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]
Carmi | |
|---|---|
  Carmi Location of Carmi in British Columbia | |
| Coordinates: 49°30′00″N 119°07′00″W / 49.50000°N 119.11667°W | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  British Columbia |
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 |
References
edit- ^ The Canadian Press (2017), The Canadian Press Stylebook (18th ed.), Toronto: The Canadian Press
- ^ "Carmi". BCGNIS. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ^ Akrigg, G. P. (Philip) V.; Akrigg, Helen (2011). British Columbia Place Names (Third ed.). UBC Press. ISBN 978-0774841702. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ N.L. Barlee (1973). Gold Creeks and Ghost Towns. Canada West Publications.
- ^ "Nelson Star, 21 Oct 2013". www.nelsonstar.com. 21 October 2013.
- ^ streetstomper (2017-07-26), Road trip to Carmi BC (Is it a Ghost town?), retrieved 2019-05-04
- ^ "1918 BC Directory". www.bccd.vpl.ca.
- ^ "1929 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 31 (TT122).
- ^ "1935 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 12 (TT 70).
- ^ "1943 timetable" (PDF). www.streamlinermemories.info. p. 44 (TT151).
- ^ "1948 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 45 (TT151).
- ^ "1954 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 44 (TT121).
- ^ "1955 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 44 (TT121).
- ^ "1961 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 73 (TT40).