Kettle Valley is on the south side of the
Kettle River in the
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region of south central
British Columbia
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. The unincorporated settlement, on Kettle Valley Rd S. (off
BC Highway 3), is by road about west of
Greenwood and east of
Osoyoos
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.
Name origin
The name came from 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, Br ...
presence.
Railway
The former train station, on the north side of the
Kettle River, was northwest of
Midway, and east of
Rock Creek.
The final passenger train ran in 1964.
Community
The post office operated 1913–1975. By 1918, the rural hamlet also had an Anglican church and population of 60.
Nowadays, most residences lie south of the river, across the concrete-decked bridge which replaced the war-surplus
Bailey bridge
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in 2001.
References
Designated places in British Columbia
Populated places in the Boundary Country
Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia
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