KVR Jura Loops
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railway, rail-trail, Kettle Valley Railway (KVR), interesting place, historic landmark
The former Kettle Valley Railway line had to descend a great height from the Hayes Creek valley at Jura into Princeton. To maintain a 2.2% grade over this abrupt descent, KVR chief engineer Andrew McCulloch laid out this series of broad loops through the open rangeland.
This rail grade now forms part of the Trans Canada Trail
This rail grade now forms part of the Trans Canada Trail
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 49°31'31"N 120°29'11"W
- The Myra Canyon - KVR Historic Trestles 88 km
- Nairn Falls Park 190 km
- Flying U Property 227 km
- Kootenay Lake Ferry 255 km
- Meadow Mountain 257 km
- Bugaboo Glacier 296 km
- Lake O'Hara hiking area 356 km
- Athabasca Glacier and Columbia Icefield Discovery Centre 378 km
- Horseshoe Canyon 577 km
- Horsethief Canyon 583 km
- Runway 03/21 6.7 km
- Princeton Airport 6.7 km
- Weyerhaeuser 6.9 km
- KVR Copper Mountain Subdivision 13 km
- Coalmont 15 km
- Rockridge Canyon 15 km
- Allison Lake Provincial Park 19 km
- Bromley Rock Provincial Park 20 km
- Basin Coal mine 20 km
- Otter Lake Provincial Park 22 km