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