4:45 Think the structure on the right is Alexander’s lodge. We stayed overnight there in the cabin farthest up the hill from the lodge. Probably 1960. At the time a creek ran a generator for electricity. Thanks for posting this like a step back in time.
I live in 100 mile house, and I have driven this road more times than I can even count. in fact, I just did this past weekend. Multiple thousands of kilometers, in many different vehicles. It is fascinating to see it when the tarmac was still fresh, and the vegetation was so little! Although a lot has changed through the years, it is still that familiar old friend "the canyon"
I really appreciate you posting these clips. As a kid in my parent's car, I remember always being fascinated with the 'old road(s)' especially through the canyon; trying to spot evidence of the old road bed. Thank you (and keep up the good work).
+Conceited98 same here, most of the time when I head to the Island I take #1. Then when I go home I take the Coq. though next time I go, I might take #3, as I've never driven that one past Christina Lake.
Old highway: 2:322:543:313:434:194:36 small white line 4:464:55 clearly visible next to the Alexandra Tunnel; 1964 5:24 Old Hells Gate Tunnel 5:27 next to Ferrabee 5:556:00 - 6:046:156:277:26 South approach to 9 Mile Canyon 7:57 this might be the north approach to 9 Mile Canyon.
Wow, no lights in Saddle Rock Tunnel in 1966! I think I remember the lights were there by 1973, my first time on that drive. But hey, my eyes 👁👁 see really well, and I'd be able to get thru that tunnel with just my headlights just fine! I love my eyes🤩😍😳👀!
1970 , I'm 13 yrs old it is the middle of summer and us kids tarveled this same road numerous times we would get stuck behind endless cars pulling their camp trailer and stopped so many times with hwy construction. Is was always an 8 hr drive from Lytton to Vancouver if not longer. Those days are fond memories
A lot of this road was recently rebuilt or almost brand new in 1966, after a decade of fixing the old highway, putting in the tunnels, building the new Alexandra Bridge, etc.
0:30 - Lake of the Woods 1:30 - Dogwood Valley / Squeah 1:45 - Emory Creek PP 2:25 - Yale / Yale Tunnel (2:36) 3:00 - Saddle Rock Tunnel 3:40 - Sailor Bar Tunnel 4:20 - Spuzzum 4:25 - Alexandra Bridge 4:53 - Alexandra Tunnel 5:22 - Hell's Gate and Ferrabee Tunnels 5:34 - Hell's Gate 5:53 - China Bar Tunnel 6:37 - Boston Bar 7:00 - Canyon Alpine 8:00 - Boothroyd 8:55 - Falls Creek 9:20 - Kanaka Bar Shoot me a reply if I got anything wrong.
+WestcoastWheelman After 7:00 that's actually the old Kanyon View motel and restaurant. If I remember semi-correctly, Canyon Alpine was built around the mid 70s - or at least that's when my family discovered it. The site of it appears around 7:24, where you see a bunch of old cabins.
I've been waiting for them to release the Fraser Canyon footage ever since the time machine project began. I can remember taking the canyons in 1973 with my parents and behind absolutely terrified during the trip - and having seen this clip now, I can totally see why: the road without the guardrails it has today seems a lot more closer and vulnerable to the edge of the canyon. It seemed a lot more bleaker and treeless in the Fraser Canyon back then and probably like that more than it being overgrown now. Look at Spuzzum and how open it is compared to today where it seems overgrown so much you almost don't even notice the place.
So cool to see, hey Bob? :) You can see more still images from these videos on our Flickr channel: www.flickr.com/photos/tranbc/51142829381/in/album-72157719052865757/
Wonderful! What great memories. Do you have the Hope to Princeton, Princeton to Kaleden Jct? I would love to see these. I drove that highway a lot. I was almost wiped out by a rock slide on the big hill outside of hope. Bob
Exactly what I was thinking... I'd love to see what the old highway was like crossing the old bridge. I only remember crossing it once and that was after the new bridge was open but before they closed access to the old bridge.
At 8:57 of this video. Does anyone know what was on the right? This is where my Dad and I would switch drivers as we went to our cabin in the Caribou. Only foundations there now.
Why could they not have driven the old highway while you still could to do a side by side comparison. How grand would it be to have decent footage of the old highway.
single lane highway and everyone is trying to over take slow drivers. I can't believe how dangerous this is lol. I can imagine it at nighttime, fog or snowstorm. my goodness
+Rob Morris This one? We think he might have been at a Victoria Day Parade (given the date stamp on the dash). www.flickr.com/photos/tranbc/24578571371/in/dateposted/
Sadly, this same road is no better today. We spend more time and money maintaining our roads in North America than it took to build them in the first place. There are very few new roads and not many are even being widened or improved. That’s why our infrastructure is shit compared to China.
Always some guy gotta spoil the party for everyone else . . . OR . . . maybe if our ShitHeel politicians hadn''t sold us out to communist China decades ago, we could still have nice things.
![[2020/15] The Fraser Canyon Tunnels - Hope to Lytton, BC on Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/QNbZ5hAlUjo/mqdefault.jpg)
4:45 Think the structure on the right is Alexander’s lodge. We stayed overnight there in the cabin farthest up the hill from the lodge. Probably 1960. At the time a creek ran a generator for electricity. Thanks for posting this like a step back in time.
I live in 100 mile house, and I have driven this road more times than I can even count. in fact, I just did this past weekend. Multiple thousands of kilometers, in many different vehicles. It is fascinating to see it when the tarmac was still fresh, and the vegetation was so little! Although a lot has changed through the years, it is still that familiar old friend "the canyon"
Back then you could easily see where the old highway was. Now you have to know where to look. Was the old Hells Gate tunnel plugged at one end?
I really appreciate you posting these clips. As a kid in my parent's car, I remember always being fascinated with the 'old road(s)' especially through the canyon; trying to spot evidence of the old road bed. Thank you (and keep up the good work).
Very nice video,,,,the maturity and class of society has fallen off a cliff since the time this movie was made
I couldn't agree more! If there was a time machine I would only need a one way ticket!
Love this road.
I usually take the #1 through the canyon rather than the Coq when going back to BC. Such a fun drive.
+Conceited98 same here, most of the time when I head to the Island I take #1. Then when I go home I take the Coq. though next time I go, I might take #3, as I've never driven that one past Christina Lake.
Old highway: 2:32 2:54 3:31 3:43 4:19 4:36 small white line 4:46 4:55 clearly visible next to the Alexandra Tunnel; 1964 5:24 Old Hells Gate Tunnel 5:27 next to Ferrabee 5:55 6:00 - 6:04 6:15 6:27 7:26 South approach to 9 Mile Canyon 7:57 this might be the north approach to 9 Mile Canyon.
Wow, no lights in Saddle Rock Tunnel in 1966! I think I remember the lights were there by 1973, my first time on that drive. But hey, my eyes 👁👁 see really well, and I'd be able to get thru that tunnel with just my headlights just fine! I love my eyes🤩😍😳👀!
1970 , I'm 13 yrs old it is the middle of summer and us kids tarveled this same road numerous times we would get stuck behind endless cars pulling their camp trailer and stopped so many times with hwy construction. Is was always an 8 hr drive from Lytton to Vancouver if not longer. Those days are fond memories
A lot of this road was recently rebuilt or almost brand new in 1966, after a decade of fixing the old highway, putting in the tunnels, building the new Alexandra Bridge, etc.
0:30 - Lake of the Woods
1:30 - Dogwood Valley / Squeah
1:45 - Emory Creek PP
2:25 - Yale / Yale Tunnel (2:36)
3:00 - Saddle Rock Tunnel
3:40 - Sailor Bar Tunnel
4:20 - Spuzzum
4:25 - Alexandra Bridge
4:53 - Alexandra Tunnel
5:22 - Hell's Gate and Ferrabee Tunnels
5:34 - Hell's Gate
5:53 - China Bar Tunnel
6:37 - Boston Bar
7:00 - Canyon Alpine
8:00 - Boothroyd
8:55 - Falls Creek
9:20 - Kanaka Bar
Shoot me a reply if I got anything wrong.
+WestcoastWheelman After 7:00 that's actually the old Kanyon View motel and restaurant. If I remember semi-correctly, Canyon Alpine was built around the mid 70s - or at least that's when my family discovered it. The site of it appears around 7:24, where you see a bunch of old cabins.
Is 4:06 the Spuzzum Creek bridge?
I've been waiting for them to release the Fraser Canyon footage ever since the time machine project began. I can remember taking the canyons in 1973 with my parents and behind absolutely terrified during the trip - and having seen this clip now, I can totally see why: the road without the guardrails it has today seems a lot more closer and vulnerable to the edge of the canyon. It seemed a lot more bleaker and treeless in the Fraser Canyon back then and probably like that more than it being overgrown now. Look at Spuzzum and how open it is compared to today where it seems overgrown so much you almost don't even notice the place.
wonderful historical resource!
Ahhh the Old BC Tel Trucks and the original color scheme ;)
So cool to see, hey Bob? :) You can see more still images from these videos on our Flickr channel: www.flickr.com/photos/tranbc/51142829381/in/album-72157719052865757/
Thank you Phil Gaglardi.
Yale hasn't changed much
Wonderful! What great memories. Do you have the Hope to Princeton, Princeton to Kaleden Jct? I would love to see these. I drove that highway a lot. I was almost wiped out by a rock slide on the big hill outside of hope.
Bob
Very cute! Too bad they didn't do this a few years earlier before the road was widened,with the hanging bridge and all.
Exactly what I was thinking... I'd love to see what the old highway was like crossing the old bridge. I only remember crossing it once and that was after the new bridge was open but before they closed access to the old bridge.
they sure had fast cars back then. ha ha
At 8:57 of this video. Does anyone know what was on the right? This is where my Dad and I would switch drivers as we went to our cabin in the Caribou. Only foundations there now.
Alpine Canyon or Meadows I believe. I know it is Alpine something.
Any chance of having all theses 16mm films professionally restored?
Why could they not have driven the old highway while you still could to do a side by side comparison. How grand would it be to have decent footage of the old highway.
5.24 i lived there in 2010
How dose one slow it down?
single lane highway and everyone is trying to over take slow drivers. I can't believe how dangerous this is lol. I can imagine it at nighttime, fog or snowstorm. my goodness
It was fun back then, we were also all drinking and driving too.
4:43 - That guys load looks super sketchy...
+Rob Morris This one? We think he might have been at a Victoria Day Parade (given the date stamp on the dash). www.flickr.com/photos/tranbc/24578571371/in/dateposted/
They look like racing chuckwagons! Very cool.
Hasn't changed much.
Sadly, this same road is no better today. We spend more time and money maintaining our roads in North America than it took to build them in the first place. There are very few new roads and not many are even being widened or improved. That’s why our infrastructure is shit compared to China.
Always some guy gotta spoil the party for everyone else . . . OR . . . maybe if our ShitHeel politicians hadn''t sold us out to communist China decades ago, we could still have nice things.
My naked eyes 👁👁 shed no tears for you. I love love LOVE this beautiful drive!
No shoulder markings.