Vancouver to Kamloops, Canada - 2006

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We are still following the Fraser River upstream. All along you can see the old telegraph wires that follow the railway. These are no longer in use and now just present some history and a bit of an eyesore.

In the above righthand photo we are at Hell's Gate.
The gorge is only 35 metres wide, but is 25 metres deep at low water and can be as deep as 50 metres or more during spring and summer run-off. The river is so narrow and wild that it can stop the salmon from heading up river to their spawning grounds. In order to preserve the salmon that came up the river, a Fishway was started in 1944 and completed two years later.

The present suspension bridge across the Hell’s Gate gorge was built in 1949 after the original bridge, built for construction of the fishways was wiped out in a major flood in May 1948.

By the way, all along this river, there are actually two railway lines, one on each side of the river.
One way built by the Canadian Pacific Railway in the 1880's and the other by Canadian National Railway in 1910.

The river at this time of year is not at it's peak as the snow melt has not really begun in earnest.

You can see that the Rocky Mountaineeer we're on is pretty long.
That's because at Kamloops the train will split into two. One going on to Jasper and the other onto Banff/Calgary.

The area is now getting very dry. All around are mountains of gravel and rock with very little soil. Hence you could almost call it a desert.

We are now 7 hours out of Vancouver.

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			We are still following the Fraser River upstream. All along you can see the old telegraph wires that follow the railway. These are no longer in use and now just present some history and a bit of an eyesore.
			In the above righthand photo we are at Hell's Gate. The gorge is only 35 metres wide, but is 25 metres deep at low water and can be as deep as 50 metres or more during spring and summer run-off. The river is so narrow and wild that it can stop the salmon from heading up river to their spawning grounds. In order to preserve the salmon that came up the river, a Fishway was started in 1944 and completed two years later.
			The present suspension bridge across the Hell’s Gate gorge was built in 1949 after the original bridge, built for construction of the fishways was wiped out in a major flood in May 1948.
			By the way, all along this river, there are actually two railway lines, one on each side of the river. One way built by the Canadian Pacific Railway in the 1880's and the other by Canadian National Railway in 1910.
			The river at this time of year is not at it's peak as the snow melt has not really begun in earnest.
			You can see that the Rocky Mountaineeer we're on is pretty long. That's because at Kamloops the train will split into two. One going on to Jasper and the other onto Banff/Calgary.


			The area is now getting very dry. All around are mountains of gravel and rock with very little soil. Hence you could almost call it a desert.
			We are now 7 hours out of Vancouver.