My best friend and I were the first ones to skateboard across this bridge. We were downtown Kelowna at the skate park when they officially opened and let everyone walk across. We were at the front of the pack pushing as hard and fast as we could, not really understanding the significance of the moment because we were maybe 12 or 13. Most people were walking with a handful on bikes and a few rollerblading, but we were the only ones skating. We made it all the way to the other side where we were part of the first group to be greeted by Gordon Campbell and given a cool commemorative coin that I still have. He was the first and only premier I've met.

They also need to invest in synchronized traffic lights south of the bridge all the way through Westbank to the Connector. It seems every traffic light intersection is a red light. In general, despite the stated 80,000 capacity number, they shouldn't have shelved the second bridge as I would say it has reached capacity now at 60,000 vehicles now. Some articles have mentioned the Province won't revisit this until 2038 but they should start getting on it today. Kelowna will continue to have massive growth.

Some other good topics would include building the Rogers Pass highway in the 1960s, and the Coquihalla in the 1980's.

I’m liking the Ogopogo strike!! Love it

Beautiful bridge...and yet, Kelowna still needs a second crossing.

I loved the original Bridge when I was a kid… sadly I never saw the new one.. great video. Thanks!

I miss the old bridge so much. But I definitely don't miss driving on it.

Great footage of the old bridge, seems like eons ago now. Thanks for this!

These videos are outstanidng!

A second bridge should definitely be planned with transit in mind.

Can anyone explain why the new bridge was built with 5 lanes, 3 westbound and 2 eastbound.? With my many trips over the bridge the traffic is always significantly backed up eastbound. I would guess the vehicle count would be similar both directions.

Is there a reason why one side has three lanes and the other one has two and a pedestrian lane? Pretty odd to have just two lanes going into the city especially since there’s a traffic light right when you get to other side?

What an amazing video

Loving this content, keep up the good work.

Would love to get a history of the Riverview Hospital grounds in Coquitlam!

Great video, really loving this channel. Must be a lot of research involved but its super cool to learn new things about the places we grew up in.

I will say your audio could use some polishing. Might need a pop filter if you dont have one and I've noticed little sounds that should be editted out. Keep up the good work!

What they need to do is remove the million traffic lights on hwy97 so you can drive through kelowna in 20 min instead of 2 hours

keep these videos coming, loving them!!

Maybe you could do a video on the Alex Fraser bridge? That would be pretty cool. Love the videos!

Pretty cool video.

Who else watching after seeing a guy on fire just hours ago