Kettle Valley

Kettle Valley is a community in the Boundary Country region of south central British Columbia.[1] The former train station was on the north side of the Kettle River, 14.2 kilometres (8.8 mi) northwest of Midway, and 4.7 kilometres (2.9 mi) east of Rock Creek.[2]

Kettle Valley
Kettle Valley
Location of Kettle Valley in British Columbia
Coordinates: 49°03′00″N 118°56′00″W
Country Canada
Province British Columbia
Area code(s)250, 778

In 1913, the post office opened.[3] By 1918, the rural hamlet also had an Anglican church and population of 60.[4] Nowadays, most residences lie south of the river, across the concrete-decked bridge which replaced the war-surplus Bailey bridge in 2001.[5]

Train Timetables (Regular stop or Flag stop)
Year19181929193519431948195419551961
Ref.[4][6][2][7][8][9][10][11]
TypeRegularNoneFlagFlagRegularReg/FlagReg/FlagFlag

See also

References
  1. "Kettle Valley (community)". BC Geographical Names.
  2. "1935 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 12 (TT 70).
  3. "Nelson Star, 7 Jun 2015". www.nelsonstar.com.
  4. "1918 BC Directory". www.bccd.vpl.ca.
  5. "Rock Creek". www.crowsnest-highway.ca.
  6. "1929 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 31 (TT122).
  7. "1943 timetable" (PDF). www.streamlinermemories.info. p. 44 (TT151).
  8. "1948 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 45 (TT151).
  9. "1954 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 44 (TT121).
  10. "1955 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 44 (TT121).
  11. "1961 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 73 (TT40).


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