RMweb Premium melmerby Posted January 17, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 17, 2020 Hi all At Revelstoke BC there is a turning wye at the CP yard which seems to have originally been a junction as a track bed runs approximately south from the town until it disappears into Arrow Lake. Was this abandoned when the reservoir was built or earlier? Where did it go to? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdvle Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 (edited) Where did it go - Arrowhead, where it offered connections to the lake/river boat service the CPR offered. Per below, the lake service ended around 1954 (no surprise, victim of better road connections) and the dam built around 1968 This is a link to a 1938 map showing the west half of the CPR where you can see the line https://www.american-rails.com/images/33330995293790987573.jpg For completeness this is the eastern half https://www.american-rails.com/images/800093321120069185.jpg Lake service on the Arrow Lakes / Columbia River seems to have ended around 1954 http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/CPR/ships/LandR/history.htm Other links of possible interest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamboats_of_the_Arrow_Lakes https://alhs-archives.com/keyword/canadian-pacific-railway-wharf-arrowhead/ The former rail bridge in Revelstoke is gone, but a pedestrain / ambulance bridge has recently been built where it used to be https://www.revelstokereview.com/community/the-black-bridge-a-look-at-the-new-bridge-over-the-illecillewaet-river-and-the-greenbelt/ Edited January 17, 2020 by mdvle 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 (edited) I think mdvle has pretty well covered it! Just one more site: http://www.revelstokemuseum.ca/arrowhead-heritage-resource-assessment And a public-domain photograph of the wharf at Arrowhead (which will almost certainly be on one of the sites mdvle linked to.) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Steamers_Trail,_Rossland_and_Minto_at_Arrowhead,_British_Columbia_c.1900.jpg Edited January 17, 2020 by pH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted January 17, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 17, 2020 Excellent info. Thank you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Martin Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 (edited) On 17/01/2020 at 19:19, mdvle said: Where did it go - Arrowhead, where it offered connections to the lake/river boat service the CPR offered. Per below, the lake service ended around 1954 (no surprise, victim of better road connections) and the dam built around 1968 This is a link to a 1938 map showing the west half of the CPR where you can see the line https://www.american-rails.com/images/33330995293790987573.jpg For completeness this is the eastern half https://www.american-rails.com/images/800093321120069185.jpg Lake service on the Arrow Lakes / Columbia River seems to have ended around 1954 http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/CPR/ships/LandR/history.htm Other links of possible interest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamboats_of_the_Arrow_Lakes https://alhs-archives.com/keyword/canadian-pacific-railway-wharf-arrowhead/ The former rail bridge in Revelstoke is gone, but a pedestrain / ambulance bridge has recently been built where it used to be https://www.revelstokereview.com/community/the-black-bridge-a-look-at-the-new-bridge-over-the-illecillewaet-river-and-the-greenbelt/ The train service evidently outlasted the lake steamers. In 1955 there was a twice-weekly out and back mixed train starting at Revelstoke: Jim Edited March 5, 2020 by Jim Martin 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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