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Topographical Maps
Topographical Maps of the entire route, in tif image format, and pdf, are avaliable from Natural Resources Canada at:
http://geogratis.gc.ca/geogratis/search?lang=en © Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada
These maps may be of interest to those seeking more information on the topography of the area the trail goes though and may be useful in the initial planning of a trip to the area, but these maps will prove to be of little value once on the trail as compared to those in the book.
Direct links to the maps covering the Kettle Valley Railway are provided below. Each map is approximately 10 - 40 mb in size.
The abandoned railway trail is shown on these topomaps as an active railway as shown in the example below.
(Caution: The few active railways shown on these maps are also shown with the same line.)
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Kettle Valley Railway
92 H Hope 82 E Penticton
C&W Railway
82 E Penticton 82 F Nelson
NK&S Railway
92 H Hope 92 I Ashcroft
N&FS and C&K Railway
82 F Nelson
N&RS Railway
82 F Nelson 82 K Lardeau
VV&E Railway
92 H Hope 82 E Penticton
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Midway to Penticton
82 E/2 Greenwood 82 E/3 Osoyoos 82 E/6 Beaverdell 82 E/11 Wilkinson Creek 82 E/14 Kelowna 82 E/12 Summerland 82 E/5 Penticton 82 E/4 Keremeos
Penticton to Princeton
82 E/12 Summerland 92 H/9 Bandeir 92 H/8 Hedley 92 H/7 Princeton
Princeton to Brookmere
92 H/7 Princeton 92 H/10 Tulameen 92 H/15 Aspen Grove
Brookmere to Merritt
92 H/15 Aspen Grove 92 I/2 Merritt
Brookmere to Hope
92 H/15 Aspen Grove 92 H/14 Boston Bar 92 H/11 Spuzzum 92 H/6 Hope
C&W Railway
82 F/5 Castlegar 82 E/8 Deer Park 82 E/1 Grand Forks 82E/2 Greenwood
NK&S Railway
92 I/2 Merritt 92 I/3 Prospect Creek 92 I/6 Spences Bridge
N&FS Railway
82 F/3 Salmo 82 F/6 Nelson 82 F/11 Kokanee Peak
C&K Railway
82 F/5 Castlegar 82 F/12 Passmore 82 F/14 Slocan
N&S Railway
82 F/14 Slocan 82 K/3 Rosebery 82 K/4 Nakusp
VV&E Railway
92 H/7 Princeton 92 H/8 Hedley 92 H/1 Ashnola River 82 E/4 Keremeos 82 E/3 Osoyoos 82 E/2 Greenwood
The map files can be used in such programs as Oziexplorer, GPS Trackmaker, GPSMapEdit, Global Mapper and others.
Oziexplorer
GPS Trackmaker
GPSMapEdit
Global Mapper. Great for changing file formats and projections.
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