Myra-Bellevue Provincial Park

I met Stefan Farrow five or six years back. He supplied me with a lot of pictures, video, and trail head data for the Okanagan. Having been involved with the management of a campground, teaching folks how to sail in Okanagan Lake and helping to save them when they forgot how as a Search and [...]

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Several Orchard City Amateur Radio club and Central Okanagan Search and Rescue members, including Mike Fleming, Brian Stainsby and Phil Cadorette hiked up Little White to upgrade the repeater.  The GPS track is below the pictures. Thank you Brian Stainsby for the GPS track and pictures!
The GPS Track starts at the McCulloch Road turn off [...]

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A dream soon became reality as we packed the vehicle that would deliver us to the start of our first journey and then follow us as safety vehicles. This was to become my first practise journey. Over the 2002-2003 season we made a total of three trips. For me, this entailed two practise journeys and my qualifying journey.
Duke [...]

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Duke of Edinburgh’s Award – A Journey along the Historic Kettle Valley Railway – Read the Trip Journals

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Stefan Farrow
A Journey along the
Historic Kettle Valley
Railway
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award
Young Canadians Challenge
Gold Exploration Report
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Dedication
“I expect to pass this way but once.
Therefore, any good thing that I can do, or
any kindness I can show my fellow creature,
let me do it now. Let me not defer it, nor
neglect it, for I shall not pass this way
again.”
To all [...]

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The Fraggle Rock sign is now gone due to the Okanagan Mountain Park Forest Fire. The rock itself is still the same. I was concerned that the heat would have shattered it but it is unchanged.

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To get here – go to the Myra-Bellevue Provincial Park parking lot and look for the trail head just above the information area.
You can also get to a Lost Lake trail by going up June Springs road in Kelowna.

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Crawford Falls (located on Bellevue creek in Kelowna BC) can be reached by the following Gordon or Benvoulin to Dehart. Dehart to Crawford Rd. Crawford Rd. to Westridge, and then to Canyon Ridge and finally to Canyon Falls.( it is easier than it sounds) Canyon Falls is a dead end and you will see a [...]

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Here are snapshots of the Kettle Valley Railway and Myra Canyon near Kelowna BC before the 2003 Wildfire.
Here is my post with the pictures after the trestles were rebuilt along with directions of where the Myra Canyon Kettle Valley Railway parking lot is located.

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To view the Kettle Valley Railway – KVR – Myra Canyon hiking trails travel up McCollough Road in Kelowna.  McCollough Road travels past Gallaghers Canyon past Field Road and then turns into a small one lane paved road.  Stay on this road while you enjoy the views of Layer Cake Mountain and watch for a [...]

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