Myra Canyon Trestles

How many trestles are there at this park? How many tunnels?

18 trestles and 2 tunnels 20 trestles and 1 tunnel 18 trestles and 1 tunnel 20 trestles and 2 tunnels

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Excellent and beautiful walking trails
Guestbook/ LoganLalondeCM/ Jan 10, 2017
Awesome trails! They loop around Myra Canyon and is actually being looped to Cedar Mountain Regional park. You can see the entire Central Okanagan valley and lake.
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Guestbook/ hebaomari/ Mar 12, 2014
every single trestle is beautiful. love everything behind them
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Guestbook/ Explore150 Team/ Nov 28, 2013
I love the trestles. They are one of my favorite parts of Kelowna. The views are amazing and it's the perfect bicycle path. Personally, when I think of the trestles, I think of rebirth. The Okanagan Mountain Park Fire of 2003 burned twelve of the eighteen bridges. Instead of closing the trail, we rebuilt the trestles, which was no small undertaking. It just goes to show that anything is possible and anything can recover from disaster. I love the views from trestle number nine. You can see most of the canyon and also part of the city on a clear day, which is truly spectacular. When you visit the trestles in the summer, you will see chipmunks everywhere. These tiny creatures are members of the squirrel family and are absolutely adorable. My record for chipmunk sightings currently sits at sixteen. The trestles are definitely worth a visiting Kelowna for. Enjoy your stay and don't look down!
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Guestbook/ swiftyheron/ Nov 16, 2013
the view of the canyon from the trestle is beautiful

The Myra Canyon Trestles are a part of the Kettle Valley Railway, which began construction in 1910. They were completed in 1914. Originally comprised of twenty trestles (one was bypassed and another was filled in), this site was the highest of the entire Kettle Valley Railway. (1249.68 m above sea level). In January of 2003, after almost a decade of restoration work, the trestles were named a place of "natural historic significance" (National Historic Sites and Monuments Board). The trestles were now a beautiful walking and biking trail. But it was not to last. In mid-August of 2003, the Okanagan Mountain Park fire destroyed 12 of the 16 wooden trestles and damaged the two metal ones. It was decided that the trestles were too valuable as a historic site to be abandoned. The last one was rebuilt in 2008.

Myra Canyon Park, Kelowna, British Columbia
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