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The Kettle Valley Railway through the Coquihalla Canyon was built between 1910 – 1916. The Kettle Valley Railway Water Tower at Brookmere was built during that time to provide water for the steam engines hauling freight from the BC interior to Hope, BC. Posted May 2026.

The Murray Lake recreation area is located 5 kilometers north west of the Bottle Top Bridge on the Coquihalla highway. There are 2 camp sites at the south end of the lake and 10 at the north end. Additionally, there is a large meadow 300 meters north of the lake that can easily accommodate 50 RVs. If you like riding ATVs, dirt bikes or snowmobiles, there are 100 miles of logging roads in this area to explore. Posted June 2026.

If you prefer camping off the beaten path but still want a site you can drive to, you will like Nickel Plate Lake. It is a bit hard to find and the last kilometer of the road is pretty rough, but it is a beautiful spot. There are 3 campsites, 2 picnic tables and some firewood, but the rest of the site is very basic. It has a real 'wilderness' feel to it. Posted June 2026.

30 years ago Debbie Lake was a pristine and unspoiled wilderness but the area has since been logged and then was scarred by fire. Gillis Lake is a conventional provincial campsite 10 kilometers west of the Coquihalla highway near Kingsvale. Jacobson Lake has a wilderness feel to it largely because you are deep in the Cascades, 40 kilometers from the nearest town. Posted July 2026.

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Coming June, 2027.