Historical Landmark Destroyed By The Coquihalla Flood

In the 1900’s the Canadian Pacific Railway decided a route was necessary to link the Kootenay Region with the BC coast by rail. The railway was built over three mountain ranges. In the Coquihalla Gorge – the river cut a 300 foot deep channel of solid granite. A straight line of tunnels were built through it which are known now as the Othello Tunnels. There are spectacular viewing opportunities available on the trail, through the tunnels and on the bridges. This park highlights the Kettle Valley Railway grade that passes through the canyon and 5 tunnels which were built in 1914. It contains a 135 hectare land base. It is a popular tourist attraction for the town of Hope and provides viewing, walking, fishing and picnicking opportunities. The hiking trail links to the historic Hope-Nicola Cattle Trail. The engineer Andrew McCullough was an avid reader of Shakespearean literature, and used characters such as Lear, Jessica, Portia, Iago, Romeo and Juliet to name stations of the Coquihalla subdivision. A weather system called an “Atmospheric river” flowed across the southwest corner of the province and over a period of two days, brought strong winds and near-record amounts of rain, which caused widespread flooding and landslides. So far, one person has died. Hope, Merritt, Abbotsford and Princeton, which were particularly hard hit, received 100-200 millimetres (or more) of rainfall. And all of the highways connecting Vancouver to the rest of the province were closed due to washouts and landslides, isolating the city from the rest of Canada, at least by road, with significant economic impacts. We thank you for taking the time to watch our video and appreciate all the positive support! If this is your first time checking out our channel we hope to earn your subscription today! If you enjoyed the video we would appreciate the help if you could share and like our video, it really helps our algorithm on YouTube. Take care everyone and stay safe.❤️🏔 All of our videos are upload in HD! We encourage you to check your settings and change them accordingly if your system doesn’t do it automatically. Music provided by Epidemic Sound www.epidemicsound.com 🎶 Editing program: In Shot Editing by: Adam Szakall Camera gear 📸: IPhone 7 Plus, GoPro Hero 8, Rode Microphone🎙, DJI Osmo 3 Axis Gimbal, DJI Mavic Mini Drone #coquihalla #flood #disaster #trains