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What is Hell's Half Acre
"Support your own shortcut to tidewater"
In 1937, they followed a vision to create a trade route that would provide a link to the west coast through the Rocky Mountains. With little, to no government support, pioneers from the Peace Region of BC and Alberta together lead a drive to push the route through themselves.
Hells Half Acre gets its name from the most daunting section of land negotiated by the trail blazing crew. It is a quarter mile section, where huge chunks of rock lay in their way, the product of an ancient slide off the face of Mount Watts.
Today this route is accessible only by foot. A 47 km out and back hike, from Kinuseo Falls to Monkman Lake. Alternatively there is the option for a one direction 63km hike over the Rocky Mountains and ending just north east of Prince George. This is the true route of the Ford Model T.
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