Kettle Valley Railway

Kettle Valley Railway or KVR runs through Southern British Columbia. One of the most popular areas of the railway may be the Myra Canyon area and the Kettle Valley Trestles.

Cowichan Valley Trail Map,GPS Starting Points KINSOL TRESTLE N 48.65910 W 123.69797 Starting point from parking lot,South end of Kinsol Trestle. From the Trans Canada Hwy #1 From Victoria drive north to Mill bay , Turn West at …read more view map at original website. HOLT CREEK TRESTLE N 48.75827 W 123.79004 Starting point to [...]

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I met Stefan Farrow five or six years back. He supplied me with a lot of pictures, video, and trail head data for the Okanagan. Having been involved with the management of a campground, teaching folks how to sail in Okanagan Lake and helping to save them when they forgot how as a Search and [...]

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The ice is about 5 inches thick now so both Osprey and Link Lakes are good to go.  On the weekend I saw over 20 fish being taken on our morning walk.

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There are dozens of options out there if you are in the market for snowshoes and if you are considering your first purchase it can be quite daunting, so here is some information to consider. First consideration should be what type of snowshoeing you are going to do and once you have that answer then [...]

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Snowshoeing on the KVR is a great introductory to snowshoeing, it’s easy, flat and not crowded. Curently there is about 6 inches of snow but up top there is over a 12 inches. I will keep you posted as more snow flies! Snowshoeing on Osprey Lake For a great snowshoe experience contact Osprey Lake Retreat

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Horseback ride on the Trans Canada Trail between Summerland and Princeton. Mid September, 2009

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Practise Journey Two: Naramata to Osoyoos for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award See Practice Journey 1- Carmi to Kelowna – and Trans Canada Trail – KVR pictures. Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Journey – The final Trip A dream soon became reality as we packed the vehicle that would deliver us to the start of our first journey [...]

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A dream soon became reality as we packed the vehicle that would deliver us to the start of our first journey and then follow us as safety vehicles. This was to become my first practise journey. Over the 2002-2003 season we made a total of three trips. For me, this entailed two practise journeys and my qualifying journey. [...]

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