| Grand total of infrastructure investments: |
$62.8 M |
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| Infrastructure projects: |
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| Yoho National Park (NP) |
| Project descriptions: |
| Trans-Canada Highway (TCH) - Yoho NP - Paving, Guardrail Replacement and Slope Stabilization |
$31.7 M |
| Constructed in 1958, much of the pavement on this highway is in poor condition and in need of repairs. Project involves paving, guardrail repair and replacement and slope stabilization. |
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| Takakkaw Falls Way Finding Signs |
$92 K |
| Includes the fabrication and installation of visitor wayfinding signs for the Yoho Valley Road, a scenic high elevation mountain road that brings visitors to the popular day use area of the iconic Takakkaw Falls. The area serves as the starting point of many premier hikes in the park, including the Whaleback, Iceline, Burgess Pass and Little Yoho Valley trails that also provide access to several backcountry campgrounds and the Alpine Club of Canada’s Stanley Glacier hut. |
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| Yoho NP - Bunkhouse - Rehabilitation |
$4.1 M |
| To help meet current staffing needs and support staff recruitment, the existing staff bunkhouse (seasonal staff multiplex) that is at the end of its useful life, will be replaced with new staff housing in Field, located in the heart of Yoho National Park. |
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| Yoho NP - Emerald Lake Road Paving |
$500 K |
| This paving project will improve road safety and reliability for visitors to the Natural Bridge and Emerald Lake, one of the park’s most popular and historic day use areas. |
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| Yoho NP - TCH (km 114 - 128) Rock Slope - Rehabilitation |
$10.7 M |
| This project involves paving, guardrail repair and replacement and slope stabilization on the Trans-Canada Highway to support safe and reliable travel for park visitors and through travellers, and the continued flow of commercial goods through this vital East-West corridor. |
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| Yoho NP - TCH (km 88 - 91) Rock Slope – Rehabilitation |
$15.7 M |
| This project involves paving, guardrail repair and replacement and slope stabilization on the Trans-Canada Highway to support safe and reliable travel for park visitors and through travellers, and the continued flow of commercial goods through this vital East-West corridor. |
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| Site Description: |
| Yoho National Park is found on the western slopes of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, adjacent to Banff and Kootenay national parks. Towering rock walls, spectacular waterfalls and soaring peaks earn the park its name; Yoho is a Cree expression of awe and wonder. Here in the shadow of the Great Divide are the secrets of ancient ocean life, the power of ice and water, and the stories of plants and animals that continue to evolve today. Discovered in 1909, one of the world’s most significant fossil localities, the Burgess Shale is home to exquisitely preserved marine fossils that continue to speak to life on earth half a billion years ago. Today visitors can join a guided interpretive hike to Burgess Shale sites in Yoho and another site more recently discovered in Kootenay National Park. The Kicking Horse River, a Canadian Heritage River, runs through the park and two national historic sites located within the park commemorate the area’s early railway and tourism history: Kicking Horse Pass and Twin Falls Tea House. |
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| * Please note that the sum of individual project values may not equal the grand total indicated at the top of this document due to standard rounding errors. |
