In late August 2003, forest fires raged through the hills south of Kelowna, British Columbia. The fires ultimately destroyed 12 wooden trestles and damaged 2 steel bridges in the Myra Canyon region of the former Kettle Valley Railway. Only months earlier, this section of the Trans-Canada Trail had been designated a National Historic site. Funding to rebuild the structures was secured at both the provincial and federal levels and the rebuilding process began. Authenticity is a major objective and the trestles are being rebuilt to closely match the appearance of the original structures. The desire was always to rebuild using wood and in a manner that reflected the original designs. The remote location has presented many of the challenges encountered during the original construction a century ago. These construction challenges and the modern solutions applied to solve them are outlined in this paper. For the covering abstract of this conference see ITRD number E
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