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A portion of a Canadian National system map from the 1930's showing the various railway points from Basque -- site of the Canadian Northern's last spike in 1915 -- to Vancouver Island: Basque, Martel, Spences Bridge, Skoonka, Seddell, Shushten, Gosset, Lytton, Cisco, Falls Creek, Inkitsaph, Boothroyd, Boston Bar, Hicks, (Hells Gate) Gorge, Chapmans, Stout, Yale, Squeah, Trafalgar, Hope, Floods, Laidlaw, Cheam View, Popkum, Rosedale, Smithvale, Chilliwack, Arnold, Cannor, Cox, Matsqui, Mt. Lehman, Glen Valley, Fort Langley, Tynehead, Port Mann, New Westminster, Vancouver. On Vancouver Island: Victoria, Colwood, Glen Lake, Metchosin, Rocky Point, Saseenos, Milnes Landing, Lakend, Shawnigan Beach, Kinsal (Kinsol), Deerholme (junction to Cowichan Bay), Camscot, Culchillum, Chanlog, Lake Cowichan, Youbou, Hawes, Kissinger. Not shown in green is the CN line, abandoned in 1935, from Victoria to Sidney, part of which used a former Great Northern line (the Victoria & Sidney). The dashed red line west of Kissinger represents part of the railway intended to reach Port Alberni, which was graded for forty miles but the rails never laid. Select for a full-size view: 980 x 720; 154K. |
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