Kicking Horse Pass

The pass and the nearby Kicking Horse River were given their names after James Hector, a naturalist, geologist, and specialist who was an individual from the campaign, was kicked by his steed while investigating the region. Kicking Horse Pass el. 1627 m, 5339 ft is a high mountain go over the Continental Divide of the Americas of the Canadian Rockies on the Alberta/British Columbia outskirt, and existing in Yoho and Banff National Parks.

A National Historic Site of Canada, the pass is of chronicled hugeness in light of the fact that the fundamental line of the Canadian Pacific Railway CPR was built between Lake Louise, Alberta and Field, British Columbia utilizing this course in 1880s, in inclination to the initially arranged course through the all the more northerly Yellowhead Pass.

The pass was first investigated by Europeans in 1858 by the Palliser Expedition drove by Captain John Palliser. The first course of the CPR between the summit of the go close Wapta Lake and Field was known as "The Big Hill"; with a decision angle of 4.5 percent 1 of every 23, it was the steepest extend of principle line railroad in North America.