The Kettle Valley region had been inhabited by the Kettle Indians for thousands of years before the arrival of European settlers.
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One of the locomotives, no . 3716, is run and maintained in Summerland, BC as part of the Kettle Valley Steam Railway.
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However portions of the completed railroad grade were included in the Kettle Valley Railroad when the section between Penticton and Midway was completed.
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The trail passes through the Okanagan Valley over what used to be the Kettle Valley railway, including the very popular Myra Canyon portion.
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The core portion of the Kettle Valley Railroad started in Cranbrook was also periodically referred to as portions of the KVR as well.
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The CPR took the C and W and its generous land grants and merged it into the Kettle Valley Railway it was then building.
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The most recent locomotive addition to the Kettle Valley Steam Railway is a Canadian Pacific 2-8-0 N-2-a, b, and c Montreal Locomotive Works 2-8-0.
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Andrew McCulloch is buried in the Lakeview Cemetery in Penticton overlooking the Kettle Valley Railway that was such an important part of his life.
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There is golfing on the area's many courses, as well as hiking or biking the Kettle Valley Railway Trail, and rock climbing at Skaha Bluffs.
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The Kettle Valley Railway was its own entity, however, the Canadian Pacific Railway eventually took over operations of the KVR at the beginning of 1931.
