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Here we look at the bridges of Waneta British Columbia. One, the elder of the pair, historically far more interesting and oh so photogenic, dates from the 1890s and once carried trains, It’s now used by highway traffic and is the oldest such span in this service in the province…. (Search hits: 2 in title, 12 in body, 1 in comments.)

There are three very interesting bridges spanning the mighty Columbia River all a stone’s throw from downtown Trail British Columbia. One is over a hundred years old and not long for this world, it’s going soon, further upstream and under construction is a structure that will replace the former. A… (Search hits: 0 in title, 11 in body, 0 in comments.)

…piece of engineering and is the subject for this post. It’s the Big Eddy Bridge in Revelstoke British Columbia. It’s the summer of 2023, we’re tent camping just down the road and it’s proper time we got a closer look. As fervent backroaders we’ve crossed over this structure countless times… (Search hits: 0 in title, 11 in body, 0 in comments.)

Deep in the precipitous mountains of the West Kootenays of British Columbia, there’s a most historic place. Built on mining riches it was a boom town like no other, once home to some ten thousand folks that today has a population which can be counted on a hand or two…. (Search hits: 0 in title, 6 in body, 0 in comments.)

Come take a look at a hair raising section of road blasted out of the rock years ago, out in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia and near the community of Slocan City. It’s a narrow winding shelf, barely wide enough for two cars to pass and right there… (Search hits: 0 in title, 6 in body, 0 in comments.)

…mining boom in the 1890s, the historic Windsor Hotel hearkens back the early days of Trout Lake City, in British Columbia’s Lardeau region, and this splendid old structure is today’s subject. It’s seen good times and bad (lots of the latter) yet it’s otherwise little changed from long ago. Trout… (Search hits: 0 in title, 6 in body, 0 in comments.)

The historic Pilot Bay Lighthouse, in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia, dates back to the early 1900s and remained in use for almost ninety years. Post retirement it’s been preserved in place on a point overlooking gorgeous Kootenay Lake and easily reached via a short hiking trail. Spectacular… (Search hits: 0 in title, 6 in body, 0 in comments.)

…Location(s): Cranbrook, British Columbia. Article references and thanks: City of Cranbrook, Cranbrook Townsman Newspaper, BC Archives @ Royal BC Museum, University of Northern British Columbia archives, Baker Hotel and the myriad of old phone books and directories used in researching this piece. _________________________ BIGDoer.com: Doing it Different! Something to say… (Search hits: 0 in title, 6 in body, 0 in comments.)

Here it’s a most interesting take on what’s a most remarkable place. We’re in Fort Steele Heritage Town, out in the East Kootenays of British Columbia, a popular “living history*” museum operating since the 1960s. We’ve been given an assignment to document the park for a photo-tour type article, but… (Search hits: 0 in title, 6 in body, 0 in comments.)

…all about. Know more about the area (new window and a deep rabbit hole): Brilliant British Columbia Doukhobors. We’ll see you again soon and look forward to it! They’re saying… ”Chris and Connie delve into the nooks & crannies of the Canadian Prairies (ed: we go to the mountains too… (Search hits: 0 in title, 5 in body, 0 in comments.)

British Columbia! Endless forests, precipitous peaks, bears, lumberjacks, bears eating lumberjacks, raging rivers, a moose, a squirrel, all things wild. No arguments here! But what’s this in Creston? Grain elevators, aka “prairie sentinels”…here in the mountains – emphasis on mountains? What the? Aren’t these associated with the vast (and very… (Search hits: 0 in title, 4 in body, 1 in comments.)

Deep in the mountains of the East Kootenays of British Columbia, up the Wildhorse River, there’s a special place, a town that used to be. This is Fisherville, dating from the 1860s and on this world for but a mere moment in time. It came and went quickly. And here… (Search hits: 0 in title, 4 in body, 0 in comments.)