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.
Ghost Towns | Alternate Name(s) | Locality/Region | Regional district | Location (BCGNIS) | Events/Activity | Company town | Peak population & era | Latest population | Lifespan |
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Aleza Lake | Robson Valley, British Columbia | Fraser-Fort George | 54°07′00″N 122°02′00″W / 54.11667°N 122.03333°W (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 (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 (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 (BCGNIS) | ||||||
Alvin | Pitt Lake | Fraser Valley | 49°36′N 122°38′W / 49.600°N 122.633°W (BCGNIS) | ||||||
Anaconda | Boundary | Kootenay Boundary | 49°05′05″N 118°40′59″W / 49.08472°N 118.68306°W (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 (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 (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 (BCGNIS) | ||||||
Bamberton | Vancouver Island | Cowichan Valley | 48°35′09″N 123°31′20″W / 48.58583°N 123.52222°W (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 (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 (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 (BCGNIS) | 0 | |||||
Baynes Lake | East Kootenay | East Kootenay | 49°14′N 115°13′W / 49.233°N 115.217°W (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 (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 (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 (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 (BCGNIS) | CPR | ||||
Boston Bar | Quayome | Fraser Canyon | Fraser Valley | 49°52′N 121°26′W / 49.867°N 121.433°W (BCGNIS) | CPR | ||||
Boundary Falls | Boundary | Kootenay Boundary | 49°02′00″N 118°42′00″W / 49.03333°N 118.70000°W (BCGNIS) | smelter & railway | 0 | ||||
Bullion | Cariboo | Cariboo | 52°37′N 121°39′W / 52.617°N 121.650°W (BCGNIS) | Cariboo Gold Rush | 0 | ||||
Bralorne | Bridge River | Squamish-Lillooet | 50°46′00″N 122°49′00″W / 50.76667°N 122.81667°W (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 (BCGNIS) | 2,000 | 20 | |||
Brexton | Bridge River | Squamish-Lillooet | 50°50′00″N 122°49′00″W / 50.83333°N 122.81667°W (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 (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 (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 (BCGNIS) | 2,000 | 10 | ||||
Camborne | Upper Arrow Lake | Columbia-Shuswap | 50°47′N 117°38′W / 50.783°N 117.633°W (BCGNIS) | ||||||
Camerontown | Cameronton | Cariboo | Cariboo | 53°04′30″N 121°30′30″W / 53.07500°N 121.50833°W (BCGNIS) | |||||
Camp McKinney | Boundary | Kootenay Boundary | 49°07′00″N 119°11′00″W / 49.11667°N 119.18333°W (BCGNIS) | 0 | |||||
Cape Scott | Vancouver Island | Mount Waddington | 50°47′N 128°20′W / 50.783°N 128.333°W (BCGNIS) | religious colony (Danes) | 500 | 10 | |||
Carmi | Okanagan | Kootenay Boundary | 49°30′N 119°07′W / 49.500°N 119.117°W (BCGNIS) | 0 | |||||
Cascade City | Boundary | Kootenay Boundary | 49°12′N 118°12′W / 49.200°N 118.200°W (BCGNIS) | 0 | |||||
Cassiar | Cassiar | 49°01′N 118°12′W / 49.017°N 118.200°W (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 (BCGNIS) | coal mining | 976 | ||||
Caycuse | Vancouver Island | Cowichan Valley | 48°53′N 124°22′W / 48.883°N 124.367°W (BCGNIS) | logging, sawmill & railway | British Columbia Forest Products | 400+ | 52 | ||
Centreville | Cassiar | 59°17′N 129°24′W / 59.283°N 129.400°W (BCGNIS) | |||||||
Cherryville | Okanagan (northern Monashees) | North Okanagan | 50°14′30″N 118°37′00″W / 50.24167°N 118.61667°W (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 (BCGNIS) | ||||||
Clayburn | Abbotsford | Fraser Valley | 49°05′N 122°16′W / 49.083°N 122.267°W (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 (BCGNIS) | 0 | |||||
Coalmont | Similkameen | Okanagan-Similkameen | 49°30′37″N 120°41′34″W / 49.51028°N 120.69278°W (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 (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 (BCGNIS) | ||||||
Copper Mountain | Similkameen | Okanagan-Similkameen | 49°19′30″N 120°32′20″W / 49.32500°N 120.53889°W (BCGNIS) | 0 | |||||
Corbin | East Kootenay | East Kootenay | 49°31′N 114°39′W / 49.517°N 114.650°W (BCGNIS) | 0 | |||||
Coryell | Gladstone | Boundary | Kootenay Boundary | 49°09′N 118°06′W / 49.150°N 118.100°W (BCGNIS) | Burnt Basin Gold Rush | 0 | |||
Craigellachie | Eagle Pass | Columbia-Shuswap | 50°58′N 118°43′W / 50.967°N 118.717°W (BCGNIS) | CPR construction | |||||
Deadwood | Boundary | Kootenay Boundary | 49°06′N 118°42′W / 49.100°N 118.700°W (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 (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 (BCGNIS) | |||||||
Donald | Revelstoke | Columbia-Shuswap | 51°29′45″N 117°10′25″W / 51.49583°N 117.17361°W (BCGNIS) | CPR construction | |||||
Duncan City | Howser | Kootenay Lake | Central Kootenay | 50°18′N 116°57′W / 50.300°N 116.950°W (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (BCGNIS) | 0 | |||||
Ferguson | Upper Arrow Lake-Kootenay Lake | Columbia-Shuswap | 50°41′N 117°29′W / 50.683°N 117.483°W (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 (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 (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 (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 (BCGNIS) | 0 | |||||
Fort Keremeos | Fort Similkameen | Similkameen | Okanagan-Similkameen | 49°12′N 119°50′W / 49.200°N 119.833°W (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (BCGNIS) | |||||
Garibaldi | Cheakamus River | Squamish-Lillooet | 49°58′N 123°09′W / 49.967°N 123.150°W (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 (BCGNIS) | ||||||
Germansen's Landing | Germansen Creek | Omineca Country | Bulkley-Nechako | 55°47′N 124°42′W / 55.783°N 124.700°W (BCGNIS) | Omineca Gold Rush | ||||
Gladstone | Coryell | Boundary | Kootenay Boundary | 49°09′N 118°06′W / 49.150°N 118.100°W (BCGNIS) | Burnt Basin Gold Rush | 0 | |||
Gold Bridge | Bridge River | Squamish-Lillooet | 50°51′N 122°50′W / 50.850°N 122.833°W (BCGNIS) | 3,000 | 300 | ||||
Gold Hill | Kootenay Lake | Central Kootenay | 50°23′N 117°05′W / 50.383°N 117.083°W (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 (BCGNIS) | Tulameen Gold Rush | 2000 (c. 1886) | 0 | ||
Greenwood | Boundary | Kootenay Boundary | 49°06′N 118°41′W / 49.100°N 118.683°W (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 (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 (BCGNIS) | sawmill & railway | 3,000 | 30 | ||
Hedley | Similkameen | Okanagan-Similkameen | 49°21′N 120°04′W / 49.350°N 120.067°W (BCGNIS) | gold mining | 300 | ||||
Hendrix Lake | Cariboo | Cariboo | 52°05′50″N 120°47′25″W / 52.09722°N 120.79028°W (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 (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 (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 (BCGNIS) | CPR construction | |||||
Iron Bay | Indian Arm | Lower Mainland | 49°26′55″N 122°51′32″W / 49.44861°N 122.85889°W (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 (BCGNIS) | Cariboo Gold Rush | 40 | ||||
Keremeos Centre | Similkameen | Okanagan-Similkameen | 49°12′N 119°50′W / 49.200°N 119.833°W (BCGNIS) (record is for Keremeos) | 0 | |||||
Kerr Creek | Similkameen | Yale-Similkameen | 49°03′N 118°45′W / 49.050°N 118.750°W (BCGNIS) | ||||||
Kitsault | North Coast (Observatory Inlet) | Kitimat–Stikine | 55°27′25″N 129°28′36″W / 55.45694°N 129.47667°W (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 (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 (BCGNIS) | 0 | |||||
Lemon Creek | Slocan | Central Kootenay | 49°42′N 117°28′W / 49.700°N 117.467°W (BCGNIS) | Mining, Japanese internment | |||||
Lumberton | East Kootenay | East Kootenay | 49°25′N 115°52′W / 49.417°N 115.867°W (BCGNIS) | 0 | |||||
McDame | Fort McDame, McDame Post | Cassiar | 59°11′00″N 129°14′00″W / 59.18333°N 129.23333°W (BCGNIS) | Cassiar Gold Rush | |||||
McGillivray Falls | Lillooet | Squamish-Lillooet | 50°37′N 122°26′W / 50.617°N 122.433°W (BCGNIS) | railway resort | |||||
Manson Creek | Omineca | Bulkley-Nechako | 55°40′N 124°29′W / 55.667°N 124.483°W (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 (BCGNIS) | 0 | |||||
Morrissey Mines | East Kootenay | East Kootenay | 49°21′15″N 115°00′15″W / 49.35417°N 115.00417°W (BCGNIS) | 0 | |||||
Moyie City | East Kootenay | East Kootenay | 49°18′N 115°50′W / 49.300°N 115.833°W (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 (BCGNIS) | |||||
New Denver | Slocan | Central Kootenay | 49°59′30″N 117°22′55″W / 49.99167°N 117.38194°W (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 (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 (BCGNIS) | CPR | ||||
Ocean Falls | Central Coast | Central Coast | 52°21′20″N 127°41′20″W / 52.35556°N 127.68889°W (BCGNIS) | 50 | |||||
Okanagan Mission | Okanagan | Central Okanagan | 49°49′N 119°29′W / 49.817°N 119.483°W (BCGNIS) | (now part of Greater Kelowna) | |||||
Olalla | Similkameen | Okanagan-Similkameen | 49°16′N 119°50′W / 49.267°N 119.833°W (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 | 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 (BCGNIS) | 0 | |||||
Phoenix | Greenwood Camp | Boundary | Kootenay Boundary | 49°06′N 118°35′W / 49.100°N 118.583°W (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 (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 (BCGNIS) | ||||||
Port Douglas | Lillooet River-Harrison Lake | Fraser Valley | 49°46′N 122°10′W / 49.767°N 122.167°W (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 (BCGNIS) | ||||||
Porter Landing | Cassiar District | 58°48′N 130°06′W / 58.800°N 130.100°W (BCGNIS) | |||||||
Quesnel Forks | Cariboo | Cariboo | 52°40′N 121°40′W / 52.667°N 121.667°W (BCGNIS) | Cariboo Gold Rush | |||||
Red Gap | Vancouver Island | Nanaimo | 49°15′11″N 124°10′16″W / 49.25306°N 124.17111°W | 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 (BCGNIS) | |||||
Richfield | Cariboo | Cariboo | Cariboo Gold Rush | ||||||
Rock Creek | Boundary | Kootenay Boundary | 49°03′N 119°00′W / 49.050°N 119.000°W (BCGNIS) | 500 (area) | |||||
Sandon | Slocan | Central Kootenay | 49°59′N 117°14′W / 49.983°N 117.233°W (BCGNIS) | 10(area) | |||||
Shalalth | Bridge River | Seton Lake, Bridge River | Squamish-Lillooet | 50°44′N 122°13′W / 50.733°N 122.217°W (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 (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 (BCGNIS) | |||||
Spences Bridge | Thompson Canyon | Thompson-Nicola | 50°25′N 121°21′W / 50.417°N 121.350°W (BCGNIS) | Cariboo Road, CPR | |||||
Stanley | Cariboo | Cariboo | 53°02′N 121°43′W / 53.033°N 121.717°W (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 | 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 (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 (BCGNIS) | |||||
Tulameen | Otter Flat | Similkameen | Okanagan-Similkameen | 49°32′45″N 120°45′35″W / 49.54589°N 120.75970°W (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 (BCGNIS) | 0 | |||||
Walhachin | Thompson | Thompson-Nicola | 50°45′31″N 121°01′16″W / 50.75864°N 121.02118°W (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 (BCGNIS) |