Hagwilget Canyon Bridge

Bridge in Hagwilget, British Columbia, Canada
55°15′27″N 127°36′14″W / 55.2575°N 127.604°W / 55.2575; -127.604CarriesVehicular traffic, pedestriansCrossesBulkley River (Hagwilget Canyon)LocaleHagwilget, BCCharacteristicsDesignSuspension BridgeTotal length140.2 metres (460 ft)Width4.9 metres (16 ft)Height80 metres (262 ft)HistoryConstruction end1931 (reinforced in 1990)LocationMap

Hagwilget Canyon Bridge is a suspension bridge over the Hagwilget Canyon on the Bulkley River, at the Wet'suwet'en village of Hagwilget, British Columbia. The current bridge was constructed in 1931, and later reinforced in 1990.

Three previous bridges spanned the same location, the first constructed by Wet'suwet'en people, generations before white settlement. The Wet'suwet'en later reinforced their wooden-pole bridge using cable abandoned after the disbandment of the Russian–American Telegraph expedition.[1][2]

  • Hagwilget First Bridge
    Hagwilget First Bridge
  • Hagwilget Second Bridge
    Hagwilget Second Bridge

See also

References

  1. ^ Michael Kluckner. "Vanishing B.C. Hagwilget Bridge". Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Frontier to Freeway: A short illustrated history of roads in British Columbia" (PDF). British Columbia Ministry of Transportation. 2001. OCLC 612571448. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
  • Hagwilget Bridge on Tourism BC

55°15′27″N 127°36′16″W / 55.2575°N 127.6044°W / 55.2575; -127.6044


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