| Ghost Towns |
Alternate Name(s) |
Locality/Region |
Regional district |
Location (BCGNIS) |
Events/Activity |
Company town |
Peak population & era |
Latest population |
Lifespan |
| Aleza Lake |
|
Robson Valley, British Columbia |
Fraser-Fort George |
54°07′00″N 122°02′00″W (BCGNIS) |
Railway station |
|
200 |
7 |
1914–1999 |
| Alice Arm |
|
Alice Arm, Observatory Inlet North Coast |
Kitimat–Stikine |
55.48333°N 129.46667°W / 55.48333; -129.46667 (Alice Arm) (BCGNIS) |
Base for mining operations up the Kitsault River to the Cambria Icefield |
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| Allenby |
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Similkameen |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
49.41667°N 120.51667°W / 49.41667; -120.51667 (Allenby) (BCGNIS) |
copper mining; see Copper Mountain |
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| Alta Lake |
|
now part of Whistler |
Squamish-Lillooet |
50.14167°N 122.95556°W / 50.14167; -122.95556 (Alta Lake) (BCGNIS) |
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| Alvin |
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Pitt Lake |
Fraser Valley |
49.600°N 122.633°W / 49.600; -122.633 (Alvin) (BCGNIS) |
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| Anaconda |
|
Boundary |
Kootenay Boundary |
49.08472°N 118.68306°W / 49.08472; -118.68306 (Anaconda) (BCGNIS) |
copper mining & smelter |
Anaconda Copper |
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1894-1924(?) |
| Antler Creek |
Antler |
Cariboo |
Cariboo |
53.267°N 121.333°W / 53.267; -121.333 (Antler Creek) (BCGNIS) (location of creek mouth, may be incorrect for settlement) |
gold |
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| Anyox |
|
North Coast (Observatory Inlet) |
Kitimat–Stikine |
55.417°N 129.817°W / 55.417; -129.817 (Anyox) (BCGNIS) |
mining & smelter |
Granby Mining & Smelter Co. |
|
10 |
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| Arrowhead |
|
Upper Arrow Lake |
Columbia-Shuswap |
50.71111°N 117.92083°W / 50.71111; -117.92083 (Arrowhead) (BCGNIS) |
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| Bamberton |
|
Vancouver Island |
Cowichan Valley |
48.58583°N 123.52222°W / 48.58583; -123.52222 (Bamberton) (BCGNIS) |
Cement plant |
BC Cement Company |
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1912–1980 |
| Barkerville |
|
Cariboo |
Cariboo |
53.06667°N 121.51667°W / 53.06667; -121.51667 (Barkerville) (BCGNIS) |
Cariboo Gold Rush |
|
16,000 |
100 (staff) |
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| Barkley Valley |
|
Cayoosh Range, Lillooet Country |
Squamish-Lillooet |
50.483°N 122.333°W / 50.483; -122.333 (Barnet) (BCGNIS) |
Barkley Valley Mines, Ltd - gold/silver |
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0 |
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| Barnet |
|
Burnaby (Burrard Inlet) |
Metro Vancouver |
49.300°N 122.917°W / 49.300; -122.917 (Barnet) (BCGNIS) |
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0 |
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| Baynes Lake |
|
East Kootenay |
East Kootenay |
49.233°N 115.217°W / 49.233; -115.217 (Baynes Lake) (BCGNIS) |
sawmill & railway |
Adolph Lumber Company |
|
280 |
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| Bennett |
Bennett Lake, Bennett Lake City |
Klondike Gold Rush |
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59.85000°N 135.00000°W / 59.85000; -135.00000 (Bennett) (BCGNIS) |
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| Big Bar |
Sixty Mile, Big Bar Ferry |
Fraser Canyon |
Squamish-Lillooet |
50.83333°N 122.81667°W / 50.83333; -122.81667 (Big Bar) (BCGNIS) (record is for Big Bar Creek) |
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2,000 |
50 (IR) |
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| Big Bend |
|
Columbia |
Columbia-Shuswap |
|
Big Bend Gold Rush |
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0 |
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| Birmingham |
|
Prince George |
Fraser-Fort George |
|
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway construction/realty promotion |
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0 |
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| Blackfoot |
|
Similkameen |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
|
Similkameen Gold Rush |
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0 |
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| Blakeburn |
|
Similkameen |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
49.48167°N 120.74028°W / 49.48167; -120.74028 (Blakeburn) (BCGNIS) |
Coal Mining |
Coalmont Collieries (1927–1940) |
250 (ca1932) |
0 |
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| Boothroyd |
Boothroyd, Canyon Alpine |
Fraser Canyon |
Fraser Valley |
49.96528°N 121.48333°W / 49.96528; -121.48333 (Boothroyd's) (BCGNIS) |
CPR |
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| Boston Bar |
Quayome |
Fraser Canyon |
Fraser Valley |
49.867°N 121.433°W / 49.867; -121.433 (Boston Bar) (BCGNIS) |
CPR |
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| Boundary Falls |
|
Boundary |
Kootenay Boundary |
49.03333°N 118.70000°W / 49.03333; -118.70000 (Boundary Falls) (BCGNIS) |
smelter & railway |
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0 |
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| Bullion |
|
Cariboo |
Cariboo |
52.617°N 121.650°W / 52.617; -121.650 (Bullion) (BCGNIS) |
Cariboo Gold Rush |
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0 |
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| Bralorne |
|
Bridge River |
Squamish-Lillooet |
50.76667°N 122.81667°W / 50.76667; -122.81667 (Bralorne) (BCGNIS) |
gold mining |
|
8,000 |
300 |
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| Bradian |
Bralorne Third Townsite |
Bridge River |
Squamish-Lillooet |
50.76944°N 122.79167°W / 50.76944; -122.79167 (Bradian) (BCGNIS) |
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2,000 |
20 |
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| Brexton |
|
Bridge River |
Squamish-Lillooet |
50.83333°N 122.81667°W / 50.83333; -122.81667 (Brexton) (BCGNIS) |
|
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3,000 |
20 |
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| Bridge River |
Six Mile, Lower Fountains, Lower Fountain |
Lillooet |
Squamish-Lillooet |
50.83333°N 122.81667°W / 50.83333; -122.81667 (Bridge River) (BCGNIS) |
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3,000 |
50 (IR) |
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| Britannia Beach |
Britannia; there were two towns, one called Mount Sheer or The Townsite on the mountain, and The Beach at sea level |
Howe Sound |
Squamish-Lillooet |
49.63333°N 123.20000°W / 49.63333; -123.20000 (Britannia Beach) (BCGNIS) |
copper mining (hard rock)and milling |
1904-1959 Britannia Mining & Smelting Company; 1959-1962 Howe Sound Company; 1962-1974 Anaconda |
several thousands in the 1940s and 1950s |
approx. 300 |
1904-1974 (now site of Britannia Mine Museum) |
| Brooklyn |
|
Boundary |
Kootenay Boundary |
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0 |
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| Butedale |
|
Central Coast |
Central Coast |
53.15000°N 128.70000°W / 53.15000; -128.70000 (Butedale) (BCGNIS) |
|
|
2,000 |
10 |
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| Camborne |
|
Upper Arrow Lake |
Columbia-Shuswap |
50.783°N 117.633°W / 50.783; -117.633 (Camborne) (BCGNIS) |
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| Camerontown |
Cameronton |
Cariboo |
Cariboo |
53.07500°N 121.50833°W / 53.07500; -121.50833 (Camerontown) (BCGNIS) |
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| Camp McKinney |
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Boundary |
Kootenay Boundary |
49.11667°N 119.18333°W / 49.11667; -119.18333 (Camp McKinney) (BCGNIS) |
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0 |
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| Cape Scott |
|
Vancouver Island |
Mount Waddington |
50.783°N 128.333°W / 50.783; -128.333 (Cape Scott) (BCGNIS) |
religious colony (Danes) |
|
500 |
10 |
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| Carmi |
|
Okanagan |
Kootenay Boundary |
49.500°N 119.117°W / 49.500; -119.117 (Carmi) (BCGNIS) |
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0 |
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| Cascade City |
|
Boundary |
Kootenay Boundary |
49.200°N 118.200°W / 49.200; -118.200 (Cascade City) (BCGNIS) |
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0 |
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| Cassiar |
|
Cassiar |
|
49.017°N 118.200°W / 49.017; -118.200 (Cassiar) (BCGNIS) |
Cassiar Gold Rush and later mining |
|
1,500 |
0 |
1952-1992 |
| Cassidy |
|
Vancouver Island |
Nanaimo |
49.050°N 123.883°W / 49.050; -123.883 (Cassidy) (BCGNIS) |
coal mining |
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976 |
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| Caycuse |
|
Vancouver Island |
Cowichan Valley |
48.883°N 124.367°W / 48.883; -124.367 (Caycuse) (BCGNIS) |
logging, sawmill & railway |
British Columbia Forest Products |
400+ |
52 |
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| Centreville |
|
Cassiar |
|
59.283°N 129.400°W / 59.283; -129.400 (Centreville) (BCGNIS) |
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| Cherryville |
|
Okanagan (northern Monashees) |
North Okanagan |
50.24167°N 118.61667°W / 50.24167; -118.61667 (Cherryville) (BCGNIS) |
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1000 |
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| Circle City |
|
Upper Arrow Lake-Kootenay Lake |
Columbia-Shuswap |
50.76111°N 117.44583°W / 50.76111; -117.44583 (Circle City) (BCGNIS) |
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| Clayburn |
|
Abbotsford |
Fraser Valley |
49.083°N 122.267°W / 49.083; -122.267 (Clayburn) (BCGNIS) |
clay mining/brickery |
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0 |
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| Coal Creek |
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East Kootenay |
East Kootenay |
49.48611°N 114.98333°W / 49.48611; -114.98333 (Coal Creek) (BCGNIS) |
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0 |
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| Coalmont |
|
Similkameen |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
49.51028°N 120.69278°W / 49.51028; -120.69278 (Coalmont) (BCGNIS) |
Coal Mining |
Columbia Coal & Coke (est.1911) |
400 (c. 1926) |
80 |
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| Cody |
|
Slocan |
Central Kootenay |
49.967°N 117.200°W / 49.967; -117.200 (Cody) (BCGNIS) |
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| Columbia |
|
Boundary |
Kootenay Boundary |
(BCGNIS) |
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0 |
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| Comaplix |
|
Upper Arrow Lake |
Columbia-Shuswap |
50.750°N 117.767°W / 50.750; -117.767 (Comaplix) (BCGNIS) |
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| Copper Mountain |
|
Similkameen |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
49.32500°N 120.53889°W / 49.32500; -120.53889 (Copper Mountain) (BCGNIS) |
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0 |
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| Corbin |
|
East Kootenay |
East Kootenay |
49.517°N 114.650°W / 49.517; -114.650 (BCGNIS) |
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0 |
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| Coryell |
Gladstone |
Boundary |
Kootenay Boundary |
49.150°N 118.100°W / 49.150; -118.100 (Coryell) (BCGNIS) |
Burnt Basin Gold Rush |
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0 |
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| Craigellachie |
|
Eagle Pass |
Columbia-Shuswap |
50.967°N 118.717°W / 50.967; -118.717 (Craigellachie) (BCGNIS) |
CPR construction |
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| Deadwood |
|
Boundary |
Kootenay Boundary |
49.100°N 118.700°W / 49.100; -118.700 (Deadwood) (BCGNIS) |
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0 |
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| Dease Lake |
Dease Lake Post |
Cassiar-|Stikine |
Kitimat–Stikine |
58.43333°N 130.02417°W / 58.43333; -130.02417 (Dease Lake) (BCGNIS) |
Cassiar Gold Rush; seat of Cassiar Mining District |
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500 |
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| Derby |
Old Fort Langley |
Fraser Valley |
Metro Vancouver |
|
founding of Colony of British Columbia-Fraser Canyon Gold Rush |
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40 (now rural area in Langley) |
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| Discovery |
|
Cassiar |
|
59.600°N 133.550°W / 59.600; -133.550 (Discovery) (BCGNIS) |
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| Donald |
|
Revelstoke |
Columbia-Shuswap |
51.49583°N 117.17361°W / 51.49583; -117.17361 (Donald) (BCGNIS) |
CPR construction |
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| Duncan City |
Howser |
Kootenay Lake |
Central Kootenay |
50.300°N 116.950°W / 50.300; -116.950 (BCGNIS) |
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| Dunkeld |
Manson Creek |
Omineca |
Bulkley-Nechako |
(BCGNIS) |
Omineca Gold Rush |
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| Eagle Pass Landing |
|
Shuswap |
Columbia-Shuswap |
50.96528°N 118.36944°W / 50.96528; -118.36944 (Eagle Pass Landing) (BCGNIS) (record is for Eagle Pass) |
CPR construction |
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near today's Sicamous |
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| East New Hazelton |
|
Hazelton area |
Kitimat–Stikine |
55.250°N 127.667°W / 55.250; -127.667 (East New Hazelton) (BCGNIS) (record is for Hazelton) |
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway construction/realty promotion |
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0 |
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| East Princeton |
|
Similkameen |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
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0 |
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| Eholt |
|
Boundary |
Kootenay Boundary |
49.15833°N 118.54167°W / 49.15833; -118.54167 (Eholt) (BCGNIS) |
railway |
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0 |
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| Emory City |
Emory, Emory Bar |
Fraser Canyon |
Fraser Valley |
49°31′00″N 121°25′00″W (BCGNIS) |
Fraser Canyon Gold Rush & CPR construction |
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1858–1885 |
| Fairview |
|
Okanagan |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
49.17500°N 119.60000°W / 49.17500; -119.60000 (Fairview) (BCGNIS) |
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0 |
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| Ferguson |
|
Upper Arrow Lake-Kootenay Lake |
Columbia-Shuswap |
50.683°N 117.483°W / 50.683; -117.483 (Ferguson) (BCGNIS) |
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| Field |
|
Kicking Horse River Valley, Yoho National Park |
Columbia-Shuswap |
51.66389°N 116.81667°W / 51.66389; -116.81667 (Field) (BCGNIS) |
Railway construction, mining |
|
3,000 |
170 |
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| Fisherville |
Wild Horse, Kootenai, Kootenay, Kootenais |
East Kootenay |
East Kootenay |
49.65528°N 115.59417°W / 49.65528; -115.59417 (Fisherville) (BCGNIS) |
Wild Horse Creek Gold Rush |
|
1000 |
0 |
1863–1880 |
| Fort Berens |
|
Lillooet |
Squamish-Lillooet |
50.68889°N 121.91667°W / 50.68889; -121.91667 (BCGNIS) |
fur trade, gold rush |
|
|
0 |
never finished construction; adjacent to Parsonville and Marysville |
| Fort Fraser |
|
Nechako (New Caledonia) |
Bulkley-Nechako |
54.067°N 124.550°W / 54.067; -124.550 (Fort Fraser) (BCGNIS) |
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0 |
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| Fort Keremeos |
Fort Similkameen |
Similkameen |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
49.200°N 119.833°W / 49.200; -119.833 (Fort Keremeos) (BCGNIS) |
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0 |
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| Fort Kilmaurs |
Fort Babine, Babine |
Babine Lake (New Caledonia) |
Bulkley-Nechako |
55.31806°N 126.62222°W / 55.31806; -126.62222 (Fort Babine) (BCGNIS) |
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0 |
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| Fort Kootenay |
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East Kootenay |
East Kootenay |
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0 |
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| Fort Rupert |
|
Vancouver Island |
Mount Waddington |
50.700°N 127.417°W / 50.700; -127.417 (Fort Rupert) (BCGNIS) |
coal mining |
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0 |
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| Fort Shepherd |
Fort Sheppard, Sheppard |
West Kootenay |
Kootenay-Boundary |
|
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fur trade |
|
0 |
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| Fort Steele |
|
East Kootenay |
East Kootenay |
49.617°N 115.633°W / 49.617; -115.633 (Fort Steele) (BCGNIS) |
Wild Horse Creek War (see Fisherville) |
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staff |
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| Fountain |
Upper Fountains, The Fountain, Fountain Flats |
Lillooet |
Squamish-Lillooet |
50.75000°N 121.88333°W / 50.75000; -121.88333 (Fountain) (BCGNIS) |
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|
300 |
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| Freeport |
|
Burns Lake area |
Bulkley-Nechako |
|
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway construction/realty promotion |
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0 |
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| Galena Bay |
Galena |
Upper Arrow Lake |
Columbia-Shuswap |
50.667°N 117.850°W / 50.667; -117.850 (Galena Bay) (BCGNIS) |
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| Garibaldi |
|
Cheakamus River |
Squamish-Lillooet |
49.967°N 123.150°W / 49.967; -123.150 (Garibaldi) (BCGNIS |
railway lodge, ski cabins (see The Barrier) |
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| Gerrard |
|
Upper Arrow Lake-Kootenay Lake |
Columbia-Shuswap |
50.517°N 117.283°W / 50.517; -117.283 (Gerrard) (BCGNIS) |
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| Germansen's Landing |
Germansen Creek |
Omineca Country |
Bulkley-Nechako |
55.783°N 124.700°W / 55.783; -124.700 (Germansen's Landing) (BCGNIS) |
Omineca Gold Rush |
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| Gladstone |
Coryell |
Boundary |
Kootenay Boundary |
49.150°N 118.100°W / 49.150; -118.100 (Gladstone) (BCGNIS) |
Burnt Basin Gold Rush |
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|
0 |
|
| Gold Bridge |
|
Bridge River |
Squamish-Lillooet |
50.850°N 122.833°W / 50.850; -122.833 (Gold Bridge) (BCGNIS) |
|
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3,000 |
300 |
|
| Gold Hill |
|
Kootenay Lake |
Central Kootenay |
50.383°N 117.083°W / 50.383; -117.083 (Gold Hill) (BCGNIS) |
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| Goldfields |
|
Upper Arrow Lake |
Columbia-Shuswap |
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| Granite Creek |
Granite City, Granite |
Similkameen |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
49.50444°N 120.68056°W / 49.50444; -120.68056 (Granite City) (BCGNIS) |
Tulameen Gold Rush |
|
2000 (c. 1886) |
0 |
|
| Greenwood |
|
Boundary |
Kootenay Boundary |
49.100°N 118.683°W / 49.100; -118.683 (Greenwood) (BCGNIS) |
copper/galena mining & smelting |
|
8,000 |
500 |
1897–present |
| Green River |
Soo Valley |
now part of Whistler |
Squamish-Lillooet |
50.217°N 122.883°W / 50.217; -122.883 (Green River) (BCGNIS) |
mill camp, later hippie/skier squat |
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BCR/PGE station was "Parkhurst". BC Geographical Names. |
| Grouse Creek |
|
Cariboo |
Cariboo |
|
Grouse Creek War |
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| Harewood |
|
mid-Vancouver Island |
Nanaimo |
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| Harrison Mills |
Carnarvon |
Fraser Valley |
Fraser Valley |
49.250°N 121.950°W / 49.250; -121.950 (Harrison Mills) (BCGNIS) |
sawmill & railway |
|
3,000 |
30 |
|
| Hedley |
|
Similkameen |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
49.350°N 120.067°W / 49.350; -120.067 (Hedley) (BCGNIS) |
gold mining |
|
|
300 |
|
| Hendrix Lake |
|
Cariboo |
Cariboo |
52.09722°N 120.79028°W / 52.09722; -120.79028 (Hendrix Lake) (BCGNIS) |
Boss Mountain Mine (molybdenum) |
Noranda (mining company) |
300-500 (late 60's) |
6 (approx) |
1965-1972 (now primarily a cottage community) |
| Hill's Bar |
|
Fraser Canyon, 10 mi. south of Yale |
Fraser Valley |
49.533°N 121.417°W / 49.533; -121.417 (Hill's Bar) (BCGNIS) |
Fraser Canyon Gold Rush |
|
|
0 |
|
| Hogem |
Old Hogem |
Omineca |
Bulkley-Nechako |
|
Omineca Gold Rush |
|
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|
|
| Holberg |
|
Vancouver Island |
Mount Waddington |
50.650°N 128.017°W / 50.650; -128.017 (Holberg) (BCGNIS) |
religious colony (Danes); CFB Holberg (DEW Line) |
|
500 |
10 |
|
| Howellton |
|
Omineca Country |
Bulkley-Nechako |
|
Omineca Gold Rush |
|
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|
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| Illecillewaet |
|
Revelstoke |
Columbia-Shuswap |
51.183°N 117.750°W / 51.183; -117.750 (Illecillewaet) (BCGNIS) |
CPR construction |
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| Iron Bay |
|
Indian Arm |
Lower Mainland |
49°26′55″N 122°51′32″W (BCGNIS) |
Quarrying, Logging |
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| Kansas |
|
Cariboo |
Cariboo |
|
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| Keefers |
Keefer, Keefer's |
Fraser Canyon |
Fraser Valley |
near North Bend |
railway (CPR?) |
|
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|
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| Keithley Creek |
|
Cariboo |
Cariboo |
52.767°N 121.417°W / 52.767; -121.417 (Keithley Creek) (BCGNIS) |
Cariboo Gold Rush |
|
|
40 |
|
| Keremeos Centre |
|
Similkameen |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
49.200°N 119.833°W / 49.200; -119.833 (Keremeos) (BCGNIS) (record is for Keremeos) |
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0 |
|
| Kerr Creek |
|
Similkameen |
Yale-Similkameen |
49.050°N 118.750°W / 49.050; -118.750 (Kerr Creek) (BCGNIS) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Kitsault |
|
North Coast (Observatory Inlet) |
Kitimat–Stikine |
55.45694°N 129.47667°W / 55.45694; -129.47667 (Kitsault) (BCGNIS) |
Molybdenum mining & processing. |
Amax of Canada Ltd. |
1200 |
|
1978–1983 |
| Laketon |
|
Cassiar District |
|
58.700°N 130.100°W / 58.700; -130.100 (Laketon) (BCGNIS) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Lardeau City |
|
Upper Arrow Lake |
Columbia-Shuswap |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Leadville |
Summit City |
Similkameen |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
| Leechtown |
|
Vancouver Island |
Capital |
48.483°N 123.717°W / 48.483; -123.717 (Leechtown) (BCGNIS) |
|
|
|
0 |
|
| Lemon Creek |
|
Slocan |
Central Kootenay |
49.700°N 117.467°W / 49.700; -117.467 (Lemon Creek) (BCGNIS) |
Mining, Japanese internment |
|
|
|
|
| Lumberton |
|
East Kootenay |
East Kootenay |
49.417°N 115.867°W / 49.417; -115.867 (Lumberton) (BCGNIS) |
|
|
|
0 |
|
| McDame |
Fort McDame, McDame Post |
Cassiar |
|
59.18333°N 129.23333°W / 59.18333; -129.23333 (McDame) (BCGNIS) |
Cassiar Gold Rush |
|
|
|
|
| McGillivray Falls |
|
Lillooet |
Squamish-Lillooet |
50.617°N 122.433°W / 50.617; -122.433 (McGillivray Falls) (BCGNIS) |
railway resort |
|
|
|
|
| Manson Creek |
|
Omineca |
Bulkley-Nechako |
55.667°N 124.483°W / 55.667; -124.483 (Manson Creek) (BCGNIS) |
Omineca Gold Rush |
|
|
|
|
| Mica |
|
Columbia |
Columbia-Shuswap |
|
Big Bend Gold Rush |
|
|
0 |
|
| Michel |
|
East Kootenay |
East Kootenay |
|
CNP Coal |
CPR |
1200 |
0 |
1898–1970 |
| Minto City |
|
Bridge River |
Squamish-Lillooet |
|
|
|
2,500 |
0 |
|
| Monashee Townsite |
|
Okanagan |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
| Morrissey |
|
East Kootenay |
East Kootenay |
49.383°N 115.017°W / 49.383; -115.017 (Morrissey) (BCGNIS) |
|
|
|
0 |
|
| Morrissey Mines |
|
East Kootenay |
East Kootenay |
49.35417°N 115.00417°W / 49.35417; -115.00417 (Morrissey Mines) (BCGNIS) |
|
|
|
0 |
|
| Moyie City |
|
East Kootenay |
East Kootenay |
49.300°N 115.833°W / 49.300; -115.833 (Moyie City) (BCGNIS) |
|
|
|
450 |
|
| Natal |
|
East Kootenay |
Sparwood (As of 1966) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Nashton |
Zwicky |
Kootenay Lake |
Central Kootenay |
49.92083°N 116.98611°W / 49.92083; -116.98611 (Nashton) (BCGNIS) |
|
|
|
|
|
| New Denver |
|
Slocan |
Central Kootenay |
49.99167°N 117.38194°W / 49.99167; -117.38194 (New Denver) (BCGNIS) |
|
|
|
|
|
| New Hogem |
Hogem; see also Old Hogem |
Omineca Country |
Bulkley-Nechako |
|
Omineca Gold Rush |
|
|
|
|
| Niagara |
|
Boundary Country |
Kootenay Boundary |
49.100°N 118.467°W / 49.100; -118.467 (Niagara) (BCGNIS) |
|
|
|
0 |
|
| North Bend |
Boston Bar (Name moved across the river when this community was renamed.) |
Fraser Canyon |
Fraser Valley |
49.883°N 123.450°W / 49.883; -123.450 (North Bend) (BCGNIS) |
CPR |
|
|
|
|
| Ocean Falls |
|
Central Coast |
Central Coast |
52.35556°N 127.68889°W / 52.35556; -127.68889 (Ocean Falls) (BCGNIS) |
|
|
|
50 |
|
| Okanagan Mission |
|
Okanagan |
Central Okanagan |
49.817°N 119.483°W / 49.817; -119.483 (Okanagan Mission) (BCGNIS) |
|
|
|
(now part of Greater Kelowna) |
|
| Olalla |
|
Similkameen |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
49.267°N 119.833°W / 49.267; -119.833 (Olalla) (BCGNIS) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Omineca City |
|
Omineca |
Bulkley-Nechako |
|
Omineca Gold Rush |
|
|
|
|
| Parkhurst Ghost Town |
Parkhurst |
Whistler |
Squamish-Lillooet |
50.16064°N 122.91698°W / 50.16064; -122.91698 |
Logging outpost |
Barr Brothers Logging Company[1] |
70 (c.1930)[2] |
0 |
1923–1966 |
| Parsonville |
Parsonsville |
Lillooet |
Squamish-Lillooet |
|
Fraser Canyon Gold Rush |
|
|
0 |
|
| Pemberton Meadows |
|
Lillooet |
Squamish-Lillooet |
50.44167°N 122.91667°W / 50.44167; -122.91667 (Pemberton Meadows) (BCGNIS) |
|
|
|
0 |
|
| Phoenix |
Greenwood Camp |
Boundary |
Kootenay Boundary |
49.100°N 118.583°W / 49.100; -118.583 (Phoenix) (BCGNIS) |
Copper mining |
Granby Co. |
4,000 (1919?) |
0 |
1891–1951 |
| Pinchi Lake |
|
Omineca |
Bulkley-Nechako |
54.633°N 124.417°W / 54.633; -124.417 (Pinchi Lake) (BCGNIS) |
Mercury mining |
Tech Resources (formally Cominco Ltd.)[3] |
|
0 |
1940–1944, 1968–1975 |
| Poplar Creek |
|
Kootenay Lake |
Central Kootenay |
50.417°N 117.133°W / 50.417; -117.133 (Poplar Creek) (BCGNIS) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Port Douglas |
|
Lillooet River-Harrison Lake |
Fraser Valley |
49.767°N 122.167°W / 49.767; -122.167 (Port Douglas) (BCGNIS) |
Fraser Canyon Gold Rush |
|
|
30 (Xa'xtsa people) |
|
| Port Essington |
|
North Coast |
North Coast |
54.150°N 129.967°W / 54.150; -129.967 (Port Essington) (BCGNIS) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Porter Landing |
|
Cassiar District |
|
58.800°N 130.100°W / 58.800; -130.100 (Porter Landing) (BCGNIS) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Quesnel Forks |
|
Cariboo |
Cariboo |
52.667°N 121.667°W / 52.667; -121.667 (Quesnel Forks) (BCGNIS) |
Cariboo Gold Rush |
|
|
|
|
| Red Gap |
|
Vancouver Island |
Nanaimo |
49.25306°N 124.17111°W / 49.25306; -124.17111 (Red Gap) |
|
Straits Lumber Co |
|
0 |
1912–1942 (some milling to 1950) |
| Retallack |
Whitewater, White Water |
Slocan |
Central Kootenay |
50.050°N 117.133°W / 50.050; -117.133 (Retallack) (BCGNIS) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Richfield |
|
Cariboo |
Cariboo |
|
Cariboo Gold Rush |
|
|
|
|
| Rock Creek |
|
Boundary |
Kootenay Boundary |
49.050°N 119.000°W / 49.050; -119.000 (Rock Creek) (BCGNIS) |
|
|
|
500 (area) |
|
| Sandon |
|
Slocan |
Central Kootenay |
49.983°N 117.233°W / 49.983; -117.233 (Sandon) (BCGNIS) |
|
|
|
10(area) |
|
| Shalalth |
Bridge River |
Seton Lake, Bridge River |
Squamish-Lillooet |
50.733°N 122.217°W / 50.733; -122.217 (Shalalth) (BCGNIS) |
|
|
5000 |
700 |
|
| Similkameen City |
|
Similkameen |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
| Sointula |
|
Malcolm Island (Queen Charlotte Strait) |
Mount Waddington |
50.633°N 127.017°W / 50.633; -127.017 (Sointula) (BCGNIS) |
Fabian/socialist colony (Finns) |
|
|
800 |
|
| Soo Valley |
Green River |
now part of Whistler |
Squamish-Lillooet |
50.167°N 122.917°W / 50.167; -122.917 (Soo Valley) (BCGNIS) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Spences Bridge |
|
Thompson Canyon |
Thompson-Nicola |
50.417°N 121.350°W / 50.417; -121.350 (Spences Bridge) (BCGNIS) |
Cariboo Road, CPR |
|
|
|
|
| Stanley |
|
Cariboo |
Cariboo |
53.033°N 121.717°W / 53.033; -121.717 (Stanley) (BCGNIS) |
Cariboo Gold Rush |
|
1500 (in 1900) |
0 (?) |
|
| Stave Falls |
Stave Gardens |
Lower Mainland |
Fraser Valley |
49.217°N 122.350°W / 49.217; -122.350 (Stave Falls) (BCGNIS) |
BCER |
|
2-3,000 |
500 (area) |
|
| Steamboat |
|
Silverhope Creek, Hope area, Silver Skagit Rd. |
Fraser Valley |
|
small mining town that sprung up during the Skagit Gold Rush |
|
|
0 |
|
| Steamboat Mountain |
|
Silverhope Creek, Hope area, Silver Skagit Rd. |
Fraser Valley |
|
small mining town that sprung up during the Skagit Gold Rush |
|
|
0 |
|
| Steamboat City |
|
Silverhope Creek, Hope area, Silver Skagit Rd. |
Fraser Valley |
|
small mining town that sprung up during the Skagit Gold Rush |
|
|
0 |
|
| Tashme |
|
Hope-Princeton Highway |
Fraser Valley |
49.267°N 121.233°W / 49.267; -121.233 (Tashme) (BCGNIS) |
Japanese-Canadian internment camp |
|
|
0 |
|
| Tasu |
Tassoo, Old Tassoo, Tasu Sound |
Moresby Island, Haida Gwaii |
North Coast |
52.767°N 132.033°W / 52.767; -132.033 (Tasu) (BCGNIS) |
gold mine & camp |
various owners, most lately WesFrob Mines, a subsidiary of Falconbridge |
|
0 |
|
| Tête Jaune Cache |
|
Robson Valley |
Fraser-Fort George |
52.96590°N 119.43006°W / 52.96590; -119.43006 (Tête Jaune Cache) (BCGNIS) |
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway construction |
|
|
|
|
| Three Forks |
|
Slocan |
Central Kootenay |
50.01667°N 117.28330°W / 50.01667; -117.28330 (Three Forks) (BCGNIS) |
Mining |
|
|
|
1892–~1920 |
| Heritage Ghost Town |
Three Valley Gap |
Eagle Pass |
Columbia-Shuswap |
50°56′4″N 118°28′43″W |
Gold mine[4] |
|
|
|
~1886–?[5] |
| Tipella City |
Tipella |
Harrison Lake |
Fraser Valley |
49.73335°N 122.14999°W / 49.73335; -122.14999 (Tipella City) (BCGNIS) |
real estate promotion/townsite |
|
|
|
|
| Tranquille Sanatorium |
Padova City, Tranquille |
Kamloops |
Thompson-Nicola |
|
Tuberculosis Sanatoria |
|
|
|
1907–1983 |
| Trout Lake City |
Trout Lake |
Upper Arrow Lake-Kootenay Lake |
Columbia-Shuswap |
50.65131°N 117.54036°W / 50.65131; -117.54036 (Trout Lake City) (BCGNIS) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Tulameen |
Otter Flat |
Similkameen |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
49.54589°N 120.75970°W / 49.54589; -120.75970 (Tulameen) (BCGNIS) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Upper Keremeos |
|
Similkameen |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
| Volcanic City |
|
Boundary |
Kootenay Boundary |
|
|
|
1 |
0 |
|
| Waldo |
|
East Kootenay |
East Kootenay |
49.200°N 115.217°W / 49.200; -115.217 (Waldo) (BCGNIS) |
|
|
|
0 |
|
| Walhachin |
|
Thompson |
Thompson-Nicola |
50.75864°N 121.02118°W / 50.75864; -121.02118 (Walhachin) (BCGNIS) |
|
|
|
150 |
|
| Waterloo |
|
West Kootenay |
Central Kootenay |
|
after abandonment, location of ferry operated by Doukhobor community |
|
|
150 |
|
| Zincton |
|
Slocan |
Central Kootenay |
50.03333°N 117.19996°W / 50.03333; -117.19996 (Zincton) (BCGNIS) |
|
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