Gerrard | |
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Location of Gerrard in
British Columbia | |
Coordinates: 50°30′30″N 117°16′14″W / 50.50833°N 117.27056°W | |
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Gerrard is a ghost town in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. [1] The settlement was at the south end of Trout Lake, east of Upper Arrow Lake. [2]
Honouring banker George Bentley Gerrard, prior names were Selkirk and Twin Falls. [3] The Canadian Pacific Railway's (CPR) Kootenay and Arrowhead Railway from Lardeau northwest to the terminus at Gerrard opened in 1902, where it connected with vessels on Trout Lake. [4] At the time, the Great Northern Railway commenced a parallel line, but soon abandoned the project, and CPR never extended its line farther northwest in the direction of Arrowhead. [5] The company abandoned the Lardeau–Gerrard line in 1942. [6]
Although comprising several scattered residences, the old settlement has disappeared with time. A campground exists about a kilometre to the northwest. [3]
Gerrard | |
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Location of Gerrard in
British Columbia | |
Coordinates: 50°30′30″N 117°16′14″W / 50.50833°N 117.27056°W | |
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Province | ![]() |
Gerrard is a ghost town in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. [1] The settlement was at the south end of Trout Lake, east of Upper Arrow Lake. [2]
Honouring banker George Bentley Gerrard, prior names were Selkirk and Twin Falls. [3] The Canadian Pacific Railway's (CPR) Kootenay and Arrowhead Railway from Lardeau northwest to the terminus at Gerrard opened in 1902, where it connected with vessels on Trout Lake. [4] At the time, the Great Northern Railway commenced a parallel line, but soon abandoned the project, and CPR never extended its line farther northwest in the direction of Arrowhead. [5] The company abandoned the Lardeau–Gerrard line in 1942. [6]
Although comprising several scattered residences, the old settlement has disappeared with time. A campground exists about a kilometre to the northwest. [3]