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 / 54.11667°N 122.03333°W / 54.11667; -122.03333 (Aleza Lake ) (BCGNIS)
Railway station
200
7
1914–1999
Alice Arm
Alice Arm , Observatory Inlet North Coast
Kitimat–Stikine
55°29′00″N 129°28′00″W / 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
Allenby
Similkameen
Okanagan-Similkameen
49°25′00″N 120°31′00″W / 49.41667°N 120.51667°W / 49.41667; -120.51667 (Allenby ) (BCGNIS)
copper mining; see Copper Mountain
Alta Lake
now part of Whistler
Squamish-Lillooet
50°08′30″N 122°57′20″W / 50.14167°N 122.95556°W / 50.14167; -122.95556 (Alta Lake ) (BCGNIS)
Alvin
Pitt Lake
Fraser Valley
49°36′N 122°38′W / 49.600°N 122.633°W / 49.600; -122.633 (Alvin ) (BCGNIS)
Anaconda
Boundary
Kootenay Boundary
49°05′05″N 118°40′59″W / 49.08472°N 118.68306°W / 49.08472; -118.68306 (Anaconda ) (BCGNIS)
copper mining & smelter
Anaconda Copper
1894-1924(?)
Antler Creek
Antler
Cariboo
Cariboo
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)
gold
Anyox
North Coast (Observatory Inlet)
Kitimat–Stikine
55°25′N 129°49′W / 55.417°N 129.817°W / 55.417; -129.817 (Anyox ) (BCGNIS)
mining & smelter
Granby Mining & Smelter Co.
10
Arrowhead
Upper Arrow Lake
Columbia-Shuswap
50°42′40″N 117°55′15″W / 50.71111°N 117.92083°W / 50.71111; -117.92083 (Arrowhead ) (BCGNIS)
Bamberton
Vancouver Island
Cowichan Valley
48°35′09″N 123°31′20″W / 48.58583°N 123.52222°W / 48.58583; -123.52222 (Bamberton ) (BCGNIS)
Cement plant
BC Cement Company
1912–1980
Barkerville
Cariboo
Cariboo
53°04′00″N 121°31′00″W / 53.06667°N 121.51667°W / 53.06667; -121.51667 (Barkerville ) (BCGNIS)
Cariboo Gold Rush
16,000
100 (staff)
Barkley Valley
Cayoosh Range , Lillooet Country
Squamish-Lillooet
50°29′N 122°20′W / 50.483°N 122.333°W / 50.483; -122.333 (Barnet ) (BCGNIS)
Barkley Valley Mines, Ltd - gold/silver
0
Barnet
Burnaby (Burrard Inlet)
Metro Vancouver
49°18′N 122°55′W / 49.300°N 122.917°W / 49.300; -122.917 (Barnet ) (BCGNIS)
0
Baynes Lake
East Kootenay
East Kootenay
49°14′N 115°13′W / 49.233°N 115.217°W / 49.233; -115.217 (Baynes Lake ) (BCGNIS)
sawmill & railway
Adolph Lumber Company
280
Bennett
Bennett Lake, Bennett Lake City
Klondike Gold Rush
59°51′00″N 135°00′00″W / 59.85000°N 135.00000°W / 59.85000; -135.00000 (Bennett ) (BCGNIS)
Big Bar
Sixty Mile, Big Bar Ferry
Fraser Canyon
Squamish-Lillooet
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)
2,000
50 (IR )
Big Bend
Columbia
Columbia-Shuswap
Big Bend Gold Rush
0
Birmingham
Prince George
Fraser-Fort George
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway construction/realty promotion
0
Blackfoot
Similkameen
Okanagan-Similkameen
Similkameen Gold Rush
0
Blakeburn
Similkameen
Okanagan-Similkameen
49°28′54″N 120°44′25″W / 49.48167°N 120.74028°W / 49.48167; -120.74028 (Blakeburn ) (BCGNIS)
Coal Mining
Coalmont Collieries (1927–1940)
250 (ca1932)
0
Boothroyd
Boothroyd, Canyon Alpine
Fraser Canyon
Fraser Valley
49°57′55″N 121°29′00″W / 49.96528°N 121.48333°W / 49.96528; -121.48333 (Boothroyd's ) (BCGNIS)
CPR
Boston Bar
Quayome
Fraser Canyon
Fraser Valley
49°52′N 121°26′W / 49.867°N 121.433°W / 49.867; -121.433 (Boston Bar ) (BCGNIS)
CPR
Boundary Falls
Boundary
Kootenay Boundary
49°02′00″N 118°42′00″W / 49.03333°N 118.70000°W / 49.03333; -118.70000 (Boundary Falls ) (BCGNIS)
smelter & railway
0
Bullion
Cariboo
Cariboo
52°37′N 121°39′W / 52.617°N 121.650°W / 52.617; -121.650 (Bullion ) (BCGNIS)
Cariboo Gold Rush
0
Bralorne
Bridge River
Squamish-Lillooet
50°46′00″N 122°49′00″W / 50.76667°N 122.81667°W / 50.76667; -122.81667 (Bralorne ) (BCGNIS)
gold mining
8,000
300
Bradian
Bralorne Third Townsite
Bridge River
Squamish-Lillooet
50°46′10″N 122°47′30″W / 50.76944°N 122.79167°W / 50.76944; -122.79167 (Bradian ) (BCGNIS)
2,000
20
Brexton
Bridge River
Squamish-Lillooet
50°50′00″N 122°49′00″W / 50.83333°N 122.81667°W / 50.83333; -122.81667 (Brexton ) (BCGNIS)
3,000
20
Bridge River
Six Mile, Lower Fountains, Lower Fountain
Lillooet
Squamish-Lillooet
50°50′00″N 122°49′00″W / 50.83333°N 122.81667°W / 50.83333; -122.81667 (Bridge River ) (BCGNIS)
3,000
50 (IR )
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°38′00″N 123°12′00″W / 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
0
Butedale
Central Coast
Central Coast
53°09′00″N 128°42′00″W / 53.15000°N 128.70000°W / 53.15000; -128.70000 (Butedale ) (BCGNIS)
2,000
10
Camborne
Upper Arrow Lake
Columbia-Shuswap
50°47′N 117°38′W / 50.783°N 117.633°W / 50.783; -117.633 (Camborne ) (BCGNIS)
Camerontown
Cameronton
Cariboo
Cariboo
53°04′30″N 121°30′30″W / 53.07500°N 121.50833°W / 53.07500; -121.50833 (Camerontown ) (BCGNIS)
Camp McKinney
Boundary
Kootenay Boundary
49°07′00″N 119°11′00″W / 49.11667°N 119.18333°W / 49.11667; -119.18333 (Camp McKinney ) (BCGNIS)
0
Cape Scott
Vancouver Island
Mount Waddington
50°47′N 128°20′W / 50.783°N 128.333°W / 50.783; -128.333 (Cape Scott ) (BCGNIS)
religious colony (Danes)
500
10
Carmi
Okanagan
Kootenay Boundary
49°30′N 119°07′W / 49.500°N 119.117°W / 49.500; -119.117 (Carmi ) (BCGNIS)
0
Cascade City
Boundary
Kootenay Boundary
49°12′N 118°12′W / 49.200°N 118.200°W / 49.200; -118.200 (Cascade City ) (BCGNIS)
0
Cassiar
Cassiar
49°01′N 118°12′W / 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°03′N 123°53′W / 49.050°N 123.883°W / 49.050; -123.883 (Cassidy ) (BCGNIS)
coal mining
976
Caycuse
Vancouver Island
Cowichan Valley
48°53′N 124°22′W / 48.883°N 124.367°W / 48.883; -124.367 (Caycuse ) (BCGNIS)
logging, sawmill & railway
British Columbia Forest Products
400+
52
Centreville
Cassiar
59°17′N 129°24′W / 59.283°N 129.400°W / 59.283; -129.400 (Centreville ) (BCGNIS)
Cherryville
Okanagan (northern Monashees)
North Okanagan
50°14′30″N 118°37′00″W / 50.24167°N 118.61667°W / 50.24167; -118.61667 (Cherryville ) (BCGNIS)
1000
Circle City
Upper Arrow Lake -Kootenay Lake
Columbia-Shuswap
50°45′40″N 117°26′45″W / 50.76111°N 117.44583°W / 50.76111; -117.44583 (Circle City ) (BCGNIS)
Clayburn
Abbotsford
Fraser Valley
49°05′N 122°16′W / 49.083°N 122.267°W / 49.083; -122.267 (Clayburn ) (BCGNIS)
clay mining/brickery
0
Coal Creek
East Kootenay
East Kootenay
49°29′10″N 114°59′00″W / 49.48611°N 114.98333°W / 49.48611; -114.98333 (Coal Creek ) (BCGNIS)
0
Coalmont
Similkameen
Okanagan-Similkameen
49°30′37″N 120°41′34″W / 49.51028°N 120.69278°W / 49.51028; -120.69278 (Coalmont ) (BCGNIS)
Coal Mining
Columbia Coal & Coke (est.1911)
400 (c. 1926)
80
Cody
Slocan
Central Kootenay
49°58′N 117°12′W / 49.967°N 117.200°W / 49.967; -117.200 (Cody ) (BCGNIS)
Columbia
Boundary
Kootenay Boundary
(BCGNIS)
0
Comaplix
Upper Arrow Lake
Columbia-Shuswap
50°45′N 117°46′W / 50.750°N 117.767°W / 50.750; -117.767 (Comaplix ) (BCGNIS)
Copper Mountain
Similkameen
Okanagan-Similkameen
49°19′30″N 120°32′20″W / 49.32500°N 120.53889°W / 49.32500; -120.53889 (Copper Mountain ) (BCGNIS)
0
Corbin
East Kootenay
East Kootenay
49°31′N 114°39′W / 49.517°N 114.650°W / 49.517; -114.650 (BCGNIS)
0
Coryell
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
0
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
Deadwood
Boundary
Kootenay Boundary
49°06′N 118°42′W / 49.100°N 118.700°W / 49.100; -118.700 (Deadwood ) (BCGNIS)
0
Dease Lake
Dease Lake Post
Cassiar -|Stikine
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
500
Derby
Old Fort Langley
Fraser Valley
Metro Vancouver
founding of Colony of British Columbia -Fraser Canyon Gold Rush
40 (now rural area in Langley)
Discovery
Cassiar
59°36′N 133°33′W / 59.600°N 133.550°W / 59.600; -133.550 (Discovery ) (BCGNIS)
Donald
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
Duncan City
Howser
Kootenay Lake
Central Kootenay
50°18′N 116°57′W / 50.300°N 116.950°W / 50.300; -116.950 (BCGNIS)
Dunkeld
Manson Creek
Omineca
Bulkley-Nechako
(BCGNIS)
Omineca Gold Rush
Eagle Pass Landing
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)
CPR construction
near today's Sicamous
East New Hazelton
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
0
East Princeton
Similkameen
Okanagan-Similkameen
0
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
0
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
1858–1885
Fairview
Okanagan
Okanagan-Similkameen
49°10′30″N 119°36′00″W / 49.17500°N 119.60000°W / 49.17500; -119.60000 (Fairview ) (BCGNIS)
0
Ferguson
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)
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)
Garibaldi
Cheakamus River
Squamish-Lillooet
49°58′N 123°09′W / 49.967°N 123.150°W / 49.967; -123.150 (Garibaldi ) (BCGNIS
railway lodge, ski cabins (see The Barrier )
Gerrard
Upper Arrow Lake -Kootenay Lake
Columbia-Shuswap
50°31′N 117°17′W / 50.517°N 117.283°W / 50.517; -117.283 (Gerrard ) (BCGNIS)
Germansen's Landing
Germansen Creek
Omineca Country
Bulkley-Nechako
55°47′N 124°42′W / 55.783°N 124.700°W / 55.783; -124.700 (Germansen's Landing ) (BCGNIS)
Omineca Gold Rush
Gladstone
Coryell
Boundary
Kootenay Boundary
49°09′N 118°06′W / 49.150°N 118.100°W / 49.150; -118.100 (Gladstone ) (BCGNIS)
Burnt Basin Gold Rush
0
Gold Bridge
Bridge River
Squamish-Lillooet
50°51′N 122°50′W / 50.850°N 122.833°W / 50.850; -122.833 (Gold Bridge ) (BCGNIS)
3,000
300
Gold Hill
Kootenay Lake
Central Kootenay
50°23′N 117°05′W / 50.383°N 117.083°W / 50.383; -117.083 (Gold Hill ) (BCGNIS)
Goldfields
Upper Arrow Lake
Columbia-Shuswap
Granite Creek
Granite City, Granite
Similkameen
Okanagan-Similkameen
49°30′16″N 120°40′50″W / 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°06′N 118°41′W / 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°13′N 122°53′W / 50.217°N 122.883°W / 50.217; -122.883 (Green River ) (BCGNIS)
mill camp, later hippie/skier squat
BCR/PGE station was "Parkhurst" . BC Geographical Names .
Grouse Creek
Cariboo
Cariboo
Grouse Creek War
Harewood
mid-Vancouver Island
Nanaimo
Harrison Mills
Carnarvon
Fraser Valley
Fraser Valley
49°15′N 121°57′W / 49.250°N 121.950°W / 49.250; -121.950 (Harrison Mills ) (BCGNIS)
sawmill & railway
3,000
30
Hedley
Similkameen
Okanagan-Similkameen
49°21′N 120°04′W / 49.350°N 120.067°W / 49.350; -120.067 (Hedley ) (BCGNIS)
gold mining
300
Hendrix Lake
Cariboo
Cariboo
52°05′50″N 120°47′25″W / 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°32′N 121°25′W / 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
Holberg
Vancouver Island
Mount Waddington
50°39′N 128°01′W / 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
Illecillewaet
Revelstoke
Columbia-Shuswap
51°11′N 117°45′W / 51.183°N 117.750°W / 51.183; -117.750 (Illecillewaet ) (BCGNIS)
CPR construction
Iron Bay
Indian Arm
Lower Mainland
49°26′55″N 122°51′32″W / 49.44861°N 122.85889°W / 49.44861; -122.85889 (Iron Bay ) (BCGNIS)
Quarrying, Logging
Kansas
Cariboo
Cariboo
Keefers
Keefer, Keefer's
Fraser Canyon
Fraser Valley
near North Bend
railway (CPR ?)
Keithley Creek
Cariboo
Cariboo
52°46′N 121°25′W / 52.767°N 121.417°W / 52.767; -121.417 (Keithley Creek ) (BCGNIS)
Cariboo Gold Rush
40
Keremeos Centre
Similkameen
Okanagan-Similkameen
49°12′N 119°50′W / 49.200°N 119.833°W / 49.200; -119.833 (Keremeos ) (BCGNIS) (record is for Keremeos)
0
Kerr Creek
Similkameen
Yale-Similkameen
49°03′N 118°45′W / 49.050°N 118.750°W / 49.050; -118.750 (Kerr Creek ) (BCGNIS)
Kitsault
North Coast (Observatory Inlet)
Kitimat–Stikine
55°27′25″N 129°28′36″W / 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°42′N 130°06′W / 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°29′N 123°43′W / 48.483°N 123.717°W / 48.483; -123.717 (Leechtown ) (BCGNIS)
0
Lemon Creek
Slocan
Central Kootenay
49°42′N 117°28′W / 49.700°N 117.467°W / 49.700; -117.467 (Lemon Creek ) (BCGNIS)
Mining, Japanese internment
Lumberton
East Kootenay
East Kootenay
49°25′N 115°52′W / 49.417°N 115.867°W / 49.417; -115.867 (Lumberton ) (BCGNIS)
0
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
McGillivray Falls
Lillooet
Squamish-Lillooet
50°37′N 122°26′W / 50.617°N 122.433°W / 50.617; -122.433 (McGillivray Falls ) (BCGNIS)
railway resort
Manson Creek
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
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°23′N 115°01′W / 49.383°N 115.017°W / 49.383; -115.017 (Morrissey ) (BCGNIS)
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)
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)
450
Natal
East Kootenay
Sparwood (As of 1966)
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)
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)
New Hogem
Hogem; see also Old Hogem
Omineca Country
Bulkley-Nechako
Omineca Gold Rush
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[ 1]
70 (c.1930)[ 2]
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.) [ 3]
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[ 4]
~1886–?[ 5]
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)
Upper Keremeos
Similkameen
Okanagan-Similkameen
0
Volcanic City
Boundary
Kootenay Boundary
1
0
Waldo
East Kootenay
East Kootenay
49°12′N 115°13′W / 49.200°N 115.217°W / 49.200; -115.217 (Waldo ) (BCGNIS)
0
Walhachin
Thompson
Thompson-Nicola
50°45′31″N 121°01′16″W / 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°02′00″N 117°12′00″W / 50.03333°N 117.19996°W / 50.03333; -117.19996 (Zincton ) (BCGNIS)