KVR Coquihalla sub east end of the Coquihalla canyon.

I used to drive through there back in the early 90's, I climbed up to the trussel, most of it was still standing then. Brings back memories, Thanks for sharing.

Magnificent scenery. Great drone work as well. As someone else commented, our pioneering forebears had major brass cojones to tackle wild country like this. Continued success to you.

Thank you for this. Make my night. .this was my old stomping grounds

Thanks

That's fabulous scenery and it must have been epic to have seen trains there. Thanks! Much appreciated!

Enjoyed that! I've cycled the pipeline road eastbound twice and ridden back on the hiway. Camped at Ladner Creek.

HI Josh....great videos!!! I have watched the KVR videos several times over the year. Would you have any plans to some fly overs of Lader Creek trestle? I have a fascination with this trestle, also would be nice to see the vegetation changes on the western section of the right away. You could be the first to show this. I have hiked up there many times but never had the Cojones to walk across the trestle. Many Thanks G

Kw'ikwi'yá:la (rock in river) - This word means "stingy container" from skw'ikw'i (y) - "stingy", t-ale or t-ala = "container, place". Refers to black-haired, dark-skinned water babies about 2 ft. tall that lived in a pool at this spot. At the first wooden bridge across the Coquihalla there was a deep pool where these water babies lived. This was also a good pool for suckerfish which were fished with spears. The water babies, however, were stingy with the fish and would pull on the spears making it difficult to catch any fish. There were two other pools further up the Coquihalla where the water babies lived. The water babies left when the whites came around too much and they are no longer found there. It is also important to note that this is where the word "Coquihalla", now applied to a river, a valley, a highway, a toll booth and a number of other things, comes from. Many Elders have commented on the misuse of this word by non-Natives. Such appropriation of Halq'eméylem terms without consideration to their meaning and proper use indicates, in part, the lack of respect for Aboriginal culture and world view. Once the Hudson's Bay Company Brigade Trail was put through, there became new opportunities for the involvement of Stó:lô people in the Euroamerican labour economy. Stó:lô people worked for the Hudson's Bay Company along the trail as trappers, cooks, packers, guides, paddlers, and postal carriers. Stó:lô people continued to be employed on the trail after it ceased to be used by the Hudson's Bay Company by private families moving into the interior and as guides and assistants to sports hunters. These changing economic uses of the trail demonstrate the adeptness of Stó:lô people in applying their traditional practices, knowledge and skills to their advantage in the European introduced economy. These continually changing uses of the Hudson's Bay Company Brigade Trail provide it with significant heritage value to the Stó:lô people. The heritage of the mid- to late- 19th century is one which can be continually explored through projects connected with the Hudson's Bay Company Trail.

Very well captured. Nice work and thanks for sharing it!

Thanks for sharing this. Great video! My buddy and I walked part of the grade in 1986 and went across the BV Falls bridge. It sure has changed. I always wondered what happened at Tunnel 4. We didn't walk that far but from satellite images you can see that the tunnel was obliterated and work had been done around where the tunnel used to be. I did not realize it was done by CP right before the closure of the subdivision. Thanks for providing the answer.

It took some major stones to build this line . I would have loved to ride it in the day .... In the end , nature always wins. GREAT JOB ON THIS VID !!

Awesome drone work. Many THANKS

That retaining wall was built by the ranchers. They used to drive their cattle to Hope to market before the railway was built

Amazing footage, thanks for sharing it! What road is that below?

Gold panning spots everywhere. There be gold in dim hills

Awesome footage I remember driving up in my Toyota 4x4 P/U with my Dad in 1986 and looking at the Falls Lake Trestle thinking how Beautiful if was with the water cascading underneath it . I recall some great KVR engineering to divert water under the track bed by a hole that was drilled vertically thru granite rock and further down a horizontal drilled hole to intersect the vertical one to divert the spring coming out of the rock face. Brings back some great memories

I kept looking for a Sasquatch bushwacking

Great job, brings the legend of the Coquilhalla Sub alive like I've never seen before.

that stone wall is remnants of the old royal engineers caribou wagen road

love it. thanks for sharing.