Glen's Myra Canyon Adventures.

For those of you that don't know I'm fortunate to live in Kelowna, British Columbia. Not only do I have some of the world's most fantastic scenery and climate, Located just an hour's drive from my house is the former Canadian Pacific Railway's Kettle valley line. The line near Kelowna was abandoned in the seventies but the roadbed was preserved as a hiking trail.

The section that I frequent with my truck and mountain bike is called Myra canyon. it is a 12 KM section through some of the most rugged country to have a standard gauge railway built. In the 12 KM section between Ruth and Myra stations there are 18 trestles (16 wooden and 2 large steel structures) and two tunnels. In 2003 a major forest fire swept through the canyon, destroying 12 of the wooden trestles and burning the decks of the two steel trestles. Fortunately the Canadian and provincial governments stepped in and provided funding to restore and rebuild the lost structures with almost exact replicas. For a more complete look at the area you can visit the restoration societies website at: www.myratrestles.com

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