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Myra Canyon Section of the Kettle Valley Railway

Myra Canyon Section of the Kettle Valley Railway is a National Historic Site of Canada in Myra, British Columbia.

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MYRA CANYON SECTION OF THE KETTLE VALLEY RAILWAY The construction of the Kettle Valley Railway line through the spectacular Myra Canyon was an outstanding Canadian engineering achievement. Between 1912 and 1914, an impressive number and variety of engineering works of enormous scale were built high up on these steep walls. Engineers used conventional technologies in ingenious ways to construct the railway through the rugged, mountainous terrain, where workers faced the dangers posed by blasting and rock slides. The completion of this section of the railway helped provide a vital all-Canadian link between the West Coast and the southern interior of British Columbia.

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LE TRONÇON DU CANYON MYRA DU CHEMIN DE FER KETTLE VALLEY La réalisation de ce tronçon ferroviaire, entre 1912 et 1914, constitue un exploit du génie au Canada. Quel défi que celui d'accrocher aux parois abruptes de ce fabuleux canyon une structure aussi considérable tant par sa taille, le nombre et la variété de ses ouvrages. C'est le recours inventif à des techniques conventionnelles qui rendit possible son édification à travers ce site montagneux et accidenté où les travailleurs s'exposaient aux chutes de roches et au dynamitage. Ce tronçon permit la création d'un lien essentiel en territoire canadien entre la côte Ouest et les hautes terres du sud de la Colombie-Britannique.

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This plaque text is recorded in the Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, published by Parks Canada for the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. Plaque texts come from the Directory’s open dataset in the languages the Directory publishes them in; the pin on this page is ours, worked out from the Directory’s street address or local area and marked approximate. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
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