Upper Spiral Tunnel
Upper Spiral Tunnel is a railway tunnel in Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, British Columbia and has an elevation of 1,421 metres. Upper Spiral Tunnel is situated nearby to the peak Mount Stephen, as well as near Mount Field.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mount Stephen and Mount Field.
Mount Stephen
Peak
Photo: Wilson44691, Public domain.
Mount Stephen, 3,199 m, is a mountain located in the Kicking Horse River Valley of Yoho National Park, 1⁄2 km east of Field, British Columbia, Canada. The mountain was named in 1886 for George Stephen, the first president of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Mount Stephen is situated 3 km southwest of Upper Spiral Tunnel.
Mount Field
Peak
Photo: Wilson44691, Public domain.
Mount Field is a mountain located about 4 km northeast of the town of Field in Yoho National Park, Canada. The mountain was named in 1884 after Cyrus West Field, an American merchant who had laid the first Atlantic cable. Mount Field is situated 3 km west of Upper Spiral Tunnel.
Cathedral Mountain
Peak
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Field and Yoho National Park.
Field
Photo: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Field is a cozy mountain village located in Yoho National Park within the Canadian Rockies in Canada. The town served as a base for workers on the Canadian Pacific Railway in its early days, and now hosts a small community of about 170, in addition to hosting the Yoho Park administration building and a number of quaint gift shops, restaurants, and small accommodations.
Yoho National Park
Photo: HylgeriaK, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yoho National Park is British Columbia's sister to Alberta's Banff National Park, a world heritage site, on the western side of the continental divide that separates the two provinces.
Upper Spiral Tunnel
- Type: Railway tunnel
- Category: transportation
- Location: Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
51.42298° or 51° 25′ 23″ northLongitude
-116.41989° or 116° 25′ 12″ westElevation
1,421 metres (4,662 feet)Open location code
9535CHFJ+52GeoNames ID
10338682
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