Le Col du Cheval-Qui-Rue

First recorded in the report of the Palliser expedition of 1857-60, this pass takes its name from an incident in which Dr. James Hector, surgeon in the expedition, was kicked by his horse while exploring in this vicinity. The pass was virtually unused until after 1881 when the Canadian Pacific Railway decided to adopt it as their new route through the Rockies, foregoing the earlier preference for the more northerly Yellowhead Pass. This decision altered the location of the line across western Canada and dramatically affected the development of the West.
Le Col du Cheval-Qui-Rue
Enregistr? pour le premi?re fois dans le rapport de l'exp?dition Palliser, le col doit son nom ? la ruade que James Hector, chirurgien de l'exp?dition, re?ut pendant qu'il explorait la r?gion avoisinante. Le passage fut peu fr?quent? jusqu'en 1881, date ? laquelle le Canadien Pacifique l'adopta pour sa route ? travers les Rocheuses, de preference au col de la T?te-Jaune plus au nord at d'abord choisi. Cette d?cision a change le trace du chemin de fers dans l'ouest et, par cons?quent, a grandement marqu? le d?veloppement de la r?gion.

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