Blakeburn, also known as the Blakeburn Site, is an abandoned locality and former coal mine and coal mining town located southwest of the confluence of
Granite Creek and the
Tulameen River
The Tulameen River is a tributary of the Similkameen River in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The Tulameen River is part of the Columbia River drainage basin, being a tributary of the Similkameen River, which flows into the Okanagan Riv ...
, across the latter from the surviving coal mining hamlet in the area,
Coalmont, which was the railhead for the Blakeburn Mine Railway, connecting it to the
Kettle Valley Railway
The Kettle Valley Railway was a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) that operated across southern British Columbia, west of Midway running to Rock Creek, then north to Myra Canyon, down to Penticton over to Princeton, Coalmont, B ...
.
Blakeburn was named c. 1923 for, and by, the President of
Coalmont Collieries Ltd.,
William John "Blake" Wilson, with his employer in
Vancouver
Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...
,
Patrick Burns of
P. Burns & Co. meat packers and dealers, being Vice-President and the other major shareholder.
See also
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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 en ...
References
Mining communities in British Columbia
Company towns in Canada
Ghost towns in British Columbia
Populated places in the Similkameen
Coal mines in Canada
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