Kelpie horse-powered industrial heritage. Construction was completed in October 2013 and the sculptures were opened for public access from April 2014. Kelpie Kelpie, or water kelpie, is the Scots name given to a shape-shifting water spirit inhabiting the lochs and pools of Scotland. It has usually been described as appearing as a horse, but is able to adopt human form. Some accounts state that the kelpie retains its hooves when appearing as a human, leading to its association with the Christian idea of Satan as alluded to by Robert Burns in his 1786 poem "Address to the Devil". Almost every sizeable
Kicking Horse River now without food; but I was so hurt that we could not proceed further that day at least." - James Hector chronicles, 1858 As surgeon and geologist to the Palliser Expedition from 1857 to 1860, Hector explored the country from the Red River Colony (Winnipeg) to Vancouver Island. He made many important observations regarding the geology and ethnology of the Canadian West and the Rocky Mountains, discovering the Kicking Horse Pass and giving the Kicking Horse River its name. Several whitewater rafting companies, as well as kayakers and canoeists, use the river. The first company to raft the Kicking Horse