Zamora, British Columbia

Zamora is on the west side of the Kettle River in the Boundary region of south central British Columbia.[1] The rural settlement, on BC Highway 33, is by road about 12 kilometres (7 mi) north of Rock Creek and 124 kilometres (77 mi) southeast of Kelowna.

Zamora
Zamora is located in British Columbia
Zamora
Zamora
Location of Zamora in British Columbia
Coordinates: 49°08′59″N 118°59′04″W / 49.14972°N 118.98444°W / 49.14972; -118.98444
Country Canada
Province British Columbia
RegionBoundary Country
Regional DistrictKootenay Boundary
Area code(s)250, 778, 236, & 672
Highways Highway 33

Name origin

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Why the Kettle Valley Railway, a Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) subsidiary, opened this station so close to Westbridge is unclear. Nobody appears to have lived in the vicinity until the late 1920s.[2] In 1915, the station name changed from Zamaro to Zamora.[3] The latter might be named after Zamora, Spain or the Spanish Province of Zamora, but no evidence substantiates either of these claims.[4] Zamaro is more common as a surname than first name.[5] CP sometimes named new stations after employees or their family members, but the early name change likely suggests the initial spelling was a mistake.

Railway

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The former stop, on the west side of the Kettle River, was 11.6 kilometres (7.2 mi) north of Rock Creek, and 2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi) south of Westbridge.[6] No evidence remains of the section house, which was immediately south of Zamora Rd.[7] Passenger service ended in 1964. This part of the line closed to all traffic in 1973.[8]

CP Train Timetables (Regular stop or Flag stop)
Year 1919 1929 1932 1935 1939 1943 1948 1953 1955 1960 1963
Ref. [9] [10] [11] [6] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]
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Zamora lies on the Kettle Valley Rail Trail.

Later community

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Zamora Estates was an upscale bare-land strata development comprising 15 lots. Each of the 0.4-to-0.8-hectare (1-to-2-acre) lots have river frontage.[19] After the 1915 wildfire in the Rock Creek area, only one house remained standing in the Zamora subdivision, the remainder reduced to rubble.[20]

See also

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  • "1925 BC map". www.davidrumsey.com. showing Westbridge.
  • "2016 Google streetview". www.google.ca. showing the fire destruction from the trail.

References

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  1. ^ "Zamora (locality)". BC Geographical Names.
  2. ^ "1929 BC Directory". www.bccd.vpl.ca. p. 460 (663).
  3. ^ "Daily News, 18 Nov 1915". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 5.
  4. ^ "Trail Times, 25 Jan 2018". www.library.trailtimes.ca.
  5. ^ "Zamaro". www.namespedia.com.
  6. ^ a b "1935 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 12 (TT 70).
  7. ^ Cycling the Kettle Valley Railway, p. PT46, at Google Books
  8. ^ "Rock Creek". www.crowsnest-highway.ca.
  9. ^ "1919 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 184 (TT125).
  10. ^ "1929 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 30 (TT122).
  11. ^ "1932 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 469 (TT151).
  12. ^ "1939 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 126 (TT151).
  13. ^ "1943 timetable" (PDF). www.streamlinermemories.info. p. 44 (TT151).
  14. ^ "1948 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 45 (TT151).
  15. ^ "1953 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 43 (TT121).
  16. ^ "1955 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 43 (TT121).
  17. ^ "1960 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 25 (TT40).
  18. ^ "1963 timetable". www.library.ubc.ca. p. 20 (TT99).
  19. ^ "Zamora Estates" (PDF). www.amazonaws.com.
  20. ^ "Vancouver Sun, 18 Aug 2015". www.vancouversun.com.