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Kelowna Museums Offering Half-day Guided Tours of Myra Canyon Trestles and UBC Okanagan Archaeological Site
Step into local history and enjoy the great outdoors this summer at the newly restored Myra Canyon trestles with a guided tour led by the Kelowna Museums. Your Kelowna Museums guide will take you on a tour of the archaeological excavation site at Trestle #8 along KLO Creek where UBC Okanagan students will be working to uncover physical evidence of the Kettle Valley Railway construction era. Maurice Williams, Associate Professor of History at UBCO, will give an overview of the excavation work. Then, your Kelowna Museums guide will lead you on a tour and historical overview of the trestles. “With the grand reopening of the trestles on June 22, this summer is the perfect time to take a trip up to Myra Canyon, whether it’s your first visit to the trestles since they were destroyed by the Okanagan Mountain Park Forest Fire in 2003 or if you’ve never been there before,” says Patti Kilback, Associate Director of Exhibitions & Public Programming at the Kelowna Museums. “A guided tour is a great introduction to the history of the trestles and participants will have the unique opportunity to see first-hand the excavation work being done by UBC Okanagan.” There are two opportunities to take part in the tour: Saturday, July 26, 9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. Saturday, August 9, 9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. Tours will meet in the Myra Canyon parking lot at 9:30 a.m. and will be held rain or shine. You are advised to bring drinking water and to wear hiking shoes and weather appropriate clothing. The cost is $15 per person, or $10 per person for Kelowna Museums members. For more information or to book a spot on a tour, please call (250) 868-4836. |
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