Basque, British Columbia, is located in the
province
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of
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, ...
, Canada, near the village of
Ashcroft Ashcroft may refer to:
Places
* Ashcroft, British Columbia, a village in Canada
**Ashcroft House in Bagpath, Gloucestershire, England—eponym of the Canadian village
* Ashcroft, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia
* Ashcroft, Colorado, ...
. It is the post office and whistlestop-crossing on the historic
Basque Ranch
Basque may refer to:
* Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France
* Basque language, their language
Places
* Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France
* Basque Country (autonomous co ...
, one of the earliest ranches in the Interior of British Columbia. One of the descendants of the Basque family is
Garnet Basque, a notable popular historian in BC who has written extensively on ranching and the gold rush history.
Basque is notable as the location where the
Canadian Northern Railway drove its Last Spike in 1915.
Basque is a connection point between the Canadian Pacific and Canadian National Railroads in the lower Thompson River Valley. This is where the uni-directional running of both railroads stops and they revert to running both ways on their own tracks. The other point is at Mission, just east of Vancouver.
Basque diaspora in North America
Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia
Thompson Country
Populated places in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District
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