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Spiral Tunnels View Point, BC, access from north side of highway. The famous Spiral Tunnels on the CP Rail Line was opened in 1909. The route called for two tunnels driven in three-quarter circles into the valley walls. The construction and extra track doubled the length of the climb. The labor force to build these tunnels through sheer rock amounted to about a thousand, and the cost was about 1.5 million Canadian dollars. This is one of the steepest, most scenic railway lines in North America, crossing the kicking horse river, and running under Mount Ogden and Cathedral Mountain, towards the town of Field, BC.
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Photo #2354 - Highway Access Spiral Tunnels View Point, BC, access from north side of highway. The famous Spiral Tunnels on the CP Rail Line was opened in 1909. The route called for two tunnels driven in three-quarter circles into the valley walls. The construction and extra track doubled the length of the climb. The labor force to build these tunnels through sheer rock amounted to about a thousand, and the cost was about 1.5 million Canadian dollars. This is one of the steepest, most scenic railway lines in North America, crossing the kicking horse river, and running under Mount Ogden and Cathedral Mountain, towards the town of Field, BC.
Trans-Canada Highway The BC section of the Trans-Canada highway runs through some of the most scenic parts of Canada. (Page process time: 0.002 seconds) |
