Cruising through the canyon
In this image, thought to have been taken in the early 1920s, a vehicle makes its way along the newly-finished road through Sinclair Canyon. At the bottom of the picture the wooden retaining structure for the road can be spotted. The Banff-Windermere highway, the first road through the Rockies, was officially opened in 1923 making Sinclair Canyon the western entrance to the newly-created Kootenay National Park. If you have any more information about this or any Historical Lens photograph, e-mail us at info@cv-pioneer.com. Photo (A189) courtesy of the Windermere District Historical Society