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The KVR is abandoned in this photo but now it's part of the the Trans Canada Trail
1978
Rock Creek, BC
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Credits:
Courtesy of Joe Smuin
Le Palmer photo

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The Kettle Valley Railway lives on as a community link across southern British Columbia and beyond. The sound of the train whistle is long gone and the sounds to be heard today are subtle: the footfall of hiking boots on track ballast laid over ninety years ago, or bicycles wheels clicking over a wooden trestle.

The KVR is now part of the Trans Canada Trail - an 18,000-kilometer recreational corridor that winds its way across Canada. North to south and east to west, the Trail connects three oceans and links 800 communities, winding its way through every Province and territory in Canada.

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Cycling the Kettle Valley Railway near Princeton
2003-Jul-29
Princeton Subdivision, Kettle Valley Railway

Credits:
Kettle River Museum
Klaus Gattner photo

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The Kettle Valley Railway is one of the most talked about sections of the Trans Canada Trail. It follows most of the KVR's original 500-kilometer route, over winding trestles and through numerous tunnels.

It passes through spectacular country and diverse regions-- from vineyards to wilderness, through deserts and wetlands, along lakeshores and across canyon trestles.

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Cycling the KVR near Chute Lake
2003-Jul-29
Carmi Subdivision, Kettle Valley Railway

Credits:
Kettle River Museum
Klaus Gattner photo

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The KVR section of the Trans Canada Trail is best known as a cross-county cycle route, with campgrounds and B&B's to stay at along the line.

Because it follows the original railway grade, never exceeding 2.2%, it's accessible to most levels of ability.

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The KVR section of the Trans Canada Trail follows much of the original rail bed
28 July 2003
Myra Canyon, Kettle Valley Railway

Credits:
Kettle River Museum
Klaus Gattner photo

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Midway Station at 'Mile O': a new home for the Kettle River Museum and a KVR caboose
June 2007
Midway, BC

Credits:
Kettle River Museum

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The station at Midway is still 'Mile 0'. The KVR section of the Trans Canada Trail begins at Midway Station, now part of the Kettle River Museum and adjacent to Highway 3.

Besides its historical displays and artifacts related to the KVR, the Museum offers a variety of visitor services for trail users.

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The ninety year-old maple tree shades a grassy picnic area of the Kettle River Museum grounds
June 2007
Midway, BC

Credits:
Kettle River Museum

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Kettle River Museum visitor services for Trail users include free parking and a grassy shaded picnic area. The picnic area is in front of the station under a ninety- year-old maple that was planted by the wife of one of the early station agents.

The CPR bunkhouse is being renovated to become a hostel for Trail users.

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By the Kettle River Museum on the Trans Canada Trail, at 'Mile 0' of the KVR looking west
June 2007
Midway, BC

Credits:
Kettle River Museum