Lumby Junction is a railway point in
Osoyoos Division Yale Land District The Osoyoos Division Yale Land District is one of the 59 land districts of British Columbia, Canada, which are the underlying cadastral divisions of that province.
All land titles and surveys use the Land District system as the primary point of ref ...
,
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 north end of
Kalamalka Lake
Kalamalka Lake ( "Kal Lake") is a large lake in the interior plateau of southern central British Columbia, Canada, east of Okanagan Lake. The lake is located approximately south of the city of Vernon and is its main drinking water supply. The la ...
, at coordinates . Lumby Junction is on the
Kelowna Pacific Railway, which operated over railway lines leased from
Canadian National Railway Company
The Canadian National Railway Company (french: Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States.
CN i ...
until Kelowna Pacific entered receivership and ceased operations on June 6, 2013.
On September 26, 2013, Canadian National announced that it had reached agreements with a major shipper and two locals of the
Teamsters union
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), also known as the Teamsters Union, is a labor union in the United States and Canada. Formed in 1903 by the merger of The Team Drivers International Union and The Teamsters National Union, the un ...
that would allow CN to resume operations over most of the Kelowna Pacific. CN said it planned to abandon the line between Lumby Junction and Kelowna.
References
Geography of British Columbia
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