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HIGHWAY 3 (THE HOPE - PRINCETON HWY.)

(Map of Southern, B. C.)
Author's note: Original map, courtesy of
City of Penticton, B. C.
Butchered by Lee. A Wood

Because it goes through the Crowsnest Pass
it is often referred to as the Crowsnest Highway

`07/05

The TCH, Trans Canada Highway, or Highway 1, runs from Victoria B. C. to St. John's Newfoundland.

Travelling East from Vancouver, the TCH swings North at the town of hope.

The actual roadway continues East and becomes B. C. Provincial Highway 3.

A few miles further East the roadway splits again. 3 continues East to Manning Park, while 5 Swings North East to the Nicola valley.

(4 lane highway, with off ramp.)
HIGHWAY ONE LEAVES, TO THE RIGHT
THE FREEWAY BECOMES HIGHWAY 3
(5 lane highway, climbing hill)
3, EAST OF HOPE
(Highways 3 & 5.)
THE START OF HIGHWAY 5
(5 lane highway, with off ramp.)
HIGHWAY 3 LEAVES, TO THE RIGHT
THE FREEWAY BECOMES 5, THE COQUIHALLA

From `00 to `05, when things were slow in the film industry, usually in the fall, winter and spring, I would drive truck for a company called `Van Kam Freightways' which was based in Burnaby but is now situated in Delta, B C. Canada.

I drove, Freightliner, or International, conventionals pulling 53 Ft reefers to towns in central and Eastern B. C. Some of the products I hauled were general freight but mostly I hauled; meat, groceries, etc. for Overwaitea Foods.

These are some of the pictures I took, through the windshield, along Highway 3.

Sometimes, running East, I would only go as far as Princeton, where I would switch trailers with another tractor. Sometimes I would only go as far as Castlegar, or Trail.

Usually I would leave Vancouver at 3:30 PM, load in Abbotsford, and go as far as Kimberly, with stops in; Grand Forks, Nelson, and Creston. After my last stop, at 8:00 AM, I would drive South of town a few miles and stop to sleep for awhile, then go to the truck stop in Cranbrook, where I would get something to eat, and sleep for the rest of my 8 hour break. My return trip would be empty to Castlegar where I would either pick up a loaded trailer or run down to Trail and get a load.

(Tractor and two trailers.)
This is a set of joints I brought back on one trip

(Snow along highway, wet pavement.)
CLIMBING TO THE SUMMIT
(Snow along highway, wet pavement.)
WEST OF CASTLEGAR

(Highway down a hill, across a narrow valley, houses on the hillside.)
ENTERING THE TOWN OF TRAIL
(Highway down a hill, across a narrow valley, houses on the hillside.)

(Over a bridge, mountains in the background. )
DOWNTOWN TRAIL
( Over a bridge, mountains in the background.)
COLUMBIA RIVER

(Houses along one side of highway, highway alongside river, mountains in the background.)
TO THE SOUTH OF TRAIL TO GET A LOAD OF RECYCLE
( Houses along one side of highway, highway alongside river, mountains in the background.)
HEADING NORTH INTO TRAIL

(Houses, smelter ahead, Mountains in the background.)
(Bridge, mountains in the background.)

(Bridge, smelter on bank, high, above river.)
THE COMINCO SMELTER. CLEANER NOW, BUT AT ONE TIME IT KILLED ALL THE VEGETATION ON THE SURROUNDING HILLS
(Highway looking down on houses along the river, mountains in the background.)
LEAVING TRAIL, NORTH TO CASTLEGAR

(Houses, bridge over water, Mountains in the background.)
TOWN OF NELSON
(Ducks on water.)
THE SUMMER SUN IS JUST STARTING TO LIGHTEN THE SKY

(Water, mountains in background.)
THE WESTERN ARM OF KOOTENAY LAKE
(Trucks in front of large grocery, Save-on-foods, store.)
WAITING TO UNLOAD

(Stores on both sides of street, Mountains in the background.)
DOWNTOWN CRESTON
(Small farms, mountains in the background.)
EAST OUT OF CRESTON

(Forest, gas station on side, mountains in background.)
???, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN CRESTON AND CRANBROOK
( Forest, old gas station on other side of train tracks, mountain in the background.)
?????, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN CRESTON AND CRANBROOK

It was early in the morning as I climbed the Salmo Creston Summit.

The Salmo Creston is the highest of several, high, passes along the Crowsnest Highway which stretches from Hope to the Province of Alberta.

The sun was still below the mountains to the East when I headed home through Creston.

(Buildings along highway, mountains in the background.)
NORTH OUT OF CRESTON
(Highway through an underpass, mountains in the background.)
WEST ON THE CROWSNEST PASS

(Highway through fields, Mountains in the background.)
THE CRESTON VALLEY, FAMOUS FOR FRUIT
(Past a field with cows, Mountains in the background.)

(Over a bridge, mountains in the background.)
(Highway through fields, mountains in the background.)

Hwy. 3 at the Eastern end of the Salmo Creston, sometimes called the Kootenay Pass.

(Highway through trees, mountains in the background.)
(Through trees, uphill, mountains in the background.)

(Through trees, uphill, sides of the road covered with snow, mountains in the background.)
NORMALLY THERE WOULD BE THIS MUCH SNOW ON THE ROAD
AND TEN TIMES AS MUCH ON THE SIDES
(Highway among mountain tops, mountains in the background.)
SALMO CRESTON SUMMIT
HERE, IF IT ISN'T SNOWING, I WILL STOP FOR SLEEP

(Through trees, downhill, sides of the road little snow, mountains in the background.)
STARTING DOWN THE OTHER SIDE.
AT THIS POINT, ON THE WAY OUT,
3 CARIBOU CROSSED THE ROAD IN FRONT OF ME
(Through trees, downhill, sides of the road little snow, mountains in the background.)

(Through trees, downhill, sides of the road no snow, mountains in the background.)
(Through trees, downhill, sides of the road no snow, mountains in the background.)

(Through trees, downhill, side of the road a run off lane, mountains in the background.)
ONE OF THE FEW PRACTICAL RUN-AWAY-LANES IN B. C.,
TRUCKS DON'T HAVE TO TURN TO GET INTO IT.
SOME ARE SO RIDICULOUS THAT ONE WOULD HAVE TO CROSS
THE OPPOSING LANE OF TRAFFIC TO USE THEM
(Through trees, downhill, mountains in the background.)

(Through trees, downhill, beside a rushing stream, mountains in the background.)
(Through trees, downhill, beside a rushing stream, mountains in the background.)

(Through trees, downhill, mountains in the background.)
(Through trees, downhill, beside a rushing stream, mountains in the background.)
FINALLY, TO THE VALLEY FLOOR

(Through trees & fields, mountains in the background. Highway sign.)
NORTH, FROM THE JUNCTION, OF HWY. 6
(TO METALINE FALLS IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON)
TO SALMO 13, NELSON 55 Km.
(Through trees, mountains in the background.)

(Beside a stream, mountains in the background.)
(House and field across the stream, mountains in the background.)

(Highway past field and buildings, mountains in the background.)
(Highway through trees, past a welcome centre, mountains in the background.)

Salmo is one point of an equilateral triangle. The other two points are Castlegar & Nelson.

(Over a bridge, past houses, mountains in the background.)
DOWNTOWN SALMO
(Houses beside highway, mountains in the background.)
ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE JUNCTION,
A SUBURB OF SALMO

Salmo is the start of another high climb, West to Castlegar.

(Highway through trees past a highway sign.)
FRUITVALE - 24 Km.
CASTLEGAR, & TRAIL - 40 Km
(Highway starts up, past a farm, mountains in the background.)

(Highway through trees, up hill, mountains in the background.)
(Highway through trees, up hill, mountains in the background.)
NEARING THE TOP

(Highway through trees, down hill, mountains in the background.)
DOWN THE OTHER SIDE.
I KNOW, LOOKS LIKE UP
(Highway through trees, down hill, mountains in the background, run-away-lane to the right.)
ANOTHER POORLY DESIGNED RUN-AWAY-LANE

(Highway through trees, down hill, mountains in the background, run-away-lane to the right.)
IF YOU WERE GOING TOO FAST,
EVEN IN A CAR,
COULD YOU MAKE THAT TURN TO THE RIGHT?
(Highway through trees, down hill, mountains in the background.)

(Highway through trees, up hill, snow on the shoulders.)
WEST OF CASTLEGAR
(Highway through trees, down hill, mountains in the background,.)
WEST BOUND

(Highway through trees, down hill, mountains in the background.)
(Mountains in the background, some snow.)

An hours drive West of Castlegar is a beautiful lake and lovely, little, town, both with the same name.

(Lake to right of highway.)
CHRISTINA LAKE
(Highway to right of cliffs.)

(Highway through trees, and buildings, hills in the background.)
ENTERING GRAND FORKS
(Highway through stores, buildings.)
DOWNTOWN GRAND FORKS

(Sprinkling of lights in a field of black.)
LOOKING DOWN FROM A HIGH HILL,
THE AREAS OF BLACK ARE WATER,
THE TOWN OF OSOYOOS IS A SWIMMERS PARADISE
(Highway through barren hills, down hill, mountains in the background.)
WEST BOUND FROM OSOYOOS

( Highway through barren hills, down hill, mountains in the background.)
WEST BOUND TO KEREMEOS
(Bare rocky mountainside.)
THE HOPE SLIDE

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