Crowsnest Hwy, BC

Crowsnest Highway, from the foothills near Pincher Creek into and over the mountains.

We travelled a section of the Crowsnest Highway, from east to west, from the foothills in Alberta and over several mountain passes to Penticton. The highway is named after Crowsnest Mountain and Crowsnest Mountain was named 'Lodge-des-corbeaux' by a French explorer. There was a misunderstanding when it was translated into English because the only corvids on the mountain are ravens, so really the highway should be called Ravensnest.
We keep seeing signs promising wildlife on the roads. But we only saw some Mule Deer and that was in a small town.

We decided that we couldn't live at Pincher Creek. The town is pretty enough and on a river and close to the mountains but ... windy. Extremely windy. There are wind generators everywhere in the foothills.

On the highway was a mining area called Frank which is famous for a landslide in 1908 that killed about 80 people in the town of Frank. The event is called Frank Slide. The side of Turtle Mountain slid down the mountain and up the other side of the valley. Like a jar of mixed nuts the largest boulders ended up on the top and apparently it hasn't changed much in the last 110 years.

Turtle Mountain

Turtle Mountain and Frank Slide

The large boulders in Frank Slide.

It was wet and foggy when we drove through the valleys and over several high passes.

These are the biggest billboards we've seen in Canada.

Lake Elizabeth with beautiful larch showing their autumn colours.

Bid hides at Lake Elizabeth

We've been delayed by roadworks numerous times but guess that all work ceases when winter snows arrive.

Trunks and a pole.

Lake Christina

Osoyoos Lake

Vineyards and orchards, Osoyoos

Osoyoos

Osoyoos

At Osoyoos we left to highway to go to Penticton where we are visiting relatives. The area is the warmest in Canada and orchards, vineyards and street stalls are everywhere.