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Caption: West of Edmonton, Canadian Northern and Grand Trunk Pacific both built rail lines to the Yellowhead Pass, and west of Hinton, CNor was on the north side of the Athabaska River with GTP on the south. This is a view eastward at the former CNor depot at Entrance, now known as Old Entrance, with the name relocated across the river to the GTP station originally called Dyke, where CN runs today. The depot still stands, serving as the office of Old Entrance B ‘n B Cabins and Trail Rides.
At the time of the photo, the gravel road shown continued to the west behind the photographer to the CN bridge at mile 193.6 Edson sub. near where the GTP alignment was connected to the CNor, but recent aerial views suggest that is probably impassable now.
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For a map of CNor and GTP lines in that area, check
http://www.railwaystationlists.co.uk/mapsandtimetables/albertagtpcnomap.pdf.
For more detail on Old Entrance, check
https://www.oldentrance.ab.ca/station_project/.
The current CN Athabasca River bridge can be reached on a steep access road off the main road to Brule. These days the CNoR grade is best described as a ATV trail, I tried driving it a few years ago in a truck and made it about halfway, but I turned back at a large mudhole that looked too deep to challenge. The CNoR’s original Athabasca bridge just east of Entrance is still in use, it now carries Highway 40 (the Forestry Trunk Road) on a two lane road deck that was constructed atop the original truss spans. Here’s a couple more maps detailing the GTP/CNoR track consolidation during the 1920s, note that the line through Old Entrance was not abandoned until 1932.
https://railways.library.ualberta.ca/Maps-10-1-11/
https://railways.library.ualberta.ca/Maps-10-1-7/