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List of ghost towns in British Columbia
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This is a list of ghost towns in the Canadian province of British Columbia, including those still partly-inhabited as well as those completely abandoned or derelict. Region of location and associated events or enterprises are included.
| Ghost town | alternate names | locality/region | location/coordinates | Events/activity | Company town | Peak population & era | Today's population | lifespan |
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| Agerton | Akerton | Pemberton Valley | agrarian colony (Norwegians) | 0 | ||||
| Allenby | Similkameen | copper mining; see Copper Mountain | ||||||
| Alta Lake | now part of Whistler | |||||||
| Alvin | Pitt Lake | |||||||
| Anaconda | Boundary | copper mining & smelter | Anaconda Mines | |||||
| Antler Creek | Antler | Cariboo | ||||||
| Anyox | North Coast (Observatory Inlet) | smelter; Granby Mining & Smelter Co. | 10 | |||||
| Arrowhead | Upper Arrow Lake | |||||||
| Barkerville | Cariboo | Cariboo Gold Rush | 16,000 | 100 (staff) | ||||
| Barnet | Burnaby (Burrard Inlet) | 0 | ||||||
| Baynes Lake | East Kootenay | 0 | ||||||
| Bennett | Bennett Lake, Bennett Lake City | Klondike Gold Rush | 0 | |||||
| Big Bar | Sixty Mile, Big Bar Ferry | Fraser Canyon | 2,000 | 50 (IR) | ||||
| Big Bend | Columbia | Big Bend Gold Rush | 0 | |||||
| Birmingham | Prince George | Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad construction/realty promotion | 0 | |||||
| Boundary Falls | Boundary | smelter & railway | 0 | |||||
| Blackfoot | Similkameen | gold (Similkameen Gold Rush | 0 | |||||
| Blakeburn | Similkameen | coal | 0 | |||||
| Boothroyd's | Boothroyd, Canyon Alpine | Fraser Canyon | CPR | |||||
| Boston Bar | Quayome | Fraser Canyon | CPR | |||||
| Boundary Falls | Boundary | 0 | ||||||
| Bullion | Cariboo | Cariboo Gold Rush | 0 | |||||
| Bralorne | Bridge River | 8,000 | 300 | |||||
| Bradian | Bralorne Third Townsite | Bridge River | 2,000 | 20 | ||||
| Brexton | Bridge River | 3,000 | 20 | |||||
| Bridge River | Six Mile, Lower Fountains, Lower Fountain | Lillooet | 3,000 | 50 (IR) | ||||
| Brittania Beach | Brittania | Howe Sound | gold mining (hard rock) | |||||
| Brooklyn | Boundary | 0 | ||||||
| Butedale | Central Coast | 2,000 | 10 | |||||
| Camborne | Upper Arrow Lake | |||||||
| Camerontown | Cariboo | |||||||
| Camp McKinney | Boundary | 0 | ||||||
| Cape Scott | Central Coast | religious colony (Danes) | 500 | 10 | ||||
| Cassidy | Vancouver Island | coal mining | 0 |
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| Carmi | Okanagan | 0 | ||||||
| Cascade City | Boundary | 0 | ||||||
| Cassiar | Cassiar District | Cassiar Gold Rush and later mining | ||||||
| Cedar City | Cariboo | |||||||
| Centreville | Cassiar District | |||||||
| Cherryville | Okanagan (northern Monashees) | 0 | ||||||
| Circle City | Upper Arrow Lake-Kootenay Lake | |||||||
| Clayburn | Abbotsford | clay mining/brickery | 0 | |||||
| Coal Creek | East Kootenay | 0 | ||||||
| Coalmont | Similkameen | 0 | ||||||
| Cody | Slocan | |||||||
| Columbia | Boundary | 0 | ||||||
| Comaplix, British ColumbiaComaplix | Upper Arrow Lake | |||||||
| Copper Mountain | Similkameen | 0 | ||||||
| Corbin | East Kootenay | 0 | ||||||
| Coryell | Gladstone | Boundary | 0 | |||||
| Craigellachie | Eagle Pass | CPR construction | ||||||
| Deadwood | Boundary | 0 | ||||||
| Dease Lake | Dease Lake Post | Cassiar District | Cassiar Gold Rush | 500 | ||||
| Derby | Old Fort Langley | Fraser Valley | founding of Colony of British Columbia-Fraser Canyon Gold Rush | 40 (now rural area in Langley) | ||||
| Discovery | Cassiar District | |||||||
| Donald | Revelstoke | CPR construction | ||||||
| Duncan City | Howser | Kootenay Lake | ||||||
| Dunkeld | Omineca Country | Omineca Gold Rush | ||||||
| Eagle Pass Landing | sicamous | CPR construction | ||||||
| East New Hazelton | Hazelton area | Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad construction/realty promotion | 0 | |||||
| East Princeton | Similkameen | 0 | ||||||
| Eholt | Boundary | railway | 0 | |||||
| Emory City | Emory, Emory Bar | Fraser Canyon | CPR construction | |||||
| Fairview | Okanagan | 0 | ||||||
| Ferguson | Upper Arrow Lake-Kootenay Lake | |||||||
| Fisherville | East Kootenay | 0 | ||||||
| Fort Berens | Lillooet | fur trade, gold rush | 0 | never finished construction; adjacent to Parsonville and Marysville | ||||
| Fort Fraser | Nechako District (New Caledonia) | 0 | ||||||
| Fort Kilmaurs | Fort Babine, Babine | Babine Lake (New Caledonia) | 0 | |||||
| Fort Kootenay | East Kootenay | 0 |
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| Fort Rupert | Vancouver Island | coal mining | 0 | |||||
| Fort Shepherd | Fort Sheppard, Sheppard | West Kootenay | fur trade | 0 | ||||
| Fort Steele | East Kootenay | Wild Horse Creek War (see Fisherville | staff | |||||
| Fountain | Upper Fountains, The Fountain, Fountain Flats | Lillooet | 300 | |||||
| Freeport | Burns Lake area | Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad construction/realty promotion | 0 | |||||
| Galena Bay | Galena | Upper Arrow Lake | ||||||
| Garibaldi | Cheakamus River | railway lodge, ski cabins (see The Barrier) | ||||||
| Gerrard | Upper Arrow Lake-Kootenay Lake | |||||||
| Germansen's Landing | Germansen Creek | Omineca Country | Omineca Gold Rush | |||||
| Gladstone | Coryell | Boundary | 0 | |||||
| Gold Bridge | Bridge River | 3,000 | 300 | |||||
| Gold Hill | Kootenay Lake | |||||||
| Goldfields | Upper Arrow Lake | |||||||
| Granite City | Granite Creek, Granite | Similkameen | Tulameen Gold Rush | 0 | ||||
| Greenwood | Boundary | copper/galena mining & smelting | 8,000 | 500 | ||||
| Green River | Soo Valley | now part of Whistler | mill camp, later hippie/skier squat | |||||
| Grouse Creek | Cariboo | Grouse Creek War | ||||||
| Hagensborg | Bella Coola | religious/teetotal colony (Norwegians) | 0 | |||||
| Harewood | mid-Vancouver Island (Nanaimo) | |||||||
| Harrison Mills | Carnarvon | Fraser Valley | sawmill & railway | 3,000 | 30 | |||
| Hedley | Similkameen | 300 | ||||||
| Hill's Bar | Fraser Canyon, 10 mi. south of Yale | Fraser Canyon Gold Rush | 0 | |||||
| Hogem | Old Hogem | Omineca Country | Omineca Gold Rush | |||||
| Holberg | Vancouver Island | religious colony (Danes); CFB Holberg (DEW Line) | 500 | 10 | ||||
| Howellton | Omineca Country | Omineca Gold Rush | ||||||
| Illecillewaet | Revelstoke | CPR construction | ||||||
| Kansas | Cariboo | |||||||
| Keithley Creek | Cariboo | Cariboo Gold Rush | 40 | |||||
| Keremeos Centre | Similkameen | 0 | ||||||
| Kitsault | North Coast | 0 | ||||||
| Laketon | Cassiar District | |||||||
| Lardeau City | Upper Arrow Lake | |||||||
| Leadville | Similkameen | 0 | ||||||
| Leechtown | Vancouver Island | 0 | ||||||
| Lemon Creek | East Kootenay | Japanese internment | ||||||
| Lumberton | East Kootenay | 0 | ||||||
| McDame | Fort McDame, McDame Post | Cassiar District | Cassiar Gold Rush | |||||
| McGillivray Falls | Lillooet Country | railway resort | ||||||
| Manson's Landing | Manson Creek | Omineca Country | Omineca Gold Rush | |||||
| Mica | Columbia | Big Bend Gold Rush | 0 | |||||
| Minto City | Bridge River | 2,500 | 0 | |||||
| Monashee Townsite | Okanagan | 0 | ||||||
| Morrissey | East Kootenay | 0 | ||||||
| Morrissey Mines | East Kootenay | 0 | ||||||
| Moyie City | East Kootenay | 0 | ||||||
| Nashton | Zwicky | Kootenay Lake | ||||||
| New Denver | Slocan | |||||||
| New Hogem | Hogem; see also Old Hogem | Omineca Country | Omineca Gold Rush | |||||
| Niagara Boundary Country | Okanagan | 0 | ||||||
| North Bend | Fraser Canyon | CPR | ||||||
| Ocean Falls | Central Coast | 50 | ||||||
| Okanagan Mission | Okanagan | (now part of Greater Kelowna) | ||||||
| Olalla | Similkameen | |||||||
| Omineca City | Omineca Country | Omineca Gold Rush | ||||||
| Parsonville | Parsonsville | Lillooet | Fraser Canyon Gold Rush | 0 | ||||
| Pemberton Meadows | Pemberton Valley | 0 | ||||||
| Phoenix | Boundary | 0 | ||||||
| Pinchi Lake | Boundary | 0 | ||||||
| Poplar Creek | Kootenay Lake | |||||||
| Port Douglas | Lillooet River-Harrison Lake | Fraser Canyon Gold Rush | 30 (Xa'xtsa people) | |||||
| Port Essington | North Coast | |||||||
| Porter Landing | Cassiar District | |||||||
| Quesnel Forks | Cariboo | Cariboo Gold Rush | ||||||
| Retallack | Whitewater, White Water | Slocan | ||||||
| Richfield | Cariboo | Cariboo Gold Rush | ||||||
| Rock Creek | Boundary | 500 (area) | ||||||
| Sandon | Slocan | 500 (area) | ||||||
| Shalalth | Bridge River | Seton Lake | 5000 | 700 | ||||
| Similkameen City | Similkameen | 0 | ||||||
| Sointula | Malcolm Island (Queen Charlotte Strait) | Fabian/socialist colony (Finns) | 0 | |||||
| Soo Valley | Green River | now part of Whistler | ||||||
| Spences Bridge | Thompson Canyon | Cariboo Road, CPR | ||||||
| Stanley | Cariboo | Cariboo Gold Rush | 500 (area) | |||||
| Stave Falls | Cariboo | BCER | 500 (area) | |||||
| Steamboat Mountain | Silverhope Creek, Hope area | 0 | ||||||
| Tasme | Hope-Princeton Highway | Japanese-Canadian internment camp | 0 | |||||
| Tete Jaune Cache | Robson Valley | Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad construction | ||||||
| Three Forks | Slocan | |||||||
| Three Valley Gap | Eagle Pass | |||||||
| Tipella City | Tipella | Harrison Lake | real estate promotion/townsite | |||||
| Trout Lake City | Trout Lake | Upper Arrow Lake-Kootenay Lake | ||||||
| Tulameen | Similkameen | |||||||
| Upper Keremeos | Similkameen | 0 | ||||||
| Volcanic City | Boundary | 0 | ||||||
| Waldo | East Kootenay | 0 | ||||||
| Walhachin | Thompson | 150 | ||||||
| Webster's Corners | Maple Ridge | Fabian/socialist colony (Finns) | 0 | |||||
| Zincton | Slocan |
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- Bruce Ramsey, Ghost Towns of British Columbia, Mitchell Press, Vancouver, 1963, OCLC: 39371
- T W Paterson, Encyclopedia of ghost towns & mining camps of British Columbia, Stagecoach Pub., Langley, 1979, ISBN
Subdivisions of British Columbia|
Alberni-Clayoquot · Bulkley-Nechako · Capital · Cariboo · Central Coast · Central Kootenay · Central Okanagan · Columbia-Shuswap · Comox-Strathcona · Cowichan Valley · East Kootenay · Fraser Valley · Fraser-Fort George · Greater Vancouver · Kitimat-Stikine · Kootenay Boundary · Mount Waddington · Nanaimo · North Okanagan · Northern Rockies · Okanagan-Similkameen · Peace River · Powell River · Skeena-Queen Charlotte · Squamish-Lillooet · Stikine · Sunshine Coast · Thompson-Nicola |
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Principal urban centres |
Abbotsford · Kamloops · Kelowna · Nanaimo · Prince George · Vancouver · Victoria |
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Large suburban communities |
Burnaby · Coquitlam · Delta · Langley Township · North Vancouver District · Richmond · Saanich · Surrey |
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Other major centres |
Campbell River · Chilliwack · Courtenay · Cranbrook · Fort St. John · Penticton · Port Alberni · Salmon Arm · Vernon |