Zamora is on the west side of the
Kettle River in the
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region of south central
British Columbia
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. The rural settlement, on
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and southeast of
Kelowna
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.
Name origin
Why the
Kettle Valley Railway
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, a
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(CP) subsidiary, opened this station so close to
Westbridge is unclear. Nobody appears to have lived in the vicinity until the late 1920s. In 1915, the station name changed from Zamaro to Zamora. The latter might be named after
Zamora, Spain
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or the Spanish
Province of Zamora
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, but no evidence substantiates either of these claims. Zamaro is more common as a surname than first name. CP sometimes named new stations after employees or their family members, but the early name change likely suggests the initial spelling was a mistake.
Railway
The former stop, on the west side of the Kettle River, was north of Rock Creek, and south of Westbridge.
No evidence remains of the
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house, which was immediately south of Zamora Rd. Passenger service ended in 1964. This part of the line closed to all traffic in 1973.
Zamora lies on the
Kettle Valley Rail Trail
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The trail uses a rail corridor that was originally built for the now-abandoned Kettle Valley Railway. The ...
.
Later community
Zamora Estates was an upscale bare-land strata development comprising 15 lots. Each of the lots have river frontage. After the 1915 wildfire in the Rock Creek area, only one house remained standing in the Zamora subdivision, the remainder reduced to rubble.
See also
* showing Westbridge.
* showing the fire destruction from the trail.
References
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Populated places in the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary