List of ghost towns in British Columbia


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 TownsAlternate NameLocality/RegionRegional districtLocation Events/ActivityCompany townPeak population & eraLatest populationLifespan----------
Aleza LakeRobson Valley, British ColumbiaFraser-Fort George Railway station20071914–1999----------
Alice ArmAlice Arm, Observatory Inlet [British Columbia, British Columbia|Columbia Coast|North Coast]Kitimat–Stikine Base for mining operations up the Kitsault River to the Cambria Icefield----------
AllenbySimilkameenOkanagan-Similkameen copper mining; see Copper Mountain----------
Alta Lakenow part of WhistlerSquamish-Lillooet ----------
AlvinPitt LakeFraser Valley ----------
AnacondaBoundaryKootenay Boundary copper mining & smelterAnaconda Copper1894-1924----------
Antler CreekAntlerCaribooCariboo gold----------
AnyoxNorth Coast Kitimat–Stikine mining & smelterGranby Mining & Smelter Co.10----------
ArrowheadUpper Arrow LakeColumbia-Shuswap ----------
BambertonVancouver IslandCowichan Valley Cement plantBC Cement Company1912–1980----------
BarkervilleCaribooCariboo Cariboo Gold Rush16,000100 ----------
Barkley ValleyCayoosh Range, Lillooet CountrySquamish-Lillooet Barkley Valley Mines, Ltd - gold/silver0----------
BarnetBurnaby Metro Vancouver 0----------
Baynes LakeEast KootenayEast Kootenay sawmill & railwayAdolph Lumber Company280----------
BennettBennett Lake, Bennett Lake CityKlondike Gold Rush ----------
Big BarSixty Mile, Big Bar FerryFraser CanyonSquamish-Lillooet 2,00050 ----------
Big BendColumbiaColumbia-ShuswapBig Bend Gold Rush0----------
BirminghamPrince GeorgeFraser-Fort GeorgeGrand Trunk Pacific Railway construction/realty promotion0----------
BlackfootSimilkameenOkanagan-SimilkameenSimilkameen Gold Rush0----------
BlakeburnSimilkameenOkanagan-Similkameen Coal MiningCoalmont Collieries 250 0----------
BoothroydBoothroyd, Canyon AlpineFraser CanyonFraser Valley CPR----------
Boston BarQuayomeFraser CanyonFraser Valley CPR----------
Boundary FallsBoundaryKootenay Boundary smelter & railway0----------
BullionCaribooCariboo Cariboo Gold Rush0----------
BralorneBridge RiverSquamish-Lillooet gold mining8,000300----------
BradianBralorne Third TownsiteBridge RiverSquamish-Lillooet 2,00020----------
BrextonBridge RiverSquamish-Lillooet 3,00020----------
Bridge RiverSix Mile, Lower Fountains, Lower FountainLillooetSquamish-Lillooet 3,00050 ----------
Britannia BeachBritannia; there were two towns, one called Mount Sheer or The Townsite on the mountain, and The Beach at sea levelHowe SoundSquamish-Lillooet copper mining and milling1904-1959 Britannia Mining & Smelting Company; 1959-1962 Howe Sound Company; 1962-1974 Anacondaseveral thousands in the 1940s and 1950sapprox. 3001904-1974 ----------
BrooklynBoundaryKootenay Boundary0----------
ButedaleCentral CoastCentral Coast 2,00010----------
CamborneUpper Arrow LakeColumbia-Shuswap ----------
CamerontownCamerontonCaribooCariboo ----------
Camp McKinneyBoundaryKootenay Boundary 0----------
Cape ScottVancouver IslandMount Waddington religious colony 50010----------
CarmiOkanaganKootenay Boundary 0----------
Cascade CityBoundaryKootenay Boundary 0----------
CassiarCassiar Cassiar Gold Rush and later mining1,50001952-1992----------
CassidyVancouver IslandNanaimo coal mining976----------
CaycuseVancouver IslandCowichan Valley logging, sawmill & railwayBritish Columbia Forest Products400+52----------
CentrevilleCassiar ----------
CherryvilleOkanagan North Okanagan 1000----------
Circle CityUpper Arrow Lake-Kootenay LakeColumbia-Shuswap ----------
ClayburnAbbotsfordFraser Valley clay mining/brickery0----------
Coal CreekEast KootenayEast Kootenay 0----------
CoalmontSimilkameenOkanagan-Similkameen Coal MiningColumbia Coal & Coke 400 80----------
CodySlocanCentral Kootenay ----------
ColumbiaBoundaryKootenay Boundary0----------
ComaplixUpper Arrow LakeColumbia-Shuswap ----------
Copper MountainSimilkameenOkanagan-Similkameen 0----------
CorbinEast KootenayEast Kootenay 0----------
CoryellGladstoneBoundaryKootenay Boundary Burnt Basin Gold Rush0----------
CraigellachieEagle PassColumbia-Shuswap CPR construction----------
DeadwoodBoundaryKootenay Boundary 0----------
Dease LakeDease Lake PostStikineKitimat–Stikine Cassiar Gold Rush; seat of Cassiar Mining District500----------
DerbyOld Fort LangleyFraser ValleyMetro Vancouverfounding of Colony of British Columbia-Fraser Canyon Gold Rush40 ----------
DiscoveryCassiar ----------
DonaldRevelstokeColumbia-Shuswap CPR construction----------
Duncan CityHowserKootenay LakeCentral Kootenay ----------
DunkeldManson CreekOminecaBulkley-NechakoOmineca Gold Rush----------
Eagle Pass LandingShuswapColumbia-Shuswap CPR constructionnear today's Sicamous----------
East New HazeltonHazelton areaKitimat–Stikine Grand Trunk Pacific Railway construction/realty promotion0----------
East PrincetonSimilkameenOkanagan-Similkameen0----------
EholtBoundaryKootenay Boundary railway0----------
Emory CityEmory, Emory BarFraser CanyonFraser Valley Fraser Canyon Gold Rush & CPR construction1858–1885----------
FairviewOkanaganOkanagan-Similkameen 0----------
FergusonUpper Arrow Lake-Kootenay LakeColumbia-Shuswap ----------
FieldKicking Horse River Valley, Yoho National ParkColumbia-Shuswap Railway construction, mining3,000170----------
FishervilleWild Horse, Kootenai, Kootenay, KootenaisEast KootenayEast Kootenay Wild Horse Creek Gold Rush100001863–1880----------
Fort BerensLillooetSquamish-Lillooet fur trade, gold rush0never finished construction; adjacent to Parsonville and Marysville----------
Fort FraserNechako Bulkley-Nechako 0----------
Fort KeremeosFort SimilkameenSimilkameenOkanagan-Similkameen 0----------
Fort KilmaursFort Babine, BabineBabine Lake Bulkley-Nechako 0----------
Fort KootenayEast KootenayEast Kootenay0----------
Fort RupertVancouver IslandMount Waddington coal mining0----------
Fort ShepherdFort Sheppard, SheppardWest KootenayKootenay-Boundaryfur trade0----------
Fort SteeleEast KootenayEast Kootenay Wild Horse Creek War staff----------
FountainUpper Fountains, The Fountain, Fountain FlatsLillooetSquamish-Lillooet 300----------
FreeportBurns Lake areaBulkley-NechakoGrand Trunk Pacific Railway construction/realty promotion0----------
Galena BayGalenaUpper Arrow LakeColumbia-Shuswap ----------
GaribaldiCheakamus RiverSquamish-Lillooet ----------
Germansen's LandingGermansen CreekOmineca CountryBulkley-Nechako Omineca Gold Rush----------
GladstoneCoryellBoundaryKootenay Boundary Burnt Basin Gold Rush0----------
Gold BridgeBridge RiverSquamish-Lillooet 3,000300----------
Gold HillKootenay LakeCentral Kootenay ----------
GoldfieldsUpper Arrow LakeColumbia-Shuswap----------
Granite CreekGranite City, GraniteSimilkameenOkanagan-Similkameen Tulameen Gold Rush2000 0----------
GreenwoodBoundaryKootenay Boundary copper/galena mining & smelting8,0005001897–present----------
Green RiverSoo Valleynow part of WhistlerSquamish-Lillooet mill camp, later hippie/skier squatBCR/PGE station was ----------
Grouse CreekCaribooCaribooGrouse Creek War----------
Harewoodmid-Vancouver IslandNanaimo----------
Harrison MillsCarnarvonFraser ValleyFraser Valley sawmill & railway3,00030----------
HedleySimilkameenOkanagan-Similkameen gold mining300----------
Hendrix LakeCaribooCariboo Boss Mountain Mine Noranda (mining company)300-500 6 1965-1972 ----------
Hill's BarFraser Canyon, 10 mi. south of YaleFraser Valley Fraser Canyon Gold Rush0----------
HogemOld HogemOminecaBulkley-NechakoOmineca Gold Rush----------
HolbergVancouver IslandMount Waddington religious colony ; CFB Holberg 50010----------
HowelltonOmineca CountryBulkley-NechakoOmineca Gold Rush----------
IllecillewaetRevelstokeColumbia-Shuswap CPR construction----------
IocoPort MoodyMetro Vancouver Oil refineryImperial Oil500–1,00091920–?----------
Iron BayIndian ArmLower Mainland Quarrying, Logging----------
KansasCaribooCariboo----------
KeefersKeefer, Keefer'sFraser CanyonFraser Valleynear North Bendrailway ----------
Keithley CreekCaribooCariboo Cariboo Gold Rush40----------
Keremeos CentreSimilkameenOkanagan-Similkameen 0----------
Kerr CreekSimilkameenYale-Similkameen ----------
KitsaultNorth Coast Kitimat–Stikine Molybdenum mining & processing.Amax of Canada Ltd.12001978–1983----------
LaketonCassiar District ----------
Lardeau CityUpper Arrow LakeColumbia-Shuswap----------
LeadvilleSummit CitySimilkameenOkanagan-Similkameen0----------
LeechtownVancouver IslandCapital 0----------
Lemon CreekSlocanCentral Kootenay Mining, Japanese internment----------
LumbertonEast KootenayEast Kootenay 0----------
McDameFort McDame, McDame PostCassiar Cassiar Gold Rush----------
McGillivray FallsLillooetSquamish-Lillooet railway resort----------
Manson CreekOminecaBulkley-Nechako Omineca Gold Rush----------
MicaColumbiaColumbia-ShuswapBig Bend Gold Rush0----------
MichelEast KootenayEast KootenayCNP CoalCPR120001898–1970----------
Minto CityBridge RiverSquamish-Lillooet2,5000----------
Monashee TownsiteOkanagan0----------
MorrisseyEast KootenayEast Kootenay 0----------
Morrissey MinesEast KootenayEast Kootenay 0----------
Moyie CityEast KootenayEast Kootenay 450----------
NatalEast KootenaySparwood -----------
NashtonZwickyKootenay LakeCentral Kootenay ----------
New DenverSlocanCentral Kootenay ----------
New HogemHogem; see also Old HogemOmineca CountryBulkley-NechakoOmineca Gold Rush----------
NiagaraBoundary CountryKootenay Boundary 0----------
North BendBoston Bar Fraser CanyonFraser Valley CPR----------
Ocean FallsCentral CoastCentral Coast 50----------
Okanagan MissionOkanaganCentral Okanagan ----------
OlallaSimilkameenOkanagan-Similkameen ----------
Omineca CityOminecaBulkley-NechakoOmineca Gold Rush----------
Parkhurst Ghost TownParkhurstWhistlerSquamish-LillooetLogging outpostBarr Brothers Logging Company70 01923–1966----------
ParsonvilleParsonsvilleLillooetSquamish-LillooetFraser Canyon Gold Rush0----------
Pemberton MeadowsLillooetSquamish-Lillooet 0----------
PhoenixGreenwood CampBoundaryKootenay Boundary Copper miningGranby Co.4,000 01891–1951----------
Pinchi LakeOminecaBulkley-Nechako Mercury miningTech Resources (formally Cominco Ltd.)01940–1944, 1968–1975----------
Poplar CreekKootenay LakeCentral Kootenay ----------
Port DouglasLillooet River-Harrison LakeFraser Valley Fraser Canyon Gold Rush30 ----------
Port EssingtonNorth CoastNorth Coast ----------
Porter LandingCassiar District ----------
Quesnel ForksCaribooCariboo Cariboo Gold Rush----------
Red GapVancouver IslandNanaimoStraits Lumber Co01912–1942 ----------
RetallackWhitewater, White WaterSlocanCentral Kootenay ----------
RichfieldCaribooCaribooCariboo Gold Rush----------
Rock CreekBoundaryKootenay Boundary 500 ----------
SandonSlocanCentral Kootenay 10----------
ShalalthBridge RiverSeton Lake, Bridge RiverSquamish-Lillooet 5000700----------
Similkameen CitySimilkameenOkanagan-Similkameen0Soo ValleyGreen Rivernow part of WhistlerSquamish-Lillooet
Spences BridgeThompson CanyonThompson-Nicola Cariboo Road, CPR----------
StanleyCaribooCariboo Cariboo Gold Rush1500 0 ----------
Stave FallsStave GardensLower MainlandFraser Valley BCER2-3,000500 ----------
SteamboatSilverhope Creek, Hope area, Silver Skagit Rd.Fraser Valleysmall mining town that sprung up during the Skagit Gold Rush0----------
Steamboat MountainSilverhope Creek, Hope area, Silver Skagit Rd.Fraser Valleysmall mining town that sprung up during the Skagit Gold Rush0----------
Steamboat CitySilverhope Creek, Hope area, Silver Skagit Rd.Fraser Valleysmall mining town that sprung up during the Skagit Gold Rush0----------
TashmeHope-Princeton HighwayFraser Valley Japanese-Canadian internment camp0----------
TasuTassoo, Old Tassoo, Tasu SoundMoresby Island, Haida GwaiiNorth Coast gold mine & campvarious owners, most lately WesFrob Mines, a subsidiary of Falconbridge0----------
Tête Jaune CacheRobson ValleyFraser-Fort George Grand Trunk Pacific Railway construction----------
Three ForksSlocanCentral Kootenay Mining1892–~1920----------
Heritage Ghost TownThree Valley GapEagle PassColumbia-ShuswapGold mine~1886–?----------
Tipella CityTipellaHarrison LakeFraser Valley real estate promotion/townsite----------
Tranquille SanatoriumPadova City, TranquilleKamloopsThompson-NicolaTuberculosis Sanatoria1907–1983----------
Trout Lake CityTrout LakeUpper Arrow Lake-Kootenay LakeColumbia-Shuswap ----------
TulameenOtter FlatSimilkameenOkanagan-Similkameen ----------
Upper KeremeosSimilkameenOkanagan-Similkameen0----------
Volcanic CityBoundaryKootenay Boundary10----------
WaldoEast KootenayEast Kootenay 0----------
WalhachinThompsonThompson-Nicola 150----------
WaterlooWest KootenayCentral Kootenayafter abandonment, location of ferry operated by Doukhobor community150----------
ZinctonSlocanCentral Kootenay ----------