The difficult and little-known terrain in the Selkirk Mountains made finding a route for the Canadian Pacific Railway a demanding task. In 1882, Chief Engineer A. B. Rogers traversed Rogers Pass and overcame the last great obstacle facing the transcontinental railway. The steep grade and susceptibility to avalanches made the pass such a treacherous part of the line that it was bypassed in 1916 by the Connaught Tunnel. With the opening of the Trans-Canada Highway in 1962, however, Rogers Pass again formed part of a national route. Rogers was motivated to find a pass by his impatient rail road bosses who during the construction of the rail line across Canada, made Rogers a spectacular promise to have the pass named after him if he could find it, and find it he did.
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