CNHS - Myra Canyon Section of the Kettle Valley Railway - Tronçon-du-Canyon-Myra-du-Chemin-de-Fer-Kettle Valley
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N 49° 47.443 W 119° 18.748
11U E 333561 N 5517927
The plaque related to this National Historic Site is located in Myra Canyon, in Myra. La plaque reliée à ce Lieu historique national est située dans le canyon Myra, à Myra.
Waymark Code: WMEN2E
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 06/16/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member The Blue Quasar
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The text on the plaque reads as follows:
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.
Le texte sur la plaque se lit comme suit:
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.
Classification: National Historic Site

Province or Territory: British Columbia

Location - City name/Town name: Myra

Link to Parks Canada entry (must be on www.pc.gc.ca): [Web Link]

Link to HistoricPlaces.ca: Not listed
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