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There's something mythical and magical about the old KVR route, perhaps it's the dramatic scenery. Whatever it is, thanks for sharing!

Excellent video! I can't believe this was an actual transportation corridor! YIKES

I haven’t been up there since I was a teenager.that brings back memories.😊😊

Great video. The drone is the best way to see the landscape.

Cool video. Had no idea Black Canyon was that nasty.

Can you tell how one would drive to this particular spot?

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.

Always sad to see.

Just a suggestion, if you've ever seen Railroad cinema, you'll see how he records audio trackside and overlays it onto drone footage, provides a nice alternative to stock music.

I kept looking for a Sasquatch bushwacking

The coal trains at the end of the video are actually CN coal trains running with CPKC power. CPKC lost the contracts for the coal moving to North Vancouver and those trains are now run on CPKC from the Crowsnest to Kamloops on CPKC then on CN as CN trains down to the North Van. On the return they run from North Vancouver to Kamloops as CN trains. The power is normally CPKC.

The scenery is magnificent. The filming is magnificent; extremely artistic

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.

Great job filming and editing Josh. We are impressed with the artistic effort you put into your films using your drone. 👍🏻

Any moron can fly a drone ! No skill required

You have elevated rail videos to a very high level. Thanks

Awesome drone work. A fresh new perspective of the rails through the canyon. Thank you.

Wow! Great videos of the lights and sounds of the CPKC Holiday Train!

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

Amazing video Josh I enjoyed watching this thank you for sharing this !!!

Excellent drone work.

The KVR would have been a perfect home for the Royal Hudson 2860

Kinda makes me wonder if the former BCR/PGE line will look like this one day soon😢

Great video

Beautiful opening shot with the old fire hall and the tree!

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 !!

Fantastic vid, that was one heck of a rail line. In the end , nature always wins....

The railway bridge at 19:56 was planked over following the atmospheric river to allow construction equipment to cross the Nicoaemen River until the temporary bridge to the right of the Hwy 1 was erected. At that time the planking was removed from the railway bridge. The temporary bridge remains two years later, long after the highway bridge reopened.

At 17:40 in the video, just ahead of the locomotive you can see the fallen rock between the rails.

Awesome video of a great event! Everyone had such a wonderful time, and the floats were all fantastic, with so much creativity and joy on display.

Excellent drone work.

Awesome drone work. Many THANKS

Every time I watch this, I see more cool details, and I love it even more! Wish I lived at the Kumsheen Rafting Resort! (04:07) (and everywhere else along the Thompson/Fraser Rivers)🤤 Oh, Canada! 🚂Lawrence

Pitquah was changed to Morris after John (?) Morris, excavator operator that worked for years in this area cleaning the fallen rocks out of the ditches along the track. He died when a large rock landed on the cab of his excavator. I saw a picture of a rock that had fallen on the tracks near the east portal of the most westerly tunnel ( I think). It didn't look too big at first glance until I saw the tunnel portal along side the rock. The rock was more than five times bigger than the tunnel mouth. Great video especially the massive rock walls.

Great photography, well done.

I bet there is not to many people that know about that arch . i did not

Fantastic photography! Nice mix of stationary, pacing, panning, overhead, and close ups. Neat to see locations from new perspectives that I've driven by hundreds of times. Looking forward to more videos!

Josh, wonderful captures of fantastic RR action😲 along those cliffs and boiling water😳 in your namesake canyon (Whites, not Thompson). I don't recall seeing any videos that showcased the veins and grain patterns of the rock in such excellent closeups. Well done. Lovin' it!❤😊 (Glad you didn't attempt a water landing at Frog Rock!) 🚂Lawrence

Excellent video. Great flying. What drone are you using?

This is certainly one of the best canyon train videos I have ever seen, The editing, music and the piloting of the drone, first rate. Thanks and I look forward to future posts.

Artful video of beautiful rapids and falls.🙃 I especially loved the view downstream while flying next to those awesome cliffs😲❤ and seeing the forest on top trying to creep over the precipice.😊 T.Y. 🚂Lawrence

would you be interested in exploring/filming the Brookmere to Coquihalla summit section?

Due to the recent (2023) oil pipeline construction, that dirt road has been closed and gated west of Coquihalla summit. I hope they reopen it someday.

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.

Awesome video, I enjoy driving up the Fraser Canyon, and the old Alexandra Bridge is one of my favorite stops to visit. Trying to spot sections of the Caribou Rd from the air is challenging, but fun.

Thanks

Nice video with beautiful scenery

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

Great video! Terrific drone work and editing...and the scenery isn't too bad there either!

It is amazing to see how quickly the environment has obliterated human efforts to establish a foothold in this wilderness.