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 enterprises are included.

Ghost towns	Alternate Name(s)	Locality/Region	Location (BCGNIS)	Events/Activity	Company town	Peak population & era	Today's population	Lifespan
Alice Arm		Alice Arm, Observatory Inlet North Coast	55.48333°N 129.46667°W / 55.48333; -129.46667 (Alice Arm) (BCGNIS)	Base for mining operations up the Kitsault River to the Cambria Icefield
Allenby		Similkameen	49.41667°N 120.51667°W / 49.41667; -120.51667 (Allenby) (BCGNIS)	copper mining; see Copper Mountain
Alta Lake		now part of Whistler	50.14167°N 122.95556°W / 50.14167; -122.95556 (Alta Lake) (BCGNIS)
Alvin		Pitt Lake	49.600°N 122.633°W / 49.600; -122.633 (Alvin) (BCGNIS)
Anaconda		Boundary	49.08472°N 118.68306°W / 49.08472; -118.68306 (Anaconda) (BCGNIS)	copper mining & smelter	Anaconda Copper			1894-1924(?)
Antler Creek	Antler	Cariboo	53.267°N 121.333°W / 53.267; -121.333 (Antler Creek) (BCGNIS) (location of creek mouth, may be incorrect for settlement)	gold
Anyox		North Coast (Observatory Inlet)	55.417°N 129.817°W / 55.417; -129.817 (Anyox) (BCGNIS)	mining & smelter	Granby Mining & Smelter Co.		10
Arrowhead		Upper Arrow Lake	50.71111°N 117.92083°W / 50.71111; -117.92083 (Arrowhead) (BCGNIS)
Bamberton		Vancouver Island	48.58583°N 123.52222°W / 48.58583; -123.52222 (Bamberton) (BCGNIS)	Cement plant	BC Cement Company			1912–1980
Barkerville		Cariboo	53.06667°N 121.51667°W / 53.06667; -121.51667 (Barkerville) (BCGNIS)	Cariboo Gold Rush		16,000	100 (staff)
Barkley Valley		Cayoosh Range, Lillooet Country	50.483°N 122.333°W / 50.483; -122.333 (Barnet) (BCGNIS)	Barkley Valley Mines, Ltd - gold/silver			0
Barnet		Burnaby (Burrard Inlet)	49.300°N 122.917°W / 49.300; -122.917 (Barnet) (BCGNIS)				0
Baynes Lake		East Kootenay	49.233°N 115.217°W / 49.233; -115.217 (Baynes Lake) (BCGNIS)	sawmill & railway	Adolph Lumber Company		280
Bennett	Bennett Lake, Bennett Lake City	Klondike Gold Rush	59.85000°N 135.00000°W / 59.85000; -135.00000 (Bennett)				0
Big Bar	Sixty Mile, Big Bar Ferry	Fraser Canyon	50.83333°N 122.81667°W / 50.83333; -122.81667 (Big Bar)			2,000	50 (IR)
Big Bend		Columbia		Big Bend Gold Rush			0
Birmingham		Prince George		Grand Trunk Pacific Railway construction/realty promotion			0
Blackfoot		Similkameen		Similkameen Gold Rush			0
Blakeburn		Similkameen	49.48167°N 120.74028°W / 49.48167; -120.74028 (Blakeburn) (BCGNIS)	Coal Mining	Coalmont Collieries (1927–1940)	250 (ca1932)	0
Boothroyd's	Boothroyd, Canyon Alpine	Fraser Canyon	49.96528°N 121.48333°W / 49.96528; -121.48333 (Boothroyd's) (BCGNIS)	CPR
Boston Bar	Quayome	Fraser Canyon	49.867°N 121.433°W / 49.867; -121.433 (Boston Bar) (BCGNIS)	CPR
Boundary Falls		Boundary	49.03333°N 118.70000°W / 49.03333; -118.70000 (Boundary Falls)	smelter & railway			0
Bullion		Cariboo	52.617°N 121.650°W / 52.617; -121.650 (Bullion) (BCGNIS)	Cariboo Gold Rush			0
Bralorne		Bridge River	50.76667°N 122.81667°W / 50.76667; -122.81667 (Bralorne)	gold mining		8,000	300
Bradian	Bralorne Third Townsite	Bridge River	50.76944°N 122.79167°W / 50.76944; -122.79167 (Bradian) (BCGNIS)			2,000	20
Brexton		Bridge River	50.83333°N 122.81667°W / 50.83333; -122.81667 (Brexton)			3,000	20
Bridge River	Six Mile, Lower Fountains, Lower Fountain	Lillooet	50.83333°N 122.81667°W / 50.83333; -122.81667 (Bridge River)			3,000	50 (IR)
Britannia Beach	Britannia; there were two towns, one called Mount Sheer or The Townsite on the mountain, and The Beach at sea level	Howe Sound	49.63333°N 123.20000°W / 49.63333; -123.20000 (Britannia Beach) (BCGNIS)	copper mining (hard rock)and milling	1904-1959 Britannia Mining & Smelting Company; 1959-1962 Howe Sound Company; 1962-1974 Anaconda	several thousands in the 1940s and 1950s	approx. 300	1904-1974 (now site of BC Mine Museum)
Brooklyn		Boundary					0
Butedale		Central Coast	53.15000°N 128.70000°W / 53.15000; -128.70000 (Butedale) (BCGNIS)			2,000	10
Camborne		Upper Arrow Lake	50.783°N 117.633°W / 50.783; -117.633 (Camborne) (BCGNIS)
Camerontown	Cameronton	Cariboo	53.07500°N 121.50833°W / 53.07500; -121.50833 (Camerontown) (BCGNIS)
Camp McKinney		Boundary	49.11667°N 119.18333°W / 49.11667; -119.18333 (Camp McKinney)				0
Cape Scott		Vancouver Island	50.783°N 128.333°W / 50.783; -128.333 (Cape Scott) (BCGNIS)	religious colony (Danes)		500	10
Cassidy		Vancouver Island	49.050°N 123.883°W / 49.050; -123.883 (Cassidy) (BCGNIS)	coal mining			976
Carmi		Okanagan	49.500°N 119.117°W / 49.500; -119.117 (Carmi) (BCGNIS)				0
Cascade City		Boundary	49.200°N 118.200°W / 49.200; -118.200 (Cascade City) (BCGNIS)				0
Cassiar		Cassiar	49.017°N 118.200°W / 49.017; -118.200 (Cassiar) (BCGNIS)	Cassiar Gold Rush and later mining
Cedar City		Cariboo
Centreville		Cassiar	59.283°N 129.400°W / 59.283; -129.400 (Centreville) (BCGNIS)
Cherryville		Okanagan (northern Monashees)	50.24167°N 118.61667°W / 50.24167; -118.61667 (Cherryville) (BCGNIS)				1000
Circle City		Upper Arrow Lake-Kootenay Lake	50.76111°N 117.44583°W / 50.76111; -117.44583 (Circle City) (BCGNIS)
Clayburn		Abbotsford	49.083°N 122.267°W / 49.083; -122.267 (Clayburn) (BCGNIS)	clay mining/brickery			0
Coal Creek		East Kootenay	49.48611°N 114.98333°W / 49.48611; -114.98333 (Coal Creek) (BCGNIS)				0
Coalmont		Similkameen	49.51028°N 120.69278°W / 49.51028; -120.69278 (Coalmont)	Coal Mining	Columbia Coal & Coke (est.1911)	400 (c. 1926)	80
Cody		Slocan	49.967°N 117.200°W / 49.967; -117.200 (Cody) (BCGNIS)
Columbia		Boundary	(BCGNIS)				0
Comaplix		Upper Arrow Lake	50.750°N 117.767°W / 50.750; -117.767 (Comaplix) (BCGNIS)
Copper Mountain		Similkameen	49.32500°N 120.53889°W / 49.32500; -120.53889 (Copper Mountain) (BCGNIS)				0
Corbin		East Kootenay	49.517°N 114.650°W / 49.517; -114.650 (BCGNIS)				0
Coryell	Gladstone	Boundary	49.150°N 118.100°W / 49.150; -118.100 (Coryell) (BCGNIS)	Burnt Basin Gold Rush			0
Craigellachie		Eagle Pass	50.967°N 118.717°W / 50.967; -118.717 (Craigellachie) (BCGNIS)	CPR construction
Deadwood		Boundary	49.100°N 118.700°W / 49.100; -118.700 (Deadwood) (BCGNIS)				0
Dease Lake	Dease Lake Post	Cassiar-|Stikine	58.43333°N 130.02417°W / 58.43333; -130.02417 (Dease Lake) (BCGNIS)	Cassiar Gold Rush; seat of Cassiar Mining District			500
Derby	Old Fort Langley	Fraser Valley		founding of Colony of British Columbia-Fraser Canyon Gold Rush			40 (now rural area in Langley)
Discovery		Cassiar	59.600°N 133.550°W / 59.600; -133.550 (Discovery) (BCGNIS)
Donald		Revelstoke	51.49583°N 117.17361°W / 51.49583; -117.17361 (Donald) (BCGNIS)	CPR construction
Duncan City	Howser	Kootenay Lake	50.300°N 116.950°W / 50.300; -116.950 (BCGNIS)
Dunkeld	Manson Creek	Omineca	(BCGNIS)	Omineca Gold Rush
Eagle Pass Landing		Shuswap	50.96528°N 118.36944°W / 50.96528; -118.36944 (Eagle Pass Landing) (BCGNIS)	CPR construction			near today's Sicamous
East New Hazelton		Hazelton area	55.250°N 127.667°W / 55.250; -127.667 (East New Hazelton) (BCGNIS) (record is for Hazelton)	Grand Trunk Pacific Railway construction/realty promotion			0
East Princeton		Similkameen					0
Eholt		Boundary	49.15833°N 118.54167°W / 49.15833; -118.54167 (Eholt) (BCGNIS)	railway			0
Emory City	Emory, Emory Bar	Fraser Canyon	49°31′00″N 121°25′00″W	Fraser Canyon Gold Rush & CPR construction				1858–1885
Fairview		Okanagan	49.17500°N 119.60000°W / 49.17500; -119.60000 (Fairview) (BCGNIS)				0
Ferguson		Upper Arrow Lake-Kootenay Lake	50.683°N 117.483°W / 50.683; -117.483 (Ferguson) (BCGNIS)
Fisherville	Wild Horse, Kootenai, Kootenay, Kootenais	East Kootenay	49.65528°N 115.59417°W / 49.65528; -115.59417 (Fisherville) (BCGNIS)	Wild Horse Creek Gold Rush		1000	0	1863–1880
Fort Berens		Lillooet	50.68889°N 121.91667°W / 50.68889; -121.91667 (BCGNIS)	fur trade, gold rush			0	never finished construction; adjacent to Parsonville and Marysville
Fort Fraser		Nechako (New Caledonia)	54.067°N 124.550°W / 54.067; -124.550 (Fort Fraser) (BCGNIS)				0
Fort Keremeos	Fort Similkameen	Similkameen	49.200°N 119.833°W / 49.200; -119.833 (Fort Keremeos) (BCGNIS)				0
Fort Kilmaurs	Fort Babine, Babine	Babine Lake (New Caledonia)	55.31806°N 126.62222°W / 55.31806; -126.62222 (Fort Babine) (BCGNIS)				0
Fort Kootenay		East Kootenay					0
Fort Rupert		Vancouver Island	50.700°N 127.417°W / 50.700; -127.417 (Fort Rupert) (BCGNIS)	coal mining			0
Fort Shepherd	Fort Sheppard, Sheppard	West Kootenay		fur trade		0
Fort Steele		East Kootenay	49.617°N 115.633°W / 49.617; -115.633 (Fort Steele) (BCGNIS)	Wild Horse Creek War (see Fisherville)			staff
Fountain	Upper Fountains, The Fountain, Fountain Flats	Lillooet	50.75000°N 121.88333°W / 50.75000; -121.88333 (Fountain) (BCGNIS)				300
Freeport		Burns Lake area		Grand Trunk Pacific Railway construction/realty promotion			0
Galena Bay	Galena	Upper Arrow Lake	50.667°N 117.850°W / 50.667; -117.850 (Galena Bay) (BCGNIS)
Garibaldi		Cheakamus River	49.967°N 123.150°W / 49.967; -123.150 (Garibaldi) (BCGNIS	railway lodge, ski cabins (see The Barrier)
Gerrard		Upper Arrow Lake-Kootenay Lake	50.517°N 117.283°W / 50.517; -117.283 (Gerrard) (BCGNIS)
Germansen's Landing	Germansen Creek	Omineca Country	55.783°N 124.700°W / 55.783; -124.700 (Germansen's Landing) (BCGNIS)	Omineca Gold Rush
Gladstone	Coryell	Boundary		Burnt Basin Gold Rush	49.150°N 118.100°W / 49.150; -118.100 (Gladstone) (BCGNIS)		0
Gold Bridge		Bridge River	50.850°N 122.833°W / 50.850; -122.833 (Gold Bridge) (BCGNIS)			3,000	300
Gold Hill		Kootenay Lake	50.383°N 117.083°W / 50.383; -117.083 (Gold Hill) (BCGNIS)
Goldfields		Upper Arrow Lake
Granite Creek	Granite City, Granite	Similkameen	49.50444°N 120.68056°W / 49.50444; -120.68056 (Granite City) (BCGNIS)	Tulameen Gold Rush		2000 (c. 1886)	0
Greenwood		Boundary	49.100°N 118.683°W / 49.100; -118.683 (Greenwood) (BCGNIS)	copper/galena mining & smelting		8,000	500	1897–present
Green River	Soo Valley	now part of Whistler	50.217°N 122.883°W / 50.217; -122.883 (Green River) (BCGNIS)	mill camp, later hippie/skier squat				BCR/PGE station was "Parkhurst". BC Geographical Names.
Grouse Creek		Cariboo		Grouse Creek War
Hagensborg		Bella Coola	52.383°N 126.550°W / 52.383; -126.550 (Hagensborg) (BCGNIS)	religious/teetotal colony (Norwegians)			0
Harewood		mid-Vancouver Island (Nanaimo)
Harrison Mills	Carnarvon	Fraser Valley	49.250°N 121.950°W / 49.250; -121.950 (Harrison Mills) (BCGNIS)	sawmill & railway		3,000	30
Hedley		Similkameen	49.350°N 120.067°W / 49.350; -120.067 (Hedley) (BCGNIS)	gold mining			300
Hendrix Lake		Cariboo	52.09722°N 120.79028°W / 52.09722; -120.79028 (Hendrix Lake) (BCGNIS)	Boss Mountain Mine (molybdenum)	Noranda (mining company)	300-500 (late 60's)	10 (approx)	1965-1972 (now primarily a cottage community)
Hill's Bar		Fraser Canyon, 10 mi. south of Yale	49.533°N 121.417°W / 49.533; -121.417 (Hill's Bar) (BCGNIS)	Fraser Canyon Gold Rush			0
Hogem	Old Hogem	Omineca		Omineca Gold Rush
Holberg		Vancouver Island	50.650°N 128.017°W / 50.650; -128.017 (Holberg) (BCGNIS)	religious colony (Danes); CFB Holberg (DEW Line)		500	10
Howellton		Omineca Country		Omineca Gold Rush
Illecillewaet		Revelstoke	51.183°N 117.750°W / 51.183; -117.750 (Illecillewaet) (BCGNIS)	CPR construction
Kansas		Cariboo
Keithley Creek		Cariboo	52.767°N 121.417°W / 52.767; -121.417 (Keithley Creek) (BCGNIS)	Cariboo Gold Rush			40
Keremeos Centre		Similkameen	49.200°N 119.833°W / 49.200; -119.833 (Keremeos) (BCGNIS link is to Keremeos				0
Kitsault		North Coast (Observatory Inlet)	55.45694°N 129.47667°W / 55.45694; -129.47667 (Kitsault) (BCGNIS)	Molybdenum mining & processing.	Amax of Canada Ltd.	1200		1978–1983
Laketon		Cassiar District	58.700°N 130.100°W / 58.700; -130.100 (Laketon) (BCGNIS)
Lardeau City		Upper Arrow Lake
Leadville	Summit City	Similkameen					0
Leechtown		Vancouver Island	48.483°N 123.717°W / 48.483; -123.717 (Leechtown) (BCGNIS)				0
Lemon Creek		Slocan	49.700°N 117.467°W / 49.700; -117.467 (Lemon Creek) (BCGNIS)	Mining, Japanese internment
Lumberton		East Kootenay	49.417°N 115.867°W / 49.417; -115.867 (Lumberton) (BCGNIS)				0
McDame	Fort McDame, McDame Post	Cassiar	59.18333°N 129.23333°W / 59.18333; -129.23333 (McDame) (BCGNIS)	Cassiar Gold Rush
McGillivray Falls		Lillooet	50.617°N 122.433°W / 50.617; -122.433 (McGillivray Falls) (BCGNIS)	railway resort
Manson Creek		Omineca	55.667°N 124.483°W / 55.667; -124.483 (Manson Creek) (BCGNIS)	Omineca Gold Rush
Mica		Columbia		Big Bend Gold Rush			0
Michel		East Kootenay		CNP Coal	CPR	1200	0	1898–1970
Minto City		Bridge River				2,500	0
Monashee Townsite		Okanagan					0
Morrissey		East Kootenay	49.383°N 115.017°W / 49.383; -115.017 (Morrissey) (BCGNIS)				0
Morrissey Mines		East Kootenay	49.35417°N 115.00417°W / 49.35417; -115.00417 (Morrissey Mines) (BCGNIS)				0
Moyie City		East Kootenay	49.300°N 115.833°W / 49.300; -115.833 (Moyie City) (BCGNIS)				0
Nashton	Zwicky	Kootenay Lake	49.92083°N 116.98611°W / 49.92083; -116.98611 (Nashton) (BCGNIS)
New Denver		Slocan	49.99167°N 117.38194°W / 49.99167; -117.38194 (New Denver) (BCGNIS)
New Hogem	Hogem; see also Old Hogem	Omineca Country		Omineca Gold Rush
Niagara Boundary Country		Okanagan	49.100°N 118.467°W / 49.100; -118.467 (Niagara) (BCGNIS)				0
North Bend	Boston Bar (Name moved across the river when this community was renamed.)	Fraser Canyon	49.883°N 123.450°W / 49.883; -123.450 (North Bend) (BCGNIS)	CPR
Ocean Falls		Central Coast	52.35556°N 127.68889°W / 52.35556; -127.68889 (Ocean Falls) (BCGNIS)				50
Okanagan Mission		Okanagan	49.817°N 119.483°W / 49.817; -119.483 (Okanagan Mission) (BCGNIS)				(now part of Greater Kelowna)
Olalla		Similkameen	49.267°N 119.833°W / 49.267; -119.833 (Olalla) (BCGNIS)
Omineca City		Omineca		Omineca Gold Rush
Parsonville	Parsonsville	Lillooet		Fraser Canyon Gold Rush			0
Pemberton Meadows		Lillooet	50.44167°N 122.91667°W / 50.44167; -122.91667 (Pemberton Meadows) (BCGNIS)				0
Phoenix	Greenwood Camp	Boundary	49.100°N 118.583°W / 49.100; -118.583 (Phoenix) (BCGNIS)	Copper mining	Granby Co.	4,000 (1919?)	0	1891–1951
Pinchi Lake		Boundary	54.633°N 124.417°W / 54.633; -124.417 (Pinchi Lake) (BCGNIS)				0
Poplar Creek		Kootenay Lake	50.417°N 117.133°W / 50.417; -117.133 (Poplar Creek) (BCGNIS)
Port Douglas		Lillooet River-Harrison Lake	49.767°N 122.167°W / 49.767; -122.167 (Port Douglas) (BCGNIS)	Fraser Canyon Gold Rush			30 (Xa'xtsa people)
Port Essington		North Coast	54.150°N 129.967°W / 54.150; -129.967 (Port Essington) (BCGNIS)
Porter Landing		Cassiar District	58.800°N 130.100°W / 58.800; -130.100 (Porter Landing) (BCGNIS)
Quesnel Forks		Cariboo	52.667°N 121.667°W / 52.667; -121.667 (Quesnel Forks) (BCGNIS)	Cariboo Gold Rush
Red Gap		Vancouver Island	49.25306°N 124.17111°W / 49.25306; -124.17111 (Red Gap)		Straits Lumber Co		0	1912-1942 (some milling to 1950)
Retallack	Whitewater, White Water	Slocan	50.050°N 117.133°W / 50.050; -117.133 (Retallack) (BCGNIS)
Richfield		Cariboo		Cariboo Gold Rush
Rock Creek		Boundary	49.050°N 119.000°W / 49.050; -119.000 (Rock Creek) (BCGNIS)				500 (area)
Sandon		Slocan	49.983°N 117.233°W / 49.983; -117.233 (Sandon) (BCGNIS)				500 (area)
Shalalth	Bridge River	Seton Lake, Bridge River	50.733°N 122.217°W / 50.733; -122.217 (Shalalth) (BCGNIS)			5000	700
Similkameen City		Similkameen					0
Sointula		Malcolm Island (Queen Charlotte Strait)	50.633°N 127.017°W / 50.633; -127.017 (Sointula) (BCGNIS)	Fabian/socialist colony (Finns)			0
Soo Valley	Green River	now part of Whistler	50.167°N 122.917°W / 50.167; -122.917 (Soo Valley) (BCGNIS)
Spences Bridge		Thompson Canyon	50.417°N 121.350°W / 50.417; -121.350 (Spences Bridge) (BCGNIS)	Cariboo Road, CPR
Stanley		Cariboo	53.033°N 121.717°W / 53.033; -121.717 (Stanley) (BCGNIS)	Cariboo Gold Rush		1500 (in 1900)	0 (?)
Stave Falls	Stave Gardens	Lower Mainland	49.217°N 122.350°W / 49.217; -122.350 (Stave Falls) (BCGNIS)	BCER		2-3,000	500 (area)
Steamboat Mountain		Silverhope Creek, Hope area					0
Tashme		Hope-Princeton Highway	49.267°N 121.233°W / 49.267; -121.233 (Tashme) (BCGNIS)	Japanese-Canadian internment camp			0
Tasu	Tassoo, Old Tassoo, Tasu Sound	Morseby Island, Queen Charlottes	52.767°N 132.033°W / 52.767; -132.033 (Tasu) (BCGNIS)	gold mine & camp		various owners, most lately WesFrob Mines, a subsidiary of Falconbridge	0
Tête Jaune Cache		Robson Valley	52.96590°N 119.43006°W / 52.96590; -119.43006 (Tête Jaune Cache)	Grand Trunk Pacific Railway construction
Three Forks		Slocan	50.01667°N 117.28330°W / 50.01667; -117.28330 (Three Forks) (BCGNIS)
Three Valley Gap		Eagle Pass
Tipella City	Tipella	Harrison Lake	49.73335°N 122.14999°W / 49.73335; -122.14999 (Tipella City) (BCGNIS)	real estate promotion/townsite
Trout Lake City	Trout Lake	Upper Arrow Lake-Kootenay Lake	50.65131°N 117.54036°W / 50.65131; -117.54036 (Trout Lake City) (BCGNIS)
Tulameen		Similkameen	49.54589°N 120.75970°W / 49.54589; -120.75970 (Tulameen) (BCGNIS)
Upper Keremeos		Similkameen					0
Volcanic City		Boundary				1	0
Waldo		East Kootenay	49.200°N 115.217°W / 49.200; -115.217 (Waldo) (BCGNIS)				0
Walhachin		Thompson	50.75864°N 121.02118°W / 50.75864; -121.02118 (Walhachin) (BCGNIS)				150
Waterloo		West Kootenay		after abandonment, location of ferry operated by Doukhobor community			150
Webster's Corners		Maple Ridge	49.22047°N 122.51241°W / 49.22047; -122.51241 (Webster's Corners) (BCGNIS)	Fabian/socialist colony (Finns)			0
Zincton		Slocan	50.03333°N 117.19996°W / 50.03333; -117.19996 (Zincton) (BCGNIS)

See also

• List of mines in British Columbia

References

• Bruce Ramsey, Ghost Towns of British Columbia, Mitchell Press, Vancouver, 1963, OCLC: 39371
• T W Paterson, Encyclopedia of ghost towns & mining camps of British Columbia, Stagecoach Pub., Langley, 1979, ISBN