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6.1 The First Automobile to cross the Canadian Rockies and
through Cranbrook in 1914. Cranbrook very early on became a
favourite for touring by automobile due to the relatively flat terrain
of the Rocky Mountain Trench (the East Kootenay Region). Col.
Baker’s son, V. Hyde Baker, had the first automobile in the area in
1904, followed quickly by others. Highway 3 through the Crowsnest
Pass (the first paved Trans-Canada Highway) and Highway 95 from
the Pacific Northwest of the USA to Banff in the 1920’s, solidified
the crossroads which it still holds. CBK.1982.081.052
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