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This is a list of ghost towns in the Canadian province of British Columbia, including those still partly inhabited or even overtaken by modern towns, as well as those completely abandoned or derelict. Region of location and associated events or enterprises are included.
C. Camborne, British Columbia; Camp McKinney, British Columbia; Cape Scott Provincial Park; Carmi, British Columbia; Cascade City; Cassiar, British Columbia
Butedale is a ghost town on Princess Royal Island, in British Columbia, Canada.It was founded in 1911 as a fishing, mining and logging camp. [1] Initially the salmon cannery was established by Western Packers which was purchased and operated by the Canadian Fishing Company until it ceased operating in the 1970s.
Bennett, British Columbia, Canada, is an abandoned town next to Bennett Lake [1] and along Lindeman Creek (formerly known as the One Mile River). The townsite is now part of the Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site of Canada and is managed by Parks Canada. [2]
Three Valley Gap is an unincorporated community at the eastern end of Three Valley Lake in the Shuswap Country region of southeastern British Columbia. On BC Highway 1 , the locality is by road about 21 kilometres (13 mi) southwest of Revelstoke , and 51 kilometres (32 mi) northeast of Sicamous .
Anyox, British Columbia. Anyox was a small company-owned mining town in British Columbia, Canada. [1] Today it is a ghost town, abandoned and largely destroyed.It is located on the shores of Granby Bay in coastal Observatory Inlet, about 60 kilometres (37 miles) southeast of (but without a land link to) Stewart, British Columbia, and about 20 kilometres (12 miles), across wilderness east of ...
Coal Creek is a ghost town near Fernie, British Columbia, Canada. During the 1950s, residents left the town due to the closure of a mine. Some parts of the town remain, but most have been overtaken by forest. On May 22, 1902, an explosion in a mine left 128 dead in one of the worst mining disasters in Canadian history.
Gagnon, Quebec, an iron mining company town of Québec Cartier Mining Company, abandoned in 1985.. This is a list of current and former company towns in Canada.True company towns are those "closed communities owned and administered by the industrial employer". [1]