Three Valley Gap
human settlement in British Columbia, Canada
Three Valley Gap is an unincorporated community at the eastern end of Three Valley Lake in the Shuswap Country region of southeastern British Columbia. On BC Highway 1, the locality is by road about 21 kilometres (13 mi) southwest of Revelstoke, and 51 kilometres (32 mi) northeast of Sicamous.
Main road and ferries in the area
From west to east lie Griffin, Three Valley, Victor, and Clanwilliam lakes along the
Eagle River. The valley is narrow and the valley bottom is poorly sorted fluvial and colluvial sands, gravels, and cobbles.
In 1883, the Gustavus Blin Wright syndicate was awarded a contract (in return for a 24,000-hectare (60,000-acre) land grant) to build a 4-metre (12 ft) wide and 69-kilometre (43 mi) long wagon road from Sicamous on Shuswap Lake, via the four lakes, to Big Eddy on the Columbia River. Begun immediately, the work was completed in October 1884. The contract included the provision of ferries on the four lakes, which crossed the gaps along the route.
These free ferries were large scows which could carry the largest freight wagon and horses. The ferry franchise on each lake, which was tendered in 1885, was awarded to Wright. That spring and summer, the Barnard's Express twice weekly stage operated the route.
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