Beavermouth, British Columbia | |
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Railway point | |
Location of Beavermouth in British Columbia | |
Coordinates: 51°31′00″N 117°25′0″W / 51.51667°N 117.41667°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | British Columbia |
Land district | Cariboo |
Regional District | Columbia-Shuswap |
Elevation | 771 m (2,530 ft) |
Area codes | 250, 778, 236, & 672 |
Beavermouth is about 43 kilometres (27 mi) west of Golden, and about 32 kilometres (20 mi) east of the mid-point of the Connaught Tunnel beneath Rogers Pass,[1] in southeastern British Columbia. At the mouth of the Beaver River, the train station was called Beavermouth, but the adjacent community, which no longer exists, was known as Beaver or Beaver Mouth.[2] Nowadays, the closest road access is to the nearby Kinbasket Lake Resort.