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Anne climbed Tunnel Mountain over 8000 times over a 40-year period, averaging 200 ascents a year. [10] Ness was even known to climb the mountain twice a day; once during lulls in her job, and a second in the evening. [6] Famed wildlife artist Carl Rungius had his ashes scattered on the mountain, as he loved the view of Banff and the Bow Valley. [6]
Coquihalla Canyon Park is on the north shore of the Coquihalla River in southwestern British Columbia. This provincial park includes the Othello Tunnels to the east and the mouth of the Nicolum River to the south. [2] The tunnels were part of the Kettle Valley Railway (KV). Off Othello Rd, the locality is by road about 8 kilometres (5 mi) east ...
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The Tunnel Mountain Formation is a geologic formation that is present on the western edge of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin in the Canadian Rockies of western Alberta. Named after Tunnel Mountain near Banff , it was deposited during the Early Pennsylvanian sub-period of the Carboniferous period.
In 1903, the Vancouver Power Company (now BC Hydro) built a 3.6 km (2 mi) long, 1.2 km (1 mi) deep tunnel under Eagle Mountain from Coquitlam Lake to Buntzen Lake to supply water to Vancouver's first hydroelectric power plant on Indian Arm. [2] This tunnel, and the power plants on Indian Arm are still operational.
Fairmont Bridge across the Columbia River: Fairmont Hot Springs: 190.85: 118.59: Riverview Road, Fairmont Resort Road: Invermere: 213.93: 132.93: Athalmer Road: Access to Panorama Mountain: Radium Hot Springs: 227.09: 141.11: Highway 95 north – Golden: North end of Hwy 95 concurrency; south end of Banff–Windermere Highway: Kootenay National ...
A second parkway, the Bow Valley Parkway also links Lake Louise and the Town of Banff. Known as Highway 1A, this road parallels Highway 1 and, at the midpoint, passes the Castle Mountain junction where Highway 93 south, or the Banff-Windermere Highway, branches southwest into Kootenay National Park in British Columbia. [3] Bow Lake
The Banff–Windermere Highway, also known as the Banff-Windermere Parkway, is a 105 km (65 mi) highway which runs through the Canadian Rockies in British Columbia and Alberta in Canada. It runs from Radium Hot Springs, British Columbia to Castle Junction, Alberta (midway between Banff and Lake Louise ), passing through Kootenay National Park ...