| Ghost Towns
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Alternate Name(s)
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Locality/Region
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Regional district
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Location (BCGNIS)
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Events/Activity
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Company town
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Peak population & era
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Latest population
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Lifespan
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| Aleza Lake
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Robson Valley, British Columbia
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Fraser-Fort George
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54°07′00″N 122°02′00″W / 54.11667°N 122.03333°W / 54.11667; -122.03333 (Aleza Lake) (BCGNIS)
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Railway station
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200
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7
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1914–1999
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| Alice Arm
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Alice Arm, Observatory Inlet North Coast
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Kitimat–Stikine
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55°29′00″N 129°28′00″W / 55.48333°N 129.46667°W / 55.48333; -129.46667 (Alice Arm) (BCGNIS)
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Base for mining operations up the Kitsault River to the Cambria Icefield
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| Allenby
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Similkameen
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Okanagan-Similkameen
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49°25′00″N 120°31′00″W / 49.41667°N 120.51667°W / 49.41667; -120.51667 (Allenby) (BCGNIS)
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copper mining; see Copper Mountain
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| Alta Lake
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now part of Whistler
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Squamish-Lillooet
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50°08′30″N 122°57′20″W / 50.14167°N 122.95556°W / 50.14167; -122.95556 (Alta Lake) (BCGNIS)
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| Alvin
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Pitt Lake
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Fraser Valley
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49°36′N 122°38′W / 49.600°N 122.633°W / 49.600; -122.633 (Alvin) (BCGNIS)
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| Anaconda
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Boundary
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Kootenay Boundary
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49°05′05″N 118°40′59″W / 49.08472°N 118.68306°W / 49.08472; -118.68306 (Anaconda) (BCGNIS)
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copper mining & smelter
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Anaconda Copper
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1894-1924(?)
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| Antler Creek
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Antler
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Cariboo
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Cariboo
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53°16′N 121°20′W / 53.267°N 121.333°W / 53.267; -121.333 (Antler Creek) (BCGNIS) (location of creek mouth, may be incorrect for settlement)
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gold
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| Anyox
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North Coast (Observatory Inlet)
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Kitimat–Stikine
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55°25′N 129°49′W / 55.417°N 129.817°W / 55.417; -129.817 (Anyox) (BCGNIS)
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mining & smelter
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Granby Mining & Smelter Co.
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10
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| Arrowhead
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Upper Arrow Lake
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Columbia-Shuswap
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50°42′40″N 117°55′15″W / 50.71111°N 117.92083°W / 50.71111; -117.92083 (Arrowhead) (BCGNIS)
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| Bamberton
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Vancouver Island
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Cowichan Valley
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48°35′09″N 123°31′20″W / 48.58583°N 123.52222°W / 48.58583; -123.52222 (Bamberton) (BCGNIS)
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Cement plant
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BC Cement Company
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1912–1980
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| Barkerville
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Cariboo
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Cariboo
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53°04′00″N 121°31′00″W / 53.06667°N 121.51667°W / 53.06667; -121.51667 (Barkerville) (BCGNIS)
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Cariboo Gold Rush
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16,000
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100 (staff)
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| Barkley Valley
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Cayoosh Range, Lillooet Country
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Squamish-Lillooet
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50°29′N 122°20′W / 50.483°N 122.333°W / 50.483; -122.333 (Barnet) (BCGNIS)
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Barkley Valley Mines, Ltd - gold/silver
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0
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| Barnet
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Burnaby (Burrard Inlet)
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Metro Vancouver
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49°18′N 122°55′W / 49.300°N 122.917°W / 49.300; -122.917 (Barnet) (BCGNIS)
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0
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| Baynes Lake
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East Kootenay
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East Kootenay
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49°14′N 115°13′W / 49.233°N 115.217°W / 49.233; -115.217 (Baynes Lake) (BCGNIS)
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sawmill & railway
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Adolph Lumber Company
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280
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| Bennett
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Bennett Lake, Bennett Lake City
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Klondike Gold Rush
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59°51′00″N 135°00′00″W / 59.85000°N 135.00000°W / 59.85000; -135.00000 (Bennett) (BCGNIS)
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| Big Bar
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Sixty Mile, Big Bar Ferry
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Fraser Canyon
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Squamish-Lillooet
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50°50′00″N 122°49′00″W / 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
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50 (IR)
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| Big Bend
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Columbia
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Columbia-Shuswap
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Big Bend Gold Rush
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0
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| Birmingham
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Prince George
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Fraser-Fort George
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Grand Trunk Pacific Railway construction/realty promotion
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0
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| Blackfoot
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Similkameen
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Okanagan-Similkameen
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Similkameen Gold Rush
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0
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| Blakeburn
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Similkameen
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Okanagan-Similkameen
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49°28′54″N 120°44′25″W / 49.48167°N 120.74028°W / 49.48167; -120.74028 (Blakeburn) (BCGNIS)
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Coal Mining
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Coalmont Collieries (1927–1940)
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250 (ca1932)
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0
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| Boothroyd
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Boothroyd, Canyon Alpine
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Fraser Canyon
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Fraser Valley
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49°57′55″N 121°29′00″W / 49.96528°N 121.48333°W / 49.96528; -121.48333 (Boothroyd's) (BCGNIS)
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CPR
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| Boston Bar
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Quayome
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Fraser Canyon
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Fraser Valley
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49°52′N 121°26′W / 49.867°N 121.433°W / 49.867; -121.433 (Boston Bar) (BCGNIS)
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CPR
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| Boundary Falls
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Boundary
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Kootenay Boundary
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49°02′00″N 118°42′00″W / 49.03333°N 118.70000°W / 49.03333; -118.70000 (Boundary Falls) (BCGNIS)
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smelter & railway
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0
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| Bullion
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Cariboo
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Cariboo
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52°37′N 121°39′W / 52.617°N 121.650°W / 52.617; -121.650 (Bullion) (BCGNIS)
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Cariboo Gold Rush
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0
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| Bralorne
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Bridge River
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Squamish-Lillooet
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50°46′00″N 122°49′00″W / 50.76667°N 122.81667°W / 50.76667; -122.81667 (Bralorne) (BCGNIS)
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gold mining
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8,000
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300
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| Bradian
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Bralorne Third Townsite
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Bridge River
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Squamish-Lillooet
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50°46′10″N 122°47′30″W / 50.76944°N 122.79167°W / 50.76944; -122.79167 (Bradian) (BCGNIS)
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2,000
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20
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| Brexton
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Bridge River
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Squamish-Lillooet
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50°50′00″N 122°49′00″W / 50.83333°N 122.81667°W / 50.83333; -122.81667 (Brexton) (BCGNIS)
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3,000
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20
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| Bridge River
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Six Mile, Lower Fountains, Lower Fountain
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Lillooet
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Squamish-Lillooet
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50°50′00″N 122°49′00″W / 50.83333°N 122.81667°W / 50.83333; -122.81667 (Bridge River) (BCGNIS)
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3,000
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50 (IR)
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| Britannia Beach
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Britannia; there were two towns, one called Mount Sheer or The Townsite on the mountain, and The Beach at sea level
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Howe Sound
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Squamish-Lillooet
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49°38′00″N 123°12′00″W / 49.63333°N 123.20000°W / 49.63333; -123.20000 (Britannia Beach) (BCGNIS)
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copper mining (hard rock)and milling
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1904-1959 Britannia Mining & Smelting Company; 1959-1962 Howe Sound Company; 1962-1974 Anaconda
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several thousands in the 1940s and 1950s
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approx. 300
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1904-1974 (now site of Britannia Mine Museum)
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| Brooklyn
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Boundary
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Kootenay Boundary
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0
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| Butedale
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Central Coast
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Central Coast
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53°09′00″N 128°42′00″W / 53.15000°N 128.70000°W / 53.15000; -128.70000 (Butedale) (BCGNIS)
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2,000
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10
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| Camborne
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Upper Arrow Lake
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Columbia-Shuswap
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50°47′N 117°38′W / 50.783°N 117.633°W / 50.783; -117.633 (Camborne) (BCGNIS)
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| Camerontown
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Cameronton
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Cariboo
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Cariboo
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53°04′30″N 121°30′30″W / 53.07500°N 121.50833°W / 53.07500; -121.50833 (Camerontown) (BCGNIS)
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| Camp McKinney
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Boundary
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Kootenay Boundary
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49°07′00″N 119°11′00″W / 49.11667°N 119.18333°W / 49.11667; -119.18333 (Camp McKinney) (BCGNIS)
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0
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| Cape Scott
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Vancouver Island
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Mount Waddington
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50°47′N 128°20′W / 50.783°N 128.333°W / 50.783; -128.333 (Cape Scott) (BCGNIS)
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religious colony (Danes)
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500
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10
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| Carmi
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Okanagan
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Kootenay Boundary
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49°30′N 119°07′W / 49.500°N 119.117°W / 49.500; -119.117 (Carmi) (BCGNIS)
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0
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| Cascade City
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Boundary
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Kootenay Boundary
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49°12′N 118°12′W / 49.200°N 118.200°W / 49.200; -118.200 (Cascade City) (BCGNIS)
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0
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| Cassiar
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Cassiar
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49°01′N 118°12′W / 49.017°N 118.200°W / 49.017; -118.200 (Cassiar) (BCGNIS)
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Cassiar Gold Rush and later mining
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1,500
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0
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1952-1992
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| Cassidy
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Vancouver Island
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Nanaimo
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49°03′N 123°53′W / 49.050°N 123.883°W / 49.050; -123.883 (Cassidy) (BCGNIS)
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coal mining
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976
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| Caycuse
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Vancouver Island
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Cowichan Valley
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48°53′N 124°22′W / 48.883°N 124.367°W / 48.883; -124.367 (Caycuse) (BCGNIS)
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logging, sawmill & railway
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British Columbia Forest Products
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400+
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52
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| Centreville
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Cassiar
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59°17′N 129°24′W / 59.283°N 129.400°W / 59.283; -129.400 (Centreville) (BCGNIS)
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| Cherryville
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Okanagan (northern Monashees)
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North Okanagan
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50°14′30″N 118°37′00″W / 50.24167°N 118.61667°W / 50.24167; -118.61667 (Cherryville) (BCGNIS)
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1000
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| Circle City
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Upper Arrow Lake-Kootenay Lake
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Columbia-Shuswap
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50°45′40″N 117°26′45″W / 50.76111°N 117.44583°W / 50.76111; -117.44583 (Circle City) (BCGNIS)
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| Clayburn
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Abbotsford
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Fraser Valley
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49°05′N 122°16′W / 49.083°N 122.267°W / 49.083; -122.267 (Clayburn) (BCGNIS)
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clay mining/brickery
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0
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| Coal Creek
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East Kootenay
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East Kootenay
|
49°29′10″N 114°59′00″W / 49.48611°N 114.98333°W / 49.48611; -114.98333 (Coal Creek) (BCGNIS)
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0
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| Coalmont
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Similkameen
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Okanagan-Similkameen
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49°30′37″N 120°41′34″W / 49.51028°N 120.69278°W / 49.51028; -120.69278 (Coalmont) (BCGNIS)
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Coal Mining
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Columbia Coal & Coke (est.1911)
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400 (c. 1926)
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80
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| Cody
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Slocan
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Central Kootenay
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49°58′N 117°12′W / 49.967°N 117.200°W / 49.967; -117.200 (Cody) (BCGNIS)
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| Columbia
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Boundary
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Kootenay Boundary
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(BCGNIS)
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0
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| Comaplix
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Upper Arrow Lake
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Columbia-Shuswap
|
50°45′N 117°46′W / 50.750°N 117.767°W / 50.750; -117.767 (Comaplix) (BCGNIS)
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| Copper Mountain
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Similkameen
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Okanagan-Similkameen
|
49°19′30″N 120°32′20″W / 49.32500°N 120.53889°W / 49.32500; -120.53889 (Copper Mountain) (BCGNIS)
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0
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| Corbin
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East Kootenay
|
East Kootenay
|
49°31′N 114°39′W / 49.517°N 114.650°W / 49.517; -114.650 (BCGNIS)
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0
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| Coryell
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Gladstone
|
Boundary
|
Kootenay Boundary
|
49°09′N 118°06′W / 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°58′N 118°43′W / 50.967°N 118.717°W / 50.967; -118.717 (Craigellachie) (BCGNIS)
|
CPR construction
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| Deadwood
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|
Boundary
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Kootenay Boundary
|
49°06′N 118°42′W / 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
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Kitimat–Stikine
|
58°26′00″N 130°01′27″W / 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
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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
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Cassiar
|
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59°36′N 133°33′W / 59.600°N 133.550°W / 59.600; -133.550 (Discovery) (BCGNIS)
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| Donald
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|
Revelstoke
|
Columbia-Shuswap
|
51°29′45″N 117°10′25″W / 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°18′N 116°57′W / 50.300°N 116.950°W / 50.300; -116.950 (BCGNIS)
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| Dunkeld
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Manson Creek
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Omineca
|
Bulkley-Nechako
|
(BCGNIS)
|
Omineca Gold Rush
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| Eagle Pass Landing
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Shuswap
|
Columbia-Shuswap
|
50°57′55″N 118°22′10″W / 50.96528°N 118.36944°W / 50.96528; -118.36944 (Eagle Pass Landing) (BCGNIS) (record is for Eagle Pass)
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CPR construction
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near today's Sicamous
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| East New Hazelton
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|
Hazelton area
|
Kitimat–Stikine
|
55°15′N 127°40′W / 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
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|
Similkameen
|
Okanagan-Similkameen
|
|
|
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0
|
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| Eholt
|
|
Boundary
|
Kootenay Boundary
|
49°09′30″N 118°32′30″W / 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 / 49.51667°N 121.41667°W / 49.51667; -121.41667 (Emory City) (BCGNIS)
|
Fraser Canyon Gold Rush & CPR construction
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|
|
1858–1885
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| Fairview
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|
Okanagan
|
Okanagan-Similkameen
|
49°10′30″N 119°36′00″W / 49.17500°N 119.60000°W / 49.17500; -119.60000 (Fairview) (BCGNIS)
|
|
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0
|
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| Ferguson
|
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Upper Arrow Lake-Kootenay Lake
|
Columbia-Shuswap
|
50°41′N 117°29′W / 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°39′50″N 116°49′00″W / 51.66389°N 116.81667°W / 51.66389; -116.81667 (Field) (BCGNIS)
|
Railway construction, mining
|
|
3,000
|
170
|
|
| Fisherville
|
Wild Horse, Kootenai, Kootenay, Kootenais
|
East Kootenay
|
East Kootenay
|
49°39′19″N 115°35′39″W / 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°41′20″N 121°55′00″W / 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°04′N 124°33′W / 54.067°N 124.550°W / 54.067; -124.550 (Fort Fraser) (BCGNIS)
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
| Fort Keremeos
|
Fort Similkameen
|
Similkameen
|
Okanagan-Similkameen
|
49°12′N 119°50′W / 49.200°N 119.833°W / 49.200; -119.833 (Fort Keremeos) (BCGNIS)
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
| Fort Kilmaurs
|
Fort Babine, Babine
|
Babine Lake (New Caledonia)
|
Bulkley-Nechako
|
55°19′05″N 126°37′20″W / 55.31806°N 126.62222°W / 55.31806; -126.62222 (Fort Babine) (BCGNIS)
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
| Fort Kootenay
|
|
East Kootenay
|
East Kootenay
|
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
| Fort Rupert
|
|
Vancouver Island
|
Mount Waddington
|
50°42′N 127°25′W / 50.700°N 127.417°W / 50.700; -127.417 (Fort Rupert) (BCGNIS)
|
coal mining
|
|
|
0
|
|
| Fort Shepherd
|
Fort Sheppard, Sheppard
|
West Kootenay
|
Kootenay-Boundary
|
|
|
fur trade
|
|
0
|
|
| Fort Steele
|
|
East Kootenay
|
East Kootenay
|
49°37′N 115°38′W / 49.617°N 115.633°W / 49.617; -115.633 (Fort Steele) (BCGNIS)
|
Wild Horse Creek War (see Fisherville)
|
|
|
staff
|
|
| Fountain
|
Upper Fountains, The Fountain, Fountain Flats
|
Lillooet
|
Squamish-Lillooet
|
50°45′00″N 121°53′00″W / 50.75000°N 121.88333°W / 50.75000; -121.88333 (Fountain) (BCGNIS)
|
|
|
|
300
|
|
| Freeport
|
|
Burns Lake area
|
Bulkley-Nechako
|
|
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway construction/realty promotion
|
|
|
0
|
|
| Galena Bay
|
Galena
|
Upper Arrow Lake
|
Columbia-Shuswap
|
50°40′N 117°51′W / 50.667°N 117.850°W / 50.667; -117.850 (Galena Bay) (BCGNIS)
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| Garibaldi
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Cheakamus River
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Squamish-Lillooet
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49°58′N 123°09′W / 49.967°N 123.150°W / 49.967; -123.150 (Garibaldi) (BCGNIS
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railway lodge, ski cabins (see The Barrier)
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| Gerrard
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Upper Arrow Lake-Kootenay Lake
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Columbia-Shuswap
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50°31′N 117°17′W / 50.517°N 117.283°W / 50.517; -117.283 (Gerrard) (BCGNIS)
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| Germansen's Landing
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Germansen Creek
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Omineca Country
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Bulkley-Nechako
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55°47′N 124°42′W / 55.783°N 124.700°W / 55.783; -124.700 (Germansen's Landing) (BCGNIS)
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Omineca Gold Rush
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| Gladstone
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Coryell
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Boundary
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Kootenay Boundary
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49°09′N 118°06′W / 49.150°N 118.100°W / 49.150; -118.100 (Gladstone) (BCGNIS)
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Burnt Basin Gold Rush
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0
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| Gold Bridge
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Bridge River
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Squamish-Lillooet
|
50°51′N 122°50′W / 50.850°N 122.833°W / 50.850; -122.833 (Gold Bridge) (BCGNIS)
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3,000
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300
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| Gold Hill
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Kootenay Lake
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Central Kootenay
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50°23′N 117°05′W / 50.383°N 117.083°W / 50.383; -117.083 (Gold Hill) (BCGNIS)
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| Goldfields
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Upper Arrow Lake
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Columbia-Shuswap
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| Granite Creek
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Granite City, Granite
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Similkameen
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Okanagan-Similkameen
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49°30′16″N 120°40′50″W / 49.50444°N 120.68056°W / 49.50444; -120.68056 (Granite City) (BCGNIS)
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Tulameen Gold Rush
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2000 (c. 1886)
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0
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| Greenwood
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Boundary
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Kootenay Boundary
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49°06′N 118°41′W / 49.100°N 118.683°W / 49.100; -118.683 (Greenwood) (BCGNIS)
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copper/galena mining & smelting
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8,000
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500
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1897–present
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| Green River
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Soo Valley
|
now part of Whistler
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Squamish-Lillooet
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50°13′N 122°53′W / 50.217°N 122.883°W / 50.217; -122.883 (Green River) (BCGNIS)
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mill camp, later hippie/skier squat
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BCR/PGE station was "Parkhurst". BC Geographical Names.
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| Grouse Creek
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Cariboo
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Cariboo
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Grouse Creek War
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| Harewood
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mid-Vancouver Island
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Nanaimo
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| Harrison Mills
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Carnarvon
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Fraser Valley
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Fraser Valley
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49°15′N 121°57′W / 49.250°N 121.950°W / 49.250; -121.950 (Harrison Mills) (BCGNIS)
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sawmill & railway
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3,000
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30
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| Hedley
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Similkameen
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Okanagan-Similkameen
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49°21′N 120°04′W / 49.350°N 120.067°W / 49.350; -120.067 (Hedley) (BCGNIS)
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gold mining
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300
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| Hendrix Lake
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Cariboo
|
Cariboo
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52°05′50″N 120°47′25″W / 52.09722°N 120.79028°W / 52.09722; -120.79028 (Hendrix Lake) (BCGNIS)
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Boss Mountain Mine (molybdenum)
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Noranda (mining company)
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300-500 (late 60's)
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6 (approx)
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1965-1972 (now primarily a cottage community)
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| Hill's Bar
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Fraser Canyon, 10 mi. south of Yale
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Fraser Valley
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49°32′N 121°25′W / 49.533°N 121.417°W / 49.533; -121.417 (Hill's Bar) (BCGNIS)
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Fraser Canyon Gold Rush
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0
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| Hogem
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Old Hogem
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Omineca
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Bulkley-Nechako
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Omineca Gold Rush
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| Holberg
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Vancouver Island
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Mount Waddington
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50°39′N 128°01′W / 50.650°N 128.017°W / 50.650; -128.017 (Holberg) (BCGNIS)
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religious colony (Danes); CFB Holberg (DEW Line)
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500
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10
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| Howellton
|
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Omineca Country
|
Bulkley-Nechako
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|
Omineca Gold Rush
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| Illecillewaet
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|
Revelstoke
|
Columbia-Shuswap
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51°11′N 117°45′W / 51.183°N 117.750°W / 51.183; -117.750 (Illecillewaet) (BCGNIS)
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CPR construction
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| Iron Bay
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Indian Arm
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Lower Mainland
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49°26′55″N 122°51′32″W / 49.44861°N 122.85889°W / 49.44861; -122.85889 (Iron Bay) (BCGNIS)
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Quarrying, Logging
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| Kansas
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Cariboo
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Cariboo
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| Keefers
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Keefer, Keefer's
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Fraser Canyon
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Fraser Valley
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near North Bend
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railway (CPR?)
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| Keithley Creek
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Cariboo
|
Cariboo
|
52°46′N 121°25′W / 52.767°N 121.417°W / 52.767; -121.417 (Keithley Creek) (BCGNIS)
|
Cariboo Gold Rush
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40
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|
| Keremeos Centre
|
|
Similkameen
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Okanagan-Similkameen
|
49°12′N 119°50′W / 49.200°N 119.833°W / 49.200; -119.833 (Keremeos) (BCGNIS) (record is for Keremeos)
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0
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| Kerr Creek
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Similkameen
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Yale-Similkameen
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49°03′N 118°45′W / 49.050°N 118.750°W / 49.050; -118.750 (Kerr Creek) (BCGNIS)
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| Kitsault
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North Coast (Observatory Inlet)
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Kitimat–Stikine
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55°27′25″N 129°28′36″W / 55.45694°N 129.47667°W / 55.45694; -129.47667 (Kitsault) (BCGNIS)
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Molybdenum mining & processing.
|
Amax of Canada Ltd.
|
1200
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|
1978–1983
|
| Laketon
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Cassiar District
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58°42′N 130°06′W / 58.700°N 130.100°W / 58.700; -130.100 (Laketon) (BCGNIS)
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| Lardeau City
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Upper Arrow Lake
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Columbia-Shuswap
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| Leadville
|
Summit City
|
Similkameen
|
Okanagan-Similkameen
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0
|
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| Leechtown
|
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Vancouver Island
|
Capital
|
48°29′N 123°43′W / 48.483°N 123.717°W / 48.483; -123.717 (Leechtown) (BCGNIS)
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0
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| Lemon Creek
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Slocan
|
Central Kootenay
|
49°42′N 117°28′W / 49.700°N 117.467°W / 49.700; -117.467 (Lemon Creek) (BCGNIS)
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Mining, Japanese internment
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| Lumberton
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East Kootenay
|
East Kootenay
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49°25′N 115°52′W / 49.417°N 115.867°W / 49.417; -115.867 (Lumberton) (BCGNIS)
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0
|
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| McDame
|
Fort McDame, McDame Post
|
Cassiar
|
|
59°11′00″N 129°14′00″W / 59.18333°N 129.23333°W / 59.18333; -129.23333 (McDame) (BCGNIS)
|
Cassiar Gold Rush
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| McGillivray Falls
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Lillooet
|
Squamish-Lillooet
|
50°37′N 122°26′W / 50.617°N 122.433°W / 50.617; -122.433 (McGillivray Falls) (BCGNIS)
|
railway resort
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| Manson Creek
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Omineca
|
Bulkley-Nechako
|
55°40′N 124°29′W / 55.667°N 124.483°W / 55.667; -124.483 (Manson Creek) (BCGNIS)
|
Omineca Gold Rush
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|
|
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| 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
|
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| Morrissey
|
|
East Kootenay
|
East Kootenay
|
49°23′N 115°01′W / 49.383°N 115.017°W / 49.383; -115.017 (Morrissey) (BCGNIS)
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|
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0
|
|
| Morrissey Mines
|
|
East Kootenay
|
East Kootenay
|
49°21′15″N 115°00′15″W / 49.35417°N 115.00417°W / 49.35417; -115.00417 (Morrissey Mines) (BCGNIS)
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|
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0
|
|
| Moyie City
|
|
East Kootenay
|
East Kootenay
|
49°18′N 115°50′W / 49.300°N 115.833°W / 49.300; -115.833 (Moyie City) (BCGNIS)
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|
|
|
450
|
|
| Natal
|
|
East Kootenay
|
Sparwood (As of 1966)
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|
|
|
|
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| Nashton
|
Zwicky
|
Kootenay Lake
|
Central Kootenay
|
49°55′15″N 116°59′10″W / 49.92083°N 116.98611°W / 49.92083; -116.98611 (Nashton) (BCGNIS)
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|
|
|
|
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| New Denver
|
|
Slocan
|
Central Kootenay
|
49°59′30″N 117°22′55″W / 49.99167°N 117.38194°W / 49.99167; -117.38194 (New Denver) (BCGNIS)
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|
|
|
| New Hogem
|
Hogem; see also Old Hogem
|
Omineca Country
|
Bulkley-Nechako
|
|
Omineca Gold Rush
|
|
|
|
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| Niagara
|
|
Boundary Country
|
Kootenay Boundary
|
49°06′N 118°28′W / 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°53′N 123°27′W / 49.883°N 123.450°W / 49.883; -123.450 (North Bend) (BCGNIS)
|
CPR
|
|
|
|
|
| Ocean Falls
|
|
Central Coast
|
Central Coast
|
52°21′20″N 127°41′20″W / 52.35556°N 127.68889°W / 52.35556; -127.68889 (Ocean Falls) (BCGNIS)
|
|
|
|
50
|
|
| Okanagan Mission
|
|
Okanagan
|
Central Okanagan
|
49°49′N 119°29′W / 49.817°N 119.483°W / 49.817; -119.483 (Okanagan Mission) (BCGNIS)
|
|
|
|
(now part of Greater Kelowna)
|
|
| Olalla
|
|
Similkameen
|
Okanagan-Similkameen
|
49°16′N 119°50′W / 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°09′38″N 122°55′01″W / 50.16064°N 122.91698°W / 50.16064; -122.91698
|
Logging outpost
|
Barr Brothers Logging Company
|
70 (c.1930)
|
0
|
1923–1966
|
| Parsonville
|
Parsonsville
|
Lillooet
|
Squamish-Lillooet
|
|
Fraser Canyon Gold Rush
|
|
|
0
|
|
| Pemberton Meadows
|
|
Lillooet
|
Squamish-Lillooet
|
50°26′30″N 122°55′00″W / 50.44167°N 122.91667°W / 50.44167; -122.91667 (Pemberton Meadows) (BCGNIS)
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
| Phoenix
|
Greenwood Camp
|
Boundary
|
Kootenay Boundary
|
49°06′N 118°35′W / 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°38′N 124°25′W / 54.633°N 124.417°W / 54.633; -124.417 (Pinchi Lake) (BCGNIS)
|
Mercury mining
|
Tech Resources (formally Cominco Ltd.)
|
|
0
|
1940–1944, 1968–1975
|
| Poplar Creek
|
|
Kootenay Lake
|
Central Kootenay
|
50°25′N 117°08′W / 50.417°N 117.133°W / 50.417; -117.133 (Poplar Creek) (BCGNIS)
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Port Douglas
|
|
Lillooet River-Harrison Lake
|
Fraser Valley
|
49°46′N 122°10′W / 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°09′N 129°58′W / 54.150°N 129.967°W / 54.150; -129.967 (Port Essington) (BCGNIS)
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Porter Landing
|
|
Cassiar District
|
|
58°48′N 130°06′W / 58.800°N 130.100°W / 58.800; -130.100 (Porter Landing) (BCGNIS)
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Quesnel Forks
|
|
Cariboo
|
Cariboo
|
52°40′N 121°40′W / 52.667°N 121.667°W / 52.667; -121.667 (Quesnel Forks) (BCGNIS)
|
Cariboo Gold Rush
|
|
|
|
|
| Red Gap
|
|
Vancouver Island
|
Nanaimo
|
49°15′11″N 124°10′16″W / 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°03′N 117°08′W / 50.050°N 117.133°W / 50.050; -117.133 (Retallack) (BCGNIS)
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Richfield
|
|
Cariboo
|
Cariboo
|
|
Cariboo Gold Rush
|
|
|
|
|
| Rock Creek
|
|
Boundary
|
Kootenay Boundary
|
49°03′N 119°00′W / 49.050°N 119.000°W / 49.050; -119.000 (Rock Creek) (BCGNIS)
|
|
|
|
500 (area)
|
|
| Sandon
|
|
Slocan
|
Central Kootenay
|
49°59′N 117°14′W / 49.983°N 117.233°W / 49.983; -117.233 (Sandon) (BCGNIS)
|
|
|
|
10(area)
|
|
| Shalalth
|
Bridge River
|
Seton Lake, Bridge River
|
Squamish-Lillooet
|
50°44′N 122°13′W / 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°38′N 127°01′W / 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°10′N 122°55′W / 50.167°N 122.917°W / 50.167; -122.917 (Soo Valley) (BCGNIS)
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Spences Bridge
|
|
Thompson Canyon
|
Thompson-Nicola
|
50°25′N 121°21′W / 50.417°N 121.350°W / 50.417; -121.350 (Spences Bridge) (BCGNIS)
|
Cariboo Road, CPR
|
|
|
|
|
| Stanley
|
|
Cariboo
|
Cariboo
|
53°02′N 121°43′W / 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°13′N 122°21′W / 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°16′N 121°14′W / 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°46′N 132°2′W / 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°57′57″N 119°25′48″W / 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°01′00″N 117°17′00″W / 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 / 50.93444°N 118.47861°W / 50.93444; -118.47861
|
Gold mine
|
|
|
|
~1886–?
|
| Tipella City
|
Tipella
|
Harrison Lake
|
Fraser Valley
|
49°44′00″N 122°09′00″W / 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°39′05″N 117°32′25″W / 50.65131°N 117.54036°W / 50.65131; -117.54036 (Trout Lake City) (BCGNIS)
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Tulameen
|
Otter Flat
|
Similkameen
|
Okanagan-Similkameen
|
49°32′45″N 120°45′35″W / 49.54589°N 120.75970°W / 49.54589; -120.75970 (Tulameen) (BCGNIS)
|
|
|
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| Upper Keremeos
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Similkameen
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Okanagan-Similkameen
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0
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| Volcanic City
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Boundary
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Kootenay Boundary
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1
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0
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| Waldo
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East Kootenay
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East Kootenay
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49°12′N 115°13′W / 49.200°N 115.217°W / 49.200; -115.217 (Waldo) (BCGNIS)
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0
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| Walhachin
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Thompson
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Thompson-Nicola
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50°45′31″N 121°01′16″W / 50.75864°N 121.02118°W / 50.75864; -121.02118 (Walhachin) (BCGNIS)
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150
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| Waterloo
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West Kootenay
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Central Kootenay
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after abandonment, location of ferry operated by Doukhobor community
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150
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| Zincton
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Slocan
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Central Kootenay
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50°02′00″N 117°12′00″W / 50.03333°N 117.19996°W / 50.03333; -117.19996 (Zincton) (BCGNIS)
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