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Gordon/Mason:

If you want to get a close first-hand view of what CP did then plan to take a trip on the Rocky Mountaineer Railroad.  You ride those rails.  My wife and I took the Vancouver, BC to Jasper, Alberta two-day trip.  Another that includes the Frazier River goes to Calgary, Alberta and through the CP Spiral Tunnels near Banff.  A great trip for the money.   I’ll look for some of my photos from that trip.  Hell’s Canyon is another Challenge they overcame.   I have some video too.

Best – George Weber

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Mason,

Thanks for identifying the CPR location.  With your information I was able to use Google Earth to follow the Fraser River and find the picture location.  The coordinates are:

50 15' 45" N and 121 31' 28: W

The Google Earth view includes the CNR track on the near side of the river.

Gordon
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Gordon,
Taken on the slide prone Frazier River. And it was worst than you think. CP crossed the Rockies at Rogers pass, but didn’t know if the route went all the way through. Survey crews worked from both sides of the mountain but with the bad winter weather never met or got to the summit on either side of the pass. All this time, construction crews was working towards a pass that may or may not have existed.
Mason Cooper

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Both the N&W and Virginia faced some rough terrain when built, but look what CPR builders faced in chiseling a roadbed through this canyon.  In fact, we have to admire those who even thought that a railroad could be built here.

Gordon Hamilton

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