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Coquihalla Canyon Provincial Park with River Bridges and Othello Railway Tunnels, Coast Mountains, British Columbia Royalty Free Stock Photo

Coquihalla Canyon Provincial Park with Railway Tunnels and Canyon, Coast Mountains, British Columbia Royalty Free Stock Photo

Othello Tunnels at Coquihalla Canyon Provincial Park along the Kettle Valley Railway Line near Hope, British Columbia Royalty Free Stock Photo

Coquihalla Canyon Provincial Park with Othello Tunnels along the Historic Kettle Valley Railway, Hope, British Columbia Royalty Free Stock Photo

Coquihalla Canyon with Othello Tunnels near Hope, Coast Mountains, British Columbia, Canada Royalty Free Stock Photo

The Coquihalla River in Coquihalla Canyon Provincial Park and at the Othello Tunnels near Hope in British Columbia Canada Royalty Free Stock Photo

Coquihalla Canyon Provincial Park with Railway Tunnels and Canyon, Coast Mountains, British Columbia

Coquihalla Canyon Provincial Park with Limestone Cliffs and River, Coast Mountains, British Columbia Royalty Free Stock Photo

In 1914, the Canadian Pacific Railway built a side-line to the Kootenay Mountains that required building a system of several bridges and tunnels just East of Hope to build the line straight through the one hundred metre deep gorge that the Coquihalla River had eroded into the granite rock of the mountains, Othello Tunnels, Coquihalla Canyon Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada.