Hells Gate Tunnel
| Feature Type: | Tunnel - Underground passageway for a travel route (under a watercourse or arm of the sea, or through an elevation of terrain). |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Fraser Canyon section of Hwy 1, between Yale and Lytton, Yale Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°45'52"N, 121°26'00"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92H/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 28 August 1974, as identified by Department of Highways. Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Hells Gate Tunnel was completed in 1960. There are 7 tunnels in the Fraser Canyon section of Highway 1: Yale, Saddle Rock, Sailor Bar, Alexandra, Hells Gate, Ferrabee & China Bar. Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |