Riding the Columbia Headwaters

Donald Trump says Canada just needs to “turn on the faucet” to solve California’s drought. He’s talking about the Columbia River. So I set out to ride the Columbia River on my Tenere 700—all 2,000 kilometers—to find out where it starts, where it goes, and what it means to us.
Kootenay vid
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GPX Tracks
Day 1
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oTql...
Day 2
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hp0L...
Day 3
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WUhp...
Images
Columbia drainage basin map
By Kmusser - self-made, based on USGS and Digital Chart of the World data., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
William Adolph Baillie-Grohman
By of the scan: Nick knowles - Scan of original photo from descendent family archives, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Duchess at Golden
By R.H Trueman (1856-1911) and Norman Caple (1866-1911) - British Columbia Provincial Archives digital collections image B-06985, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Train at the station, Donald, BC, c.1887
By Musée McCord Museum - https://www.flickr.com/photos/museemc..., No restrictions, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
00:00 Intro
00:38 Getting to the Headwaters
01:15 Columbia And Western Rail Trail Camp
03:40 Map
04:35 Creston
05:05 Moyie
05:30 Columbia Valley
06:15 Canal Flats
07:14 Columbia Lake
07:30 Looking for Campsite
09:37 Map
10:37 Fairmont Hot Springs
13:39 Columbia Valley Wet Lands
15:00 Golden
16:19 Donald
17:42 Kinbasket Lake
18:48 Map