Tote Road & Chew Camp

George Chew, an American from Spokane, was responsible for the rail bed up to trestle 6. He built 12 construction camps on the KVR.

Located at the beginning of the camp trail and below a scree slope and rock face, Camp 12 itself was around the corner and behind the rock face above. The photo is an example of what a work camp would have looked like.

Supplies were brought up to Myra Canyon on tote roads built prior to the actual railway construction. Those provisions came either by horse-drawn wagons or by pack trains.

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