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    The Kaslo and Slocan Railway (K&S) is a historic railway that operated in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia in western Canada....
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  • time, the Kaslo and Slocan Railway (K&S), a Great Northern Railway subsidiary, received a competing charter for a route westward from Kaslo. In July 1893...
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    became the eastern terminus for the Kaslo and Slocan Railway. Kaslo's fortunes faded after the end of the silver rush, and the widespread collapse of mining...
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  • Canada Kaslo-Slocan, a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1924 to 1963 Kaslo and Slocan Railway, a narrow gauge...
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  • Columbia and Kootenay Railway Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Grand River Railway Kaslo and Slocan Railway Kettle Valley...
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    Okanagan Railway, the Kaslo and Slocan Railway, the Columbia and Kootenay Railway, the Columbia and Western Railway and various others. Under the initial...
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  • (disambiguation) Payne Bluff above Sandon, British Columbia on the Kaslo and Slocan Railway Major Payne, 1995 film Martin Payne, main character in the Martin...
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    rush and the destination of three railways, two from the direction of Slocan Lake via Carpenter Creek, the other via Retallack Pass from Kaslo on Kootenay...
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  • (name) Kaslo-Slocan, a former provincial riding in Canada (1924–1963) Nelson-Kaslo, a former provincial riding in Canada (1903–1912) Kaslo and Slocan Railway...
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    Kaslo and Slocan Railway, the Columbia and Kootenay Railway, the Columbia and Western Railway and various others. The CPR had built a railway that operated...
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    the Slocan. Although Highway 31A between New Denver and Kaslo is called the Valley of the Ghosts (ghost towns), only the western part is in the Slocan. Some...
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    Columbia and Western Railway Craigmont mines Dolly Varden Mines Kaslo and Slocan Railway Hernando Island logging Nanaimo Tramway White Pass and Yukon Route...
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  • centralkootenayfood.ca. Turner, Robert D.; Wilkie, David S. (1993). The Skyline Limited: The Kaslo and Slocan Railway. Sono Nis Press. ISBN 1-55039-040-6....
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  • Bell, and his sons John Warren Bell, and James Allan Ward Bell, operated a sawmill and were prospectors and miners. When the Kaslo and Slocan Railway opened...
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  • Limited: The Kaslo and Slocan Railway. Sono Nis Press. ISBN 1-55039-040-6. Cliffe, C. (1899). "The Slocan District BC: Its Resources and Opportunities...
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  • International Railway Kaslo and Slocan Railway Kettle Valley Railway Metropolitan Street Railway of Toronto Midland Railway of Canada Nakusp and Slocan Railway National...
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    were mine employees. Opening in 1895, the Kaslo and Slocan Railway (K&S), controlled by the Great Northern Railway (GN), passed adjacent to the mine. The...
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    Ainsworth began to fall into a decline, while Kaslo became the terminus for the Kaslo and Slocan Railway and thus was the supply center of Kootenay Lake...
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    gauge railways have a track gauge of 3 ft (914 mm) or 1 yard. This gauge is a narrow gauge and is generally found throughout North, Central, and South...
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    Other internment centres in the Slocan region were at Lemon Creek, New Denver, Rosebery, Kaslo and Sandon. Slocan is a launching point for travellers...
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  • town was promoted as being on the coming Kaslo and Slocan Railway. Companies like the Great Northern Railway usually bypassed such places at the time...
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  • From 1913, CP operated a Nakusp–Kaslo link, after acquiring and rehabilitating the former Kaslo and Slocan Railway. Around 1930, the opening of the Summit...
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    Sandon, British Columbia (category Populated places in the Slocan)
    different railways raced to reach the town first. The Kaslo & Slocan Railway, owned by the Great Northern Railway, connected Sandon with Kaslo, on Kootenay...
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    Lardeau–Arrowhead line was imminent, purely to block the Kaslo and Slocan Railway, a Great Northern Railway subsidiary, from constructing along the route. The...
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    New Denver (category Populated places in the Slocan)
    of Slocan Lake, in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. The village is 47 kilometres (29 mi) west of Kaslo on Highway 31A, and 47...
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    Other railways sprang up including the Kaslo and Slocan Railway, the Columbia and Western Railway near Trail, and the Leonora and Mt. Sicker Railway on Vancouver...
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  • Rosebery, British Columbia (category Populated places in the Slocan)
    CP acquired the abandoned Kaslo and Slocan Railway, rebuilt the infrastructure to standard gauge, and opened the link to Kaslo in 1913. 1897: A brakeman...
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  • Canada's railways as beginning on February 25, 1832, with the incorporation of British North America's first steam-powered railway, the Champlain and St. Lawrence...
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  • discovery of silver in the "Silvery Slocan" gave rise to this boom town that boasted a population of over 2,000, 24 hotels, and two railroads. 2. Dawson Creek...
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  • glory days of the Kootenay and Boundary silver and galena booms. Slocan, Kaslo, Rossland, Grand Forks, Nelson City, Ymir and other ridings were also created...
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