List of ghost towns in British Columbia

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This is a list of ghost towns in the Canadian province of British Columbia, including those still partly-inhabited as well as those completely abandoned or derelict. Region of location and associated events or enterprises are included.

Ghost town	alternate names	locality/region	location/coordinates	Events/activity	Company town	Peak population & era	Today's population	lifespan
Agerton	Akerton	Pemberton Valley	°′″N, °′″W	agrarian colony (Norwegians)			0
Allenby		Similkameen	49°25′00.0″N, 120°30′59.9″W	copper mining; see Copper Mountain
Alta Lake		now part of Whistler	°′″N, °′″W
Alvin		Pitt Lake	°′″N, °′″W
Anaconda		Boundary	49°05′04.5″N, 118°40′58.9″W	copper mining & smelter	Anaconda Mines
Antler Creek	Antler	Cariboo	°′″N, °′″W
Anyox		North Coast (Observatory Inlet)	°′″N, °′″W	smelter; Granby Mining & Smelter Co.			10
Arrowhead		Upper Arrow Lake	°′″N, °′″W
Barkerville		Cariboo	53°04′00.0″N, 121°30′59.9″W	Cariboo Gold Rush		16,000	100 (staff)
Barnet		Burnaby (Burrard Inlet)	°′″N, °′″W				0
Baynes Lake		East Kootenay	°′″N, °′″W				0
Bennett	Bennett Lake, Bennett Lake City	Klondike Gold Rush	59°51′00.0″N, 135°00′00.0″W				0
Big Bar	Sixty Mile, Big Bar Ferry	Fraser Canyon	50°50′00.1″N, 122°48′59.9″W			2,000	50 (IR)
Big Bend		Columbia	°′″N, °′″W	Big Bend Gold Rush			0
Birmingham		Prince George	°′″N, °′″W	Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad construction/realty promotion			0
Boundary Falls		Boundary	49°01′59.9″N, 118°41′59.9″W	smelter & railway			0
Blackfoot		Similkameen	°′″N, °′″W	gold (Similkameen Gold Rush			0
Blakeburn		Similkameen	°′″N, °′″W	coal			0
Boothroyd's	Boothroyd, Canyon Alpine	Fraser Canyon	°′″N, °′″W	CPR
Boston Bar	Quayome	Fraser Canyon	°′″N, °′″W	CPR
Boundary Falls		Boundary	°′″N, °′″W				0
Bullion		Cariboo	°′″N, °′″W	Cariboo Gold Rush			0
Bralorne		Bridge River	50°46′00.0″N, 122°48′59.9″W			8,000	300
Bradian	Bralorne Third Townsite	Bridge River	°′″N, °′″W			2,000	20
Brexton		Bridge River	50°50′00.1″N, 122°48′59.9″W			3,000	20
Bridge River	Six Mile, Lower Fountains, Lower Fountain	Lillooet	50°50′00.1″N, 122°48′59.9″W			3,000	50 (IR)
Brittania Beach	Brittania	Howe Sound	°′″N, °′″W	gold mining (hard rock)
Brooklyn		Boundary	°′″N, °′″W				0
Butedale		Central Coast	53°09′00.0″N, 128°41′59.9″W			2,000	10
Camborne		Upper Arrow Lake	°′″N, °′″W
Camerontown		Cariboo	°′″N, °′″W
Camp McKinney		Boundary	49°07′00.0″N, 119°10′59.9″W				0
Cape Scott		Central Coast	°′″N, °′″W	religious colony (Danes)		500	10
Cassidy		Vancouver Island	°′″N, °′″W	coal mining			0
Carmi		Okanagan	°′″N, °′″W				0
Cascade City		Boundary	°′″N, °′″W				0
Cassiar		Cassiar District	°′″N, °′″W	Cassiar Gold Rush and later mining
Cedar City		Cariboo	°′″N, °′″W
Centreville		Cassiar District	°′″N, °′″W
Cherryville		Okanagan (northern Monashees)	°′″N, °′″W				0
Circle City		Upper Arrow Lake-Kootenay Lake	°′″N, °′″W
Clayburn		Abbotsford	°′″N, °′″W	clay mining/brickery			0
Coal Creek		East Kootenay	°′″N, °′″W				0
Coalmont		Similkameen	°′″N, °′″W				0
Cody		Slocan	°′″N, °′″W
Columbia		Boundary	°′″N, °′″W				0
Comaplix, British ColumbiaComaplix		Upper Arrow Lake	°′″N, °′″W
Copper Mountain		Similkameen	°′″N, °′″W				0
Corbin		East Kootenay	°′″N, °′″W				0
Coryell	Gladstone	Boundary	°′″N, °′″W				0
Craigellachie		Eagle Pass	°′″N, °′″W	CPR construction
Deadwood		Boundary	°′″N, °′″W				0
Dease Lake	Dease Lake Post	Cassiar District	°′″N, °′″W	Cassiar Gold Rush			500
Derby	Old Fort Langley	Fraser Valley	°′″N, °′″W	founding of Colony of British Columbia-Fraser Canyon Gold Rush			40 (now rural area in Langley)
Discovery		Cassiar District	°′″N, °′″W
Donald		Revelstoke	°′″N, °′″W	CPR construction
Duncan City	Howser	Kootenay Lake	°′″N, °′″W
Dunkeld		Omineca Country	°′″N, °′″W	Omineca Gold Rush
Eagle Pass Landing		sicamous	°′″N, °′″W	CPR construction
East New Hazelton		Hazelton area	°′″N, °′″W	Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad construction/realty promotion			0
East Princeton		Similkameen	°′″N, °′″W				0
Eholt		Boundary	°′″N, °′″W	railway			0
Emory City	Emory, Emory Bar	Fraser Canyon	°′″N, °′″W	CPR construction
Fairview		Okanagan	°′″N, °′″W				0
Ferguson		Upper Arrow Lake-Kootenay Lake	°′″N, °′″W
Fisherville		East Kootenay	°′″N, °′″W				0
Fort Berens		Lillooet	°′″N, °′″W	fur trade, gold rush			0	never finished construction; adjacent to Parsonville and Marysville
Fort Fraser		Nechako District (New Caledonia)	°′″N, °′″W				0
Fort Kilmaurs	Fort Babine, Babine	Babine Lake (New Caledonia)	°′″N, °′″W				0
Fort Kootenay		East Kootenay	°′″N, °′″W				0
Fort Rupert		Vancouver Island	°′″N, °′″W	coal mining			0
Fort Shepherd	Fort Sheppard, Sheppard	West Kootenay	°′″N, °′″W	fur trade		0
Fort Steele		East Kootenay	°′″N, °′″W	Wild Horse Creek War (see Fisherville			staff
Fountain	Upper Fountains, The Fountain, Fountain Flats	Lillooet	50°50′00.1″N, 122°48′59.9″W				300
Freeport		Burns Lake area	°′″N, °′″W	Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad construction/realty promotion			0
Galena Bay	Galena	Upper Arrow Lake	°′″N, °′″W
Garibaldi		Cheakamus River	°′″N, °′″W	railway lodge, ski cabins (see The Barrier)
Gerrard		Upper Arrow Lake-Kootenay Lake	°′″N, °′″W
Germansen's Landing	Germansen Creek	Omineca Country	°′″N, °′″W	Omineca Gold Rush
Gladstone	Coryell	Boundary	°′″N, °′″W				0
Gold Bridge		Bridge River	°′″N, °′″W			3,000	300
Gold Hill		Kootenay Lake	°′″N, °′″W
Goldfields		Upper Arrow Lake	°′″N, °′″W
Granite City	Granite Creek, Granite	Similkameen	°′″N, °′″W	Tulameen Gold Rush			0
Greenwood		Boundary	°′″N, °′″W	copper/galena mining & smelting		8,000	500
Green River	Soo Valley	now part of Whistler	°′″N, °′″W	mill camp, later hippie/skier squat
Grouse Creek		Cariboo	°′″N, °′″W	Grouse Creek War
Hagensborg		Bella Coola	°′″N, °′″W	religious/teetotal colony (Norwegians)			0
Harewood		mid-Vancouver Island (Nanaimo)	°′″N, °′″W
Harrison Mills	Carnarvon	Fraser Valley	°′″N, °′″W	sawmill & railway		3,000	30
Hedley		Similkameen	°′″N, °′″W				300
Hill's Bar		Fraser Canyon, 10 mi. south of Yale	°′″N, °′″W	Fraser Canyon Gold Rush			0
Hogem	Old Hogem	Omineca Country	°′″N, °′″W	Omineca Gold Rush
Holberg		Vancouver Island	°′″N, °′″W	religious colony (Danes); CFB Holberg (DEW Line)		500	10
Howellton		Omineca Country	°′″N, °′″W	Omineca Gold Rush
Illecillewaet		Revelstoke	°′″N, °′″W	CPR construction
Kansas		Cariboo	°′″N, °′″W
Keithley Creek		Cariboo	°′″N, °′″W	Cariboo Gold Rush			40
Keremeos Centre		Similkameen	°′″N, °′″W				0
Kitsault		North Coast	°′″N, °′″W				0
Laketon		Cassiar District	°′″N, °′″W
Lardeau City		Upper Arrow Lake	°′″N, °′″W
Leadville		Similkameen	°′″N, °′″W				0
Leechtown		Vancouver Island	°′″N, °′″W				0
Lemon Creek		East Kootenay	°′″N, °′″W	Japanese internment
Lumberton		East Kootenay	°′″N, °′″W				0
McDame	Fort McDame, McDame Post	Cassiar District	°′″N, °′″W	Cassiar Gold Rush
McGillivray Falls		Lillooet Country	°′″N, °′″W	railway resort
Manson's Landing	Manson Creek	Omineca Country	°′″N, °′″W	Omineca Gold Rush
Mica		Columbia	°′″N, °′″W	Big Bend Gold Rush			0
Minto City		Bridge River	°′″N, °′″W			2,500	0
Monashee Townsite		Okanagan	°′″N, °′″W				0
Morrissey		East Kootenay	°′″N, °′″W				0
Morrissey Mines		East Kootenay	°′″N, °′″W				0
Moyie City		East Kootenay	°′″N, °′″W				0
Nashton	Zwicky	Kootenay Lake	°′″N, °′″W
New Denver		Slocan	°′″N, °′″W
New Hogem	Hogem; see also Old Hogem	Omineca Country	°′″N, °′″W	Omineca Gold Rush
Niagara Boundary Country		Okanagan	°′″N, °′″W				0
North Bend		Fraser Canyon	°′″N, °′″W	CPR
Ocean Falls		Central Coast	°′″N, °′″W				50
Okanagan Mission		Okanagan	°′″N, °′″W				(now part of Greater Kelowna)
Olalla		Similkameen	°′″N, °′″W
Omineca City		Omineca Country	°′″N, °′″W	Omineca Gold Rush
Parsonville	Parsonsville	Lillooet	°′″N, °′″W	Fraser Canyon Gold Rush			0
Pemberton Meadows		Pemberton Valley	°′″N, °′″W				0
Phoenix		Boundary	°′″N, °′″W				0
Pinchi Lake		Boundary	°′″N, °′″W				0
Poplar Creek		Kootenay Lake	°′″N, °′″W
Port Douglas		Lillooet River-Harrison Lake	°′″N, °′″W	Fraser Canyon Gold Rush			30 (Xa'xtsa people)
Port Essington		North Coast	°′″N, °′″W
Porter Landing		Cassiar District	°′″N, °′″W
Quesnel Forks		Cariboo	°′″N, °′″W	Cariboo Gold Rush
Retallack	Whitewater, White Water	Slocan	°′″N, °′″W
Richfield		Cariboo	°′″N, °′″W	Cariboo Gold Rush
Rock Creek		Boundary	°′″N, °′″W				500 (area)
Sandon		Slocan	°′″N, °′″W				500 (area)
Shalalth	Bridge River	Seton Lake	°′″N, °′″W			5000	700
Similkameen City		Similkameen	°′″N, °′″W				0
Sointula		Malcolm Island (Queen Charlotte Strait)	°′″N, °′″W	Fabian/socialist colony (Finns)			0
Soo Valley	Green River	now part of Whistler	°′″N, °′″W
Spences Bridge		Thompson Canyon	°′″N, °′″W	Cariboo Road, CPR
Stanley		Cariboo	°′″N, °′″W	Cariboo Gold Rush			500 (area)
Stave Falls		Cariboo	°′″N, °′″W	BCER			500 (area)
Steamboat Mountain		Silverhope Creek, Hope area	°′″N, °′″W				0
Tasme		Hope-Princeton Highway	°′″N, °′″W	Japanese-Canadian internment camp			0
Tete Jaune Cache		Robson Valley	°′″N, °′″W	Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad construction
Three Forks		Slocan	°′″N, °′″W
Three Valley Gap		Eagle Pass	°′″N, °′″W
Tipella City	Tipella	Harrison Lake	°′″N, °′″W	real estate promotion/townsite
Trout Lake City	Trout Lake	Upper Arrow Lake-Kootenay Lake	°′″N, °′″W
Tulameen		Similkameen	°′″N, °′″W
Upper Keremeos		Similkameen	°′″N, °′″W				0
Volcanic City		Boundary	°′″N, °′″W				0
Waldo		East Kootenay	°′″N, °′″W				0
Walhachin		Thompson	°′″N, °′″W				150
Webster's Corners		Maple Ridge	°′″N, °′″W	Fabian/socialist colony (Finns)			0
Zincton		Slocan	°′″N, °′″W

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