Paulson, British Columbia

Paulson is a ghost town in the Boundary Country region of south central British Columbia.[1] The locality, on the Paulson Detour Rd off Highway 3, is about 26 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of Christina Lake and 54 kilometres (34 mi) west of Castlegar.[2]

Paulson
Paulson
Location of Paulson in British Columbia
Coordinates: 49°12′00″N 118°07′00″W
Country Canada
Province British Columbia
RegionBoundary Country
Regional districtKootenay Boundary
Area code(s)250, 778, 236, & 672

Bonanza Siding on the Columbia and Western Railway was named after the Bonanza mine. This siding became a flag stop on the former Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) line in 1902. That year, brothers Thomas Henry, John William, and George Alfred Paulson, applied for a liquor licence for their new hotel, which housed a general store/post office. In 1904, the post office was renamed Paulson, and George died of injuries sustained when struck by a freight train on the Red Mountain railway.[3] The population was likely larger when a sawmill operated around 1910, but more representative would be 25 in 1918,[4] and 23 in 1944, of which half were CP employees, and a quarter involved in mining.[5]

Train Timetables (Regular stop or Flag stop)
Year19071929193519431948195419551961
Ref.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
TypeNoneFlagFlagFlagFlagFlagFlagFlag


See also

References
  1. Basque Garnet (1982). British Columbia Ghost Town Atlas. Sunfire Publications.
  2. "Paulson (locality)". BC Geographical Names.
  3. "Nelson Star, 4 Jun 2016". www.nelsonstar.com.
  4. "1918 BC Directory". www.bccd.vpl.ca.
  5. "1944 BC Directory". www.bccd.vpl.ca.
  6. "1907 timetable" (PDF). www.traingeek.ca. p. 44.
  7. "1929 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 30 (TT114).
  8. "1935 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 10 (TT 70).
  9. "1943 timetable" (PDF). www.streamlinermemories.info. p. 44 (TT151).
  10. "1948 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 45 (TT151).
  11. "1954 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 44 (TT121).
  12. "1955 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 44 (TT121).
  13. "1961 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 73 (TT40).


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