British Columbia. Railway Point
CNR, N side of Moose Lake
52.95 N 118.8667 W — Map 83D/15 — Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1912 (Wheeler)
Not currently an official name
CNR, N side of Moose Lake
52.95 N 118.8667 W — Map 83D/15 — Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1912 (Wheeler)
Not currently an official name
20 miles west of the Yellowhead Pass on the Canadian National Railway
Mile 38 in Albreda Subdivision (Jasper to Blue River as of 1977)
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway station built in 1913
Mile 38 in Albreda Subdivision (Jasper to Blue River as of 1977)
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway station built in 1913
This railway point appears on:
Wheeler’s map Mount Robson 1912
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway ticket 1914
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway map ca. 1918
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway map 1919
Canadian National Railway map 1925
Wheeler’s map Mount Robson 1912
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway ticket 1914
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway map ca. 1918
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway map 1919
Canadian National Railway map 1925
Indicated on the map that Arthur Oliver Wheeler [1860–1945] composed after the Alpine Club of Canada/Smithsonian expedition to the Mount Robson region in 1911. “Topographical Map Showing Mount Robson and Mountains of the Continental Divide North of Yellowhead Pass” shows the line of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway.
Rainbow was among railway depots that were left vacant on the abandoned Grand Trunk Pacific Railway grade in 1917. Rainbow (GTP) was relocated to Red Pass in 1917.
Site of an internment camp for Canadians of Japanese descent during World War Two.
References:
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver [1860–1945]. “Topographical Map Showing Mount Robson and Mountains of the Continental Divide North of Yellowhead Pass to accompany the Report of the Alpine Club of Canada’s Expedition 1911. From Photographic Surveys by Arthur O. Wheeler; A.C.C. Director.” Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol. 4 (1912):8-81. Victoria Library, University of Toronto
- Bohi, Charles W., and Kozma, Leslie S. Canadian National’s Western Stations. Don Mills, Ontario: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2002