The McPhee Bridge also known as the St. Mary 's Bridge rises high above the St. Mary River and is near the Canadian Rockies International Airport and the Shadow Mountain Golf Community . It supports the thousands of people who travel between Kimberley and Cranbrook on highway 95A . Approximately north is the Canadian Rockies International Airport , which has recently completed its 12.5 million dollar expansion including the lengthening of its runway from 6000 to 8000 feet in order to accommodate a limited number of international flights and an expansion to the Terminal for more passengers . The airport is served by Air Canada Jazz to Vancouver and Calgary , Pacific Coastal Airlines to Vancouver and Kelowna . On February 11 , 1978 , Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314 , a Boeing 737-200 , nearly impacted a snowplow on the runway at the airport in Cranbrook , then lost control and crashed , killing 42 of the 49 people on board
Flight 314
Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314
Cranbrook, British Columbia