Walking B.C.’s Dying Railway Some E&N Rambles

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As The Sandhouse passes to that great wye in the sky, I write from Nanaimo with another imminent death.

News of our long-suffering Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway (no longer operating under that name) regularly appears in the ‘Short Hauls' section... In this article, I’ll tell you about interesting sections which you can walk without much effort. None are the ‘best of’ or provided for any reason other than they’re not far from a ferry terminal.

Although rotted and overgrown, trestles high above Cameron Lake on the Port Alberni Sub are still passable on foot (as here, at Mile 14.6). It was last reconstructed in 1953. Photo by Tom W. Parkin

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