River. [1] Camping and horseback riding are available at Divide Creek. [2]
Wapta Falls is a waterfall of the Kicking Horse River located in Yoho National Park in British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest waterfall of the Kicking Horse River, at about 18 metres (59 ft) high and 107 metres (351 ft) wide. [1] [2] Its average flow can reach 96 cubic metres per second (3,400 cu ft/s). [1]