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Shelter Bay–Galena Bay is the uppermost ferry route. Announced in 1965, and implemented within a few years, were the construction of a new Revelstoke–Shelter Bay road along the west side of the Columbia, the introduction of a Shelter Bay–Galena Bay ferry, and a major upgrade to the Nakusp–Galena Bay road. [11]
This ferry connects British Columbia Highway 23 from Revelstoke to that highway's continuation from Galena Bay to Nakusp along the east shore of Upper Arrow Lake. It also provides a link to the start of British Columbia Highway 31 which runs from Galena Bay via Galena Pass to Lardeau on Kootenay Lake and hence down the west side of that lake to ...
Galena Bay remained the name of the neighborhood. [3] Railway trestle above Galena Bay, 2005. In 1897, solicitors gave notice of a proposed steamship on Trout Lake (a mining center some 20 km northeast) and a railroad from the town of Trout Lake to Galena Bay. [4] It was never built; however, a short rail line was built to bring the giant old ...
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Shelter Bay may refer to: Shelter Bay, British Columbia, a ferry terminal on Upper Arrow Lake, British Columbia; Shelter Bay, Quebec; Shelter Bay, Washington, a small community near La Conner, Washington; Shelter Bay (ship, 1922) -- a freighter operated by the Quebec & Ontario Transportation Company
Galena Pass is a low mountain pass in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, southeast of Revelstoke. It is located on BC 31 just east of Galena Bay on Galena Bay, connecting from that ferry terminal to Beaton on the nearby Beaton Arm of Arrow Lake.
In 1957, an incoming ferry pushed a waiting truck off the ramp into the water. [64] In 1966, the blaze, which severely damaged the deckhouse and running gear, [65] was one of the several occasions the ferry caught fire. [60] In 1969, the Shelter Bay–Galena Bay ferry commencement ended the 12-Mile one. [66] The surplus scow was relocated to ...
Highway 31 has a total distance of 175 km (109 mi) — 37 km (23 mi) along Kootenay Lake between Balfour (a junction with Highway 3A) and Kaslo (a junction with Highway 31A), 106 km (66 mi) north along Kootenay Lake north of Kaslo, then the Duncan and Lardeau Rivers and the north shore of Trout Lake, and 32 km (20 mi) between the northwest end ...