This is located in the middle of nowhere on Vancouver Island, inland from Jordan River. The river under the bridge (Jordan River) is dry as a dam upstream diverts all the water into Vancouver Island’s main power generation station. The area is a trove of abandoned wonders. Old rails litter the riverbed and all along the valley there are old trestles hidden in the dense forest. The drive is brutal and bumpy, and the hike to the bridge is unpleasant as it is rock-hopping for over a kilometre on slippery rocks. I was foolish enough to attempt to climb onto the trestle. Don’t be like me. It didn’t work. Regardless, it’s an amazing place steeped in obscure history that most Vancouver Islanders don’t know about. Very little is out there about this particular rail line, other than that it was built to facilitate the construction of what was then the tallest hydroelectric dam in Canada. The dam itself is quite impressive, as seen below.