The Vancouver Island section of the Canadian National Railway opened in 1911, and it was all about the big trees. Trees had to be cleared for the right of way, ties were cut from the forest, as were the massive beams required to build the many bridges along the route. The Todd Creek Trestle was one such timber bridge that made it possible to navigate through a near-impenetrable, rocky, hilly, forested landscape.
It is now one of the major features on the Galloping Goose trail.
The height was reported as 26 meters, and Karen was having a little concern about that but said that it was more tolerable than the Capilano suspension bridge. The trestle was at the end of our outward and upward journey, so it was the halfway point of the walk back to the car park for a total of seven kilometers.
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