GPS Coordinates of

Kicking Horse River Canada

Central address: 100 BC-1, Golden, BC V0A, Canada

Elevation: 960.624
Time Zone: America/Edmonton

Latitude: 51° 17' 21.2388'' N
Longitude: 116° 50' 11.1516'' W

Kicking Horse River, Canada

The latitude of Kicking Horse River is 51.289233, and the longitude is -116.836431. Kicking Horse River is located in Golden, Canada with the gps coordinates of 51° 17' 21.2388'' N and 116° 50' 11.1516'' W. The category of Kicking Horse River is Bodies Of Water.

The Kicking Horse River is in the Canadian Rockies of southeastern British Columbia, Canada. The river was named in 1858, when James Hector, a member of the Palliser Expedition, reported being kicked by his packhorse while exploring the river. Hector named the river and the associated pass as a result of the incident. The Kicking Horse Pass, which connects through the Rockies to the valley of the Bow River, was the route through the mountains subsequently taken by the Canadian Pacific Railway when it was constructed during the 1880s. The railway's Big Hill and associated Spiral Tunnels are in the Kicking Horse valley and were necessitated by the steep rate of descent of the river and its valley.

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Bodies Of Water