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]
Footnotesedit
^Basque Garnet (1982), British Columbia Ghost Town Atlas. Sunfire Publications Limited.
Meyer, Ronald Howard (1967). The Evolution of Railways in the Kootenays. www.open.library.ubc.ca (Thesis). doi:10.14288/1.0104134.
November 03, 2023
gerrard, british, columbia, gerrard, ghost, town, west, kootenay, region, southeastern, british, columbia, settlement, south, trout, lake, east, upper, arrow, lake, gerrardgerrardlocation, gerrard, british, columbiacoordinates, 50833, 27056, 50833, 27056countr. 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 GerrardGerrardLocation of Gerrard in British ColumbiaCoordinates 50 30 30 N 117 16 14 W 50 50833 N 117 27056 W 50 50833 117 27056Country CanadaProvince British ColumbiaHonouring 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 Footnotes edit Basque Garnet 1982 British Columbia Ghost Town Atlas Sunfire Publications Limited Gerrard former community BC Geographical Names a b Nelson Star 8 Sep 2014 www nelsonstar com 8 September 2014 Meyer 1967 p 22 Meyer 1967 p 62 Meyer 1967 p 27 References editMeyer Ronald Howard 1967 The Evolution of Railways in the Kootenays www open library ubc ca Thesis doi 10 14288 1 0104134 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gerrard British Columbia amp oldid 1151611117, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
