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Renata Natural Arch

The Renata Natural Arch — also referred to locally as the Brooklyn Natural Bridge — sits on the west side of Lower Arrow Lake, roughly 16 kilometres upriver from the Hugh Keenleyside Dam on Bulldog Mountain in British Columbia's Kootenay region.

The formation is accessible only by boat, with the community of Deer Park on the opposite shore serving as the primary launch point for the roughly 2-kilometre water crossing.

From the lakeshore, a trail climbs the bank to the arch, which stands approximately 20 metres high and spans 43 metres across a cascading brook amid towering cliffs some 275 metres above the lake. It is considered one of Canada's largest natural rock bridges.

The surrounding area was once the site of the early boomtown of Brooklyn, now reduced to an open field. AllTrails rates the hiking route as moderately challenging, with an average completion time of around one hour and forty minutes.


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