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Grand Trunk Pacific Railway — Last Spike image, Touch for more information
Unknown via British Columbia Archives (Public domain), April 7, 1914
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway — Last Spike
1 British Columbia, Bulkley-Nechako, Fort Fraser — Grand Trunk Pacific
On Fourth Avenue/Yellowhead Highway (Provincial Highway 16) west of Telegraph Road, on the left when traveling west.
2 British Columbia, Capital, Victoria, Downtown — Empress HotelL’Hotel Empress
On Government Street.
3 British Columbia, Capital, Victoria, Rockland — Craigdarroch
4 British Columbia, Capital, Victoria, Victoria West — Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway RoundhouseLa Rotonde de l'Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway
Near Sitkum Road.
5 British Columbia, Cariboo, Ten Mile Lake — Bridging the Cottonwood
Near Cariboo Highway (Provincial Highway 97) 2.2 kilometers south of Unity Road, on the left when traveling south. Reported missing.
6 British Columbia, Central Kootenay, Salmo — SalmoMining and Logging
On Crowsnest Highway (Provincial Highway 3) 3 kilometers south of Salmo Ski Hill Road, on the left when traveling south.
7 British Columbia, Columbia-Shuswap, Craigellachie — Eagle Pass
Near Trans-Canada Highway (Provincial Highway 1) 0.8 kilometers north of Lybarger Road, on the right when traveling north.
8 British Columbia, Columbia-Shuswap, Craigellachie — The Last Spike
Near Trans-Canada Highway (Provincial Highway 1) 0.8 kilometers north of Lybarger Road, on the right when traveling north.
9 British Columbia, Columbia-Shuswap, Field — Baldwin #7717 Steam Locomotive
Near Trans Canada Highway (Route 1) west of Whispering Wood Lane.
10 British Columbia, Columbia-Shuswap, Field — Kicking Horse PassLe Col du Cheval-Qui-Rue
On Transcanada Highway (National Route 1), on the right when traveling west.
11 British Columbia, Columbia-Shuswap, Field — Mount Stephen House: The Early Years/Les premières annéesDiscovering the Canadian Alps / À la découverte des Alpes canadiennes
Near Trans-Canada Highway (Provincial Highway 1) at Field Access Road.
12 British Columbia, Columbia-Shuswap, Field — Mount Stephen House: The Heyday/Les beaux joursA Worthy Stop on the Transcontinental/Un arrêt qui en vaut la peine le long de la Transcontinentale
Near Trans-Canada Highway (Provincial Highway 1) at Field Access Road.
13 British Columbia, Columbia-Shuswap, Field — Mount Stephen House: The Later Years/Les dernières annéesA Gathering Place for Mountain Lovers / Un lieu de rencontre pour les amoureux de la montagne
Near Trans-Canada Highway (Provincial Highway 1) at Field Access Road.
14 British Columbia, Columbia-Shuswap, Golden — Kicking Horse Canyon
Near Trans-Canada Highway (Provincial Highway 1) 11.5 kilometers east of Provincial Highway 95, on the left when traveling east.
15 British Columbia, Columbia-Shuswap, Rogers Pass — Glacier House
Near Trans-Canada Highway (Provincial Highway 1) 85 kilometers west of Provincial Highway 95.
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16 British Columbia, Columbia-Shuswap, Rogers Pass — The Loops
On Trans-Canada Highway (Provincial Highway 1), on the right when traveling east.
17 British Columbia, East Kootenay, Cranbrook — Railway CentennialThe Crowsnest Railway Route of the C.P.R. — 1898
On Van Horne Street South (Provincial Highway 3) south of 5th Avenue South, on the right when traveling south.
18 British Columbia, East Kootenay, Moyie — St. Eugene Mine
On Crowsnest Highway (Provincial Highway 3/95) 0.3 kilometers south of Half Moon Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
19 British Columbia, Fraser-Fort George, Canoe River — Canoe River Tragedy
On Southern Yellowhead Highway (Provincial Highway 5) 2.4 kilometers south of Bear Road, on the left when traveling south.
20 British Columbia, Fraser-Fort George, Jasper — Yellowhead Pass
Near Yellowhead Highway (Provincial Highway 16) at British Columbia-Alberta boundary line, on the right when traveling west.
21 British Columbia, Fraser-Fort George, Lucerne — The Yellowhead Pass / Le col Tête-Jaune
On Yellowhead Highway (Provincial Highway 16) 24.8 kilometers west of Icefields Parkway (Provincial Highway 93), on the right when traveling west.
22 British Columbia, Greater Vancouver, North Vancouver — Pacific Great Eastern Railway StationProtected Heritage Building - 1913
Near Lonsdale Avenue at Carrie Cates Court.
23 British Columbia, Greater Vancouver, Vancouver, Central Vancouver — Here Stood Hamilton
On West Hastings Street close to Hamilton Street.
24 British Columbia, Kootenay Boundary, Christina Lake — CascadeGateway to the Boundary Country
On British Columbia 395, 0.1 kilometers east of Crowsnest Highway (Provincial Highway 3), on the left when traveling east.
25 British Columbia, Kootenay Boundary, Eholt — EholtDivisional Point of the Boundary
On Crowsnest Highway (Provincial Highway 3) 2 kilometers west of Wilgas Lake Rest Area, on the left when traveling west.
26 British Columbia, Kootenay Boundary, Midway — Kettle Valley Railroad
On Crowsnest Highway (Provincial Highway 3) just west of Beamish Street, on the right when traveling west.
27 British Columbia, Kootenay Boundary, Midway — MidwayRailways and Hotels
On 5th Avenue at Florence Street, on the right when traveling east on 5th Avenue.
28 British Columbia, Metro Vancouver, Port Moody — Port Moody
On Esplanade Avenue, 0.4 kilometers north of Murray Street, on the right when traveling north. Reported missing.
29 British Columbia, Metro Vancouver, Vancouver, Central Vancouver — Canada Pacific Railway Station — City of Vancouver Heritage Building —
On Seymour Street.
30 British Columbia, Metro Vancouver, Vancouver, Central Vancouver — Canada Place
On Canada Place.
31 British Columbia, Metro Vancouver, Vancouver, Strathcona — Canadian Northern Railway Station — City of Vancouver Heritage Building —
On Station Street.
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32 British Columbia, Okanagan-Similkameen, Keremeos — An American Railroad
On Crowsnest Highway (Provincial Highway 3) 1.1 kilometers west of Ashnola Road, on the left when traveling west.
33 British Columbia, Stikine Region, Fraser — Fraser
On Klondike Highway, on the left when traveling south.
34 British Columbia, Thompson-Nicola, Ashcroft — Canadian Northern Pacific's Last Spike
On Trans-Canada Highway (National Highway 1) 1.7 kilometers south of Venables Valley Road, on the left when traveling south.
35 British Columbia, Thompson-Nicola, Kamloops — Steamboat Saga
On Trans-Canada Highway (Provincial Highway 1) 3.4 kilometers north of Holloway Drive, on the right when traveling north.
36 British Columbia, Thompson-Nicola, Kamloops, Campbell Creek — Great Train Robbery
Near Dallas Drive, on the left when traveling west.
37 British Columbia, Thompson-Nicola, Kamloops, West End — Fur, Gold and Cattle
Near Columbia Street West, 0.3 kilometers west of Grandview Terrace, on the right when traveling west.
 
 
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Jun. 17, 2024