Kicking Horse Pass

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mountain pass

Kicking Horse Pass is a high mountain pass in the Canadian Rockies, historically significant as a key rail and highway route between British Columbia and Alberta.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Kicking Horse Pass canonical	4

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mountain pass ⓘ
climate	subalpine ⓘ
connects	Alberta NERFINISHED ⓘ British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
crosses	Continental Divide NERFINISHED ⓘ
designatedAs	National Historic Site of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
designationYear	1971 ⓘ
drainageDivideBetween	Bow River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Kicking Horse River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
elevation	1627 metres ⓘ 5340 feet ⓘ
hasFeature	Kicking Horse River headwaters nearby ⓘ
hasRailFeature	Spiral Tunnels (nearby on CPR mainline) NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance	important transportation corridor between Alberta and British Columbia ⓘ key route for Canadian Pacific Railway through the Rockies ⓘ
isOneOf	lowest railway passes through the main range of the Canadian Rockies ⓘ
locatedIn	Alberta ⓘ British Columbia ⓘ Canadian Rockies NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea	Banff National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Yoho National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
mountainRange	Rocky Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Kicking Horse River NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameOrigin	named after an incident in which surveyor James Hector was kicked by a horse ⓘ
nearestTown	Field, British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Louise, Alberta NERFINISHED ⓘ
onHighway	Highway 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ
onRailLine	CPR main line NERFINISHED ⓘ
openedForRailTraffic	1880s ⓘ
partOf	Continental Divide of the Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ
provinceBoundaryBetween	Alberta NERFINISHED ⓘ British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	eastern British Columbia ⓘ southwestern Alberta ⓘ
surveyedBy	James Hector NERFINISHED ⓘ
surveyedFor	Canadian Pacific Railway route selection ⓘ
traversedBy	Canadian Pacific Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ Trans-Canada Highway NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	interprovincial rail transport ⓘ interprovincial road transport ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yoho National Park (partly considered within Columbia and Rocky transition) → hasPass → Kicking Horse Pass ⓘ

subject surface form: Yoho National Park

Canadian Pacific Railway mainline → passesThrough → Kicking Horse Pass ⓘ

Yoho National Park → hasPass → Kicking Horse Pass ⓘ

Yellowhead Pass → isLowerThan → Kicking Horse Pass ⓘ