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Albert Canyon is a railway point in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. The community was immediately east of the mouth of Albert Creek on the south shore of the Illecillewaet R
Wooden viewing platform, the gorge, Albert Canyon, c.1890
Albert Canyon layout, 1926
Westward, Albert Canyon Station, 1899
Rogers Pass is a high mountain pass through the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia, but the term also includes the approaches used by the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Trans-Canada Highway. In t
Albert Canyon
…the gorge, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of the station, was named after Albert Rogers, who accompanied his uncle, Major A.B.Rogers, on the exploration of Rogers Pass in 1881. Albert Canyon, one of the original Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) stations opened to regular service in 1886, was the Rogers Pass, then Connaught…
Snow shed construction, Rogers Pass, 1887.
Mt. Macdonald (formerly Mt. Carroll), eastern slope, northeast from summit, 1887. Water tower and 2nd station in centre.
CP freight train, Stoney Creek Bridge, 1988.
Piers for lower loop viaduct (south of highway), Rogers Pass, 2007.