Trestle 6

Trestle number 6 is the largest of the trestles in Myra Canyon, and one of two that are now steel.

Originally built as a wooden trestle (inset photo shows the wooden trestle under construction), in late 1931 the wooden bents were replaced by the Canadian Bridge Company with steel supports that you see today. Amazingly, workers replaced the wooden components with steel while the trains continued to pass over the trestle.

After the attack on Pearl Harbour in Dec, 1941, some accounts record that sentries were placed at either end of this trestle to guard against sabotage. Company 100 of the Pacific Coastal Militia Rangers was likely responsible to guard this trestle and section of the Kettle Valley railway.

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