Carmi, British Columbia

Carmi
Carmi is located in British Columbia
Carmi
Carmi
Location of Carmi in British Columbia
Coordinates: 49°30′00″N 119°07′00″W / 49.50000°N 119.11667°W / 49.50000; -119.11667
Country Canada
Province British Columbia

Carmi (/ˈkɑːrmaɪ/ KAR-my)[1] is a hamlet in the Boundary Country region of southern British Columbia. The town is on the west side of the West Kettle River, east of Penticton, on Hwy 33.[2] Carmi emerged as a silver mining camp just after the turn of the 20th century, named after the nearby mine owned by James C. Dale from Carmi, Illinois.[3]

By 1910, Carmi comprised crude log cabins and a hotel owned by "Trapper" Smith. When the mine closed, the town mostly disappeared after three decades of existence.[4] Passenger train service ceased in the early 1960s. The abandoned Smith House hotel burnt to the ground in 2000.[5]

Although comprising a few residences, most of the old cabins have disappeared with time.[6]

Train Timetables (Regular stop or Flag stop)
Year 1918 1929 1935 1943 1948 1954 1955 1961
Ref. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Type Regular Regular Regular Regular Regular Reg/Flag Reg/Flag Flag
  1. ^ The Canadian Press (2017), The Canadian Press Stylebook (18th ed.), Toronto: The Canadian Press
  2. ^ "Carmi". BCGNIS. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  3. ^ Akrigg, G. P. (Philip) V.; Akrigg, Helen (2011). British Columbia Place Names (Third ed.). UBC Press. ISBN 978-0774841702. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  4. ^ N.L. Barlee (1973). Gold Creeks and Ghost Towns. Canada West Publications.
  5. ^ "Nelson Star, 21 Oct 2013". www.nelsonstar.com. 21 October 2013.
  6. ^ streetstomper (2017-07-26), Road trip to Carmi BC (Is it a Ghost town?), retrieved 2019-05-04
  7. ^ "1918 BC Directory". www.bccd.vpl.ca.
  8. ^ "1929 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 31 (TT122).
  9. ^ "1935 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 12 (TT 70).
  10. ^ "1943 timetable" (PDF). www.streamlinermemories.info. p. 44 (TT151).
  11. ^ "1948 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 45 (TT151).
  12. ^ "1954 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 44 (TT121).
  13. ^ "1955 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 44 (TT121).
  14. ^ "1961 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 73 (TT40).