Rogers Pass

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Rogers Pass is a high mountain pass in British Columbia’s Selkirk Mountains, renowned as a key transportation corridor and historic route for the Canadian Pacific Railway.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain pass ⓘ
transportation corridor ⓘ
averageAnnualSnowfall several metres ⓘ
climate subarctic climate ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
discoveredBy Albert Bowman Rogers ⓘ
discoveryYear 1881 ⓘ
elevation approximately 1330 metres ⓘ
approximately 4360 feet ⓘ
governedBy Parks Canada ⓘ
hasFacility Parks Canada visitor centre ⓘ
Rogers Pass Discovery Centre ⓘ
hasManagementProgram Rogers Pass Avalanche Control Program ⓘ
hasRisk avalanche hazard ⓘ
hasStructure Connaught Tunnel ⓘ
Mount Macdonald Tunnel ⓘ
hasViewOf Illecillewaet Glacier ⓘ
Mount Sir Donald ⓘ
historicalSignificance key route in completion of Canadian transcontinental railway ⓘ
knownFor avalanche control program ⓘ
backcountry skiing ⓘ
frequent avalanches ⓘ
heavy snowfall ⓘ
mountaineering ⓘ
scenic mountain views ⓘ
locatedBetween Golden, British Columbia ⓘ
Revelstoke, British Columbia ⓘ
locatedIn British Columbia ⓘ
Selkirk Mountains ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Glacier National Park (Canada) ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOn continental divide between Columbia River and Kicking Horse River drainages ⓘ
namedAfter Albert Bowman Rogers ⓘ
nearestCity Revelstoke, British Columbia ⓘ
nearestTown Golden, British Columbia ⓘ
openedForRailTraffic 1885 ⓘ
partOf Columbia Mountains ⓘ
Trans-Canada Highway corridor ⓘ
railwayCompletedThroughPass 1885 ⓘ
railwayOperatedBy Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
replacedBy Connaught Tunnel ⓘ
Mount Macdonald Tunnel ⓘ
traversedBy Canadian Pacific Railway main line ⓘ
Trans-Canada Highway ⓘ
usedFor rail transportation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
road transportation ⓘ
tourism ⓘ

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Yellowhead Pass → isLowerThan → Rogers Pass ⓘ
Mount Sir Donald → nearestPass → Rogers Pass ⓘ
Mount Sir Donald → accessPoint → Rogers Pass area ⓘ
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Mount Abbott → locatedNear → Rogers Pass ⓘ
Loop Brook → near → Rogers Pass ⓘ
Loop Brook → hasNearbyPass → Rogers Pass, British Columbia ⓘ
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Rogers Pass Discovery Centre → locatedNear → Rogers Pass summit ⓘ
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Rogers Pass Discovery Centre → regionServed → Rogers Pass area ⓘ
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Selkirk Mountains → passes → Rogers Pass ⓘ
Mount Macdonald → locatedIn → Rogers Pass area ⓘ
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Mount Macdonald → near → Rogers Pass transportation corridor ⓘ
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Asulkan Glacier → locatedNear → Rogers Pass ⓘ
Illecillewaet Glacier → locatedNear → Rogers Pass ⓘ
Connaught Tunnel → locatedIn → Rogers Pass ⓘ
Connaught Tunnel → startPoint → Rogers Pass east portal ⓘ
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Connaught Tunnel → endPoint → Rogers Pass west portal ⓘ
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Connaught Tunnel → passesUnder → Rogers Pass ⓘ
Connaught Tunnel → locatedNear → Rogers Pass highway corridor ⓘ
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Mount Macdonald Tunnel → crosses → Rogers Pass area ⓘ
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Mount Macdonald Tunnel → locatedNear → Rogers Pass ⓘ
Stoney Creek Bridge → locatedNear → Rogers Pass ⓘ