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The Kicking Horse River is in the Canadian Rockies of southeastern British Columbia, Canada. [2] The river was named in 1858, when James Hector , a member of the Palliser Expedition , reported being kicked by his packhorse while exploring the river.
First Nations had known and used the pass, but it was first explored by Europeans in 1858 by the Palliser Expedition led by Captain John Palliser.It and the adjacent Kicking Horse River were named after James Hector (Hector's Branch Expeditions, 3 August 1858 – 26 May 1859), was kicked by his horse while attempting rescue of another horse that had gone into the river.
Wapta Falls is a waterfall of the Kicking Horse River located in Yoho National Park in British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest waterfall of the Kicking Horse River, at about 18 metres (59 ft) high and 107 metres (351 ft) wide. [1] [2] Its average flow can reach 96 cubic metres per second (3,400 cu ft/s). [1]
Kicking Horse Mountain Resort (KHMR) is a ski resort located 6.4 kilometres (4.0 mi) west of Golden, British Columbia, Canada. It features over 120 trails across more than 3,486 acres (14.11 km 2 ) of skiable terrain and a 1,315-metre (4,314 ft) vertical drop, currently the sixth largest of any North American ski resort. [ 2 ]
His companions, thinking him dead, dug a grave for him and prepared to put him in. His premature burial was cancelled when he regained consciousness. The pass and nearby river have been known since as Kicking Horse Pass and Kicking Horse River. [4] The legend of the kicking horse is now firmly established in popular Canadian history.
Kicking Horse may refer to: Kicking Horse River in the Canadian Rockies, southeastern British Columbia, Canada Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, named after the canyon; Kicking Horse Pass in the Canadian Rockies; Kicking Horse, Montana, a census-designated place in Lake County, Montana, United States
The Park Bridge is a highway bridge in the Kicking Horse Canyon. The Trans-Canada Highway traverses the Kicking Horse River between Yoho National Park and Golden, British Columbia. This new bridge and the associated Ten Mile Hill section that was completed in 2007 were an upgrade to the old roadway.
The Amiskwi River is the longest tributary of the Kicking Horse River, beginning at Amiskwi Pass [2] and flowing south for about 20 kilometres (12 mi) then southeast for about 11.5 kilometres (7.1 mi) until its confluence with the Kicking Horse River at almost exactly the same location as the mouth of the Emerald River.