Othello Tunnels

Othello Tunnels path                     Coquihalla Canyon, AB, Canada, 2009

Othello Tunnels are converted train tunnels running through mountains and winding along the pristine river.  The tunnels were a part of a line connecting Kootenay with the British Columbian coast.  The line was built across three mountain ranges.  The Coquihalla Gorge river was at the bottom of 300 feet of solid granite.  The engineer, Andrew McCullough, a straight line of tunnels crossing this gorge and named stations after Shakspearean characters as he was an avid reader of Shakespearean literature.