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Winlaw
Winlaw is an unincorporated community adjacent to Winlaw Creek (commonly called Cedar Creek) on the east side of the Slocan River in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. The locality is on BC Highway 6 about south of Slocan, and north of Castlegar. Name origin Initially called Winlaws or Winlaw's Siding, John Brown Winlaw relocated his portable sawmill from Lemon Creek. The earliest mention of the place, which comprised little more than a boxcar for a section crew, was in 1900. Railway The Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) added this Columbia and Kootenay Railway (C&K) siding to the timetable in 1902. In February 1903, a brakeman sustained fatal injuries after falling under the wheels of a slowing passenger car. Two months later, a mudslide some distance north pushed a passenger car and the track into the river. A week later, two miles north of Winlaw, a loosened rail derailed four loaded freight cars of a mixed train, causing the fourth wreck in two weeks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wynndel
Wynndel is an unincorporated community adjacent to Duck Creek, east of the Kootenay River, in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. The locality, on BC Highway 3A, is by road about north of Creston and southeast of Nelson. First Nations and European explorers The Lower Kootenay Band of the Ktunaxa Nation have occupied the region from time immemorial. Tribal members would migrate north annually and set up camp on the Wynndel flats to harvest wild berries, hunt, and later graze cattle. While surveying the Dewdney Trail in 1865, the government expeditionary party crossed the Purcell Mountains via Duck Creek. The completed trail forded the Kootenay River about west of today's Wynndel, travelled northeast and then southeast via present day Wynndel and Creston, before following the Goat River valley northeastward. By 1867, the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) post of Little Fort Shepherd (Flatbow) had been established immediately south of Wynndel on the trail. Thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slocan Valley Rail Trail
The Slocan Valley Rail Trail is a multi-use recreational rail trail in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. Overview The trail uses the former Columbia and Kootenay Railway rail corridor along the section of the Slocan Valley between South Slocan and Slocan that the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) abandoned in 1994. Subsequently, CP removed the rails and ties, and dismantled the bridges. The trail is owned by the government of BC and managed by the Slocan Valley Heritage Trail Society (SVHTS). Timeline 1993: CP ran last freight train on September 14. 1994: The SVHTS was formed. CP applied to abandon line. 1999: CP gifted the right-of-way to the Trans Canada Trail (TCT). 2000: TCT gave the property to the BC government. 2002: SVHTS signed a 10-year agreement to manage rail trail. 2003: SICEA grant received. 2005 Construction of three new bridges, complete grading and brushing, extensive resurfacing and construction of trailheads. 2007: Trail opened. 2012: Beca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vallican
Vallican is an unincorporated community on the west side of the Slocan River in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. At the mouth of the Little Slocan River, the locality formerly spanned both sides of the Slocan River. The rural neighbourhood is off BC Highway 6 about south of Slocan, and north of Castlegar. Name origin Being the old halfway lodging point on the walking trail between Slocan and Nelson, Brown's Hotel (east side of the river) operated during the mining rush of the early 1890s and the Canadian Pacific Railway's (CP) construction of the Columbia and Kootenay Railway (C&K) in the late 1890s. Erected in 1891, the building was one of the first in the Slocan Valley and likely the very first in the lower valley. Known as Barker's Siding in the early 1900s, the identity of the specific Barker is unknown. The revised name of Vallican, presumably deriving from Valley of the Slocan, was first mentioned in 1912. Railway The inclusion in the 1913 timet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slocan Valley
The Slocan Valley is a valley in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. Geographical boundaries The Slocan Valley is about long, but its width is undefined. The Valhalla Range provides the steep western boundary and the Slocan Range presents the gradual slopes of the eastern boundary. Squeezed in between, Slocan Lake occupies the north, and Slocan River the south. In the Selkirk Mountains, which were created 200 million years ago during the Jurassic period, the valley forms part of the long Kootenay Arc, comprising sedimentary, volcanic and metamorphic rock. The earliest recorded use of the descriptor Slocan valley was 1891, and capitalized use was 1897. The name is not recognized officially by the BC Geographic Names office. The exact geographic boundaries are ill-defined, being either greater or smaller than the drainages of Slocan Lake and the Slocan River. It definitely includes from Crescent Valley north to Hills, and possibly east to Retallack. Uncl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Kootenay
The Kootenays or Kootenay ( ) is a region of southeastern British Columbia. It takes its name from the Kootenay River, which in turn was named for the Kutenai First Nations people. Boundaries The Kootenays are more or less defined by the Kootenay Land District, though some variation exists in terms of what areas are or are not a part. The strictest definition of the region is the drainage basin of the lower Kootenay River from its re-entry into Canada near Creston, through to its confluence with the Columbia at Castlegar ''(illustrated by a, right)''. In most interpretations, however, the region also includes: * an area to the east which encompasses the upper drainage basin of the Kootenay River from its rise in the Rocky Mountains to its passage into the United States at Newgate. This adds a region spanning from the Purcell Mountains to the Alberta border, and includes Rocky Mountain Trench cities such as Cranbrook and Kimberley and the Elk Valley of the southern Canadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lebahdo
Lebahdo is an unincorporated rural community south of Winlaw on the east side of the Slocan River in the West Kootenay region of southern British Columbia. On the former Slocan branch of the Columbia and Kootenay Railway, the place was previously called Watson Siding. In 1900, Alfred Gillingham Watson obtained a preemption on the west side of the river. The family built a log bridge across the river to their ranch. In 1905, John Bell and A.G. Lambert erected a mill. The next year, the Canadian Pacific Railway opened a flag stop misspelled Lebadho, from "lebahdo”, Chinook Jargon for "shingle", derived from the French "le bardeau". The mill, which evidently produced shingles, relocated to Taghum after a couple of years. In 1912, Watson sold his ranch to the Doukhobors. The small community is served by the Pedro Creek Rd stop for West Kootenay Transit System Route 20. See also *List of Chinook Jargon placenames The following is a listing of placenames from the Chinook J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Columbia Provincial Highway 6
Highway 6 is a two-lane highway passing between the Kootenay and Okanagan regions in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is divided into two parts—the Nelson-Nelway Highway between the Canada–US border and Nelson, and the Vernon-Slocan Highway between South Slocan and Vernon. Highway 6 is a north–south highway between Nelway and the Needles Ferry and an east–west highway between the Needles Ferry and Vernon; it has a total length of . It first opened in 1941, and its very winding path through the western Kootenays has not changed since. Route description Nelson-Nelway Highway Highway 6 begins at the Canada–US border crossing at Nelway, where it connects with Washington State Route 31. The highway parallels the Salmo River for the rivers entire length from Nelson to the border and many views of the river can be seen from the highway. From the US Border, it travels north through the Selkirk Mountains for to the Burnt Flat Junction, where the Crowsnest Hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, forests, lakes, mountains, inland deserts and grassy plains, and borders the province of Alberta to the east and the Yukon and Northwest Territories to the north. With an estimated population of 5.3million as of 2022, it is Canada's third-most populous province. The capital of British Columbia is Victoria and its largest city is Vancouver. Vancouver is the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada; the 2021 census recorded 2.6million people in Metro Vancouver. The first known human inhabitants of the area settled in British Columbia at least 10,000 years ago. Such groups include the Coast Salish, Tsilhqotʼin, and Haida peoples, among many others. One of the earliest British settlements in the area was Fort Victoria, established ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mixed Train
A mixed train or mixed consist is a train that contains both passenger and freight cars or wagons. Although common in the early days of railways, by the 20th century they were largely confined to branch lines with little traffic. Typically, service was slower, because mixed trains usually involved the shunting (switching) of rolling stock at stops along the way. However, some earlier passenger expresses, which also hauled time-sensitive freight in covered goods wagons (boxcars), would now be termed mixed trains. Generally, toward the end of the mixed train era, shunting at intermediate stops had significantly diminished. Most railway passenger and freight services are now administered separately. Exclusions Not intended by this article is the definition of mixed train to describe: * mixed freight. * wagonload service (single wagons for various customers, assembled into trains), as opposed to trainload service (point to point, complete train for one customer). * a passenger trai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Request Stop
In public transport, a request stop, flag stop, or whistle stop is a stop or station at which buses or trains, respectively, stop only on request; that is, only if there are passengers or freight to be picked up or dropped off. In this way, stops with low passenger counts can be incorporated into a route without introducing unnecessary delay. Vehicles may also save fuel by continuing through a station when there is no need to stop. There may not always be significant savings on time if there is no one to pick up because vehicles going past a request stop may need to slow down enough to be able to stop if there are passengers waiting. Request stops may also introduce extra travel time variability and increase the need for schedule padding. The appearance of request stops varies greatly. Many are clearly signed, but many others rely on local knowledge. Implementations The methods by which transit vehicles are notified that there are passengers waiting to be picked up at a reque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greyhound Canada
Greyhound Canada Transportation ULC began as a local British Columbia bus line in the early 1920s, expanded across most of Canada, and became a subsidiary of the US Greyhound in 1940. In 2018, Greyhound pulled out of Western Canada, preserving only domestic service in Ontario and Quebec, and trans-border routes to the United States. In March 2021, Greyhound Canada permanently suspended operation in all of Canada, with the exceptions of the following cross-border routes, operated by Greyhound Lines (USA). *Montreal to Boston *Montreal to New York City *Toronto to Buffalo (with connections to New York City) *Vancouver to Seattle In October 2021, FlixBus announced the acquisition of Greyhound, including Greyhound Canada. In June 2022, Trailways of New York severed its 25-year alliance with Greyhound, ending all interlining and codeshares. Timeline 1921: John Learmonth started a Nelson–Willow Point passenger and freight service in the West Kootenay region of southeastern BC. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Denver
New Denver is at the mouth of Carpenter Creek, on the east shore of Slocan Lake, in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. The village is west of Kaslo on Highway 31A, and southeast of Nakusp and northeast of Slocan on Highway 6. Name origin In 1892, the town was mostly called Slocan City or Slocan for about a month, Eldorado City or Eldorado for about seven months, and New Denver since. However, these names were used interchangeably for months. Furthermore, the place may have been known as Carpenter Creek townsite after its founding in 1891. Appearing about the same time as the Slocan community at the foot of the lake, it is unclear why the latter prevailed in keeping the name. Until the government survey in mid 1892, the place was a squatters camp for miners. Named for El Dorado, the legendary city of gold, the surrounding mines were hoped to bring comparable prosperity. On discovering the mines were silver deposits, the name changed to reflect the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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