Kettle Valley Railway
Research

Five Facts

Use the Canadian Encyclopedia to find out information on one of the topics listed below. Read the article in the encyclopedia carefully. Then reread the article and pick out five important facts about the topic. Summarize the five facts in point form on a piece of paper or chart. You may want to post your chart on the wall so all students can share the information.

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15.		 Great Depression
Canadian Northern Railway
Nelson
James Jerome Hill
Charles Hays
Coquihalla Highway
Princeton
Grand Forks		 2.
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14.		 Canadian Pacific Railway
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Hope
William Cornelius Van Horne
Thomas Shaughnessy
Kettle Valley
Okanagan Valley

Using the Internet

The following web sites provide information on the Kettle Valley Railway.
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History of the KVR.
members.rogers.com/kettlevalley/KVRhistory-1.html
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Take a ride on the Kettle Valley Steam Railway in Summerland.
www.kettlevalleyrail.org/
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Cycling the Kettle Valley Railway.
www.planet.eon.net/~dan/kvr1.html

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