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Lytton, Transformed by Transportation

 
The Fraser Canyon Highway was barely two lanes, and larger vehicles often crowded the road.
91 of 121 		Building the Trans Canada Highway required machinery and men.
92 of 121 		The new tunnels were made taller and wider, able to accommodate two lanes of traffic.
93 of 121 		Building one road on top of another has its share of problems.
94 of 121 		Here, a mobile home is stuck at the Highway 12 Bridge entrance.
95 of 121 		The last scheduled steam powered train on the Canadian National Railway leaves Lytton.
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Early diesel locomotives pulling a train over a stone retaining wall on the Candian Pacific Railway.
97 of 121 		The new crossing at Alexandra under construction.
98 of 121 		The Stein Valley, just below the park, looking east towards the Fraser River.
99 of 121 		This is a view of Lytton about 1899.
100 of 121 		The newest Lytton Hotel, built in 1934.
101 of 121 		Wildlife is abundant around Lytton. Here a group of Bighorn sheep almost pose for the photographer.
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The pine forest near Lytton, with rabbit bush in the foreground.
103 of 121 		A model of a 'rocker box'
104 of 121 		Two examples of traditional Lytton baskets.
105 of 121 		Traditional root digging tools with metal shafts.
106 of 121 		Stone mortar and pestle, used to grind grains and dried roots.
107 of 121 		Whitewater rafting on the Thompson River.
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