Hell's Gate canyon walls rise about 1,000 metres (some 3,300 ft) above the rapids. Fish ladders along the river's side permit migrating salmon to bypass a rockslide that diverted the river during the blasting of the Canadian National Railway line in 1913. The area around Hell's Gate carries the name Black Canyon, which may either be a reference to the colour of the rocks when it rains, or the name of a community built on the cliffsides here during the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush. Today there is a specially-built air-tram, like the kind used in ski resorts, which takes tourists down to Hell's Gate, where visitors may view the fish ladders that help the returning salmon navigate the boiling rush of the Fraser's waters.
I was sick this day and did not go down on the tram to photograph the fish ladders. They are obscured by the trees so I could only photograph the bridge. Best I could do this day