List of ghost towns in British Columbia
This is a list of ghost towns in the Canadian province of British Columbia, including those still partly inhabited or even overtaken by modern towns, as well as those completely abandoned or derelict. Region of location and associated events or enterprises are included.
| Ghost Towns | Alternate Name | Locality/Region | Location | Events/Activity | Company town | Peak population & era | Today's population | Lifespan |
| Aleza Lake | Robson Valley, British Columbia | Railway station | 200 | 7 | 1914–1999 | |||
| Alice Arm | Alice Arm, Observatory Inlet North Coast | Base for mining operations up the Kitsault River to the Cambria Icefield | ||||||
| Allenby | Similkameen | copper mining; see Copper Mountain | ||||||
| Alta Lake | now part of Whistler | |||||||
| Alvin | Pitt Lake | |||||||
| Anaconda | Boundary | copper mining & smelter | Anaconda Copper | 1894-1924 | ||||
| Antler Creek | Antler | Cariboo | gold | |||||
| Anyox | North Coast | mining & smelter | Granby Mining & Smelter Co. | 10 | ||||
| Arrowhead | Upper Arrow Lake | |||||||
| Bamberton | Vancouver Island | Cement plant | BC Cement Company | 1912–1980 | ||||
| Barkerville | Cariboo | Cariboo Gold Rush | 16,000 | 100 | ||||
| Barkley Valley | Cayoosh Range, Lillooet Country | Barkley Valley Mines, Ltd - gold/silver | 0 | |||||
| Barnet | Burnaby | 0 | ||||||
| Baynes Lake | East Kootenay | sawmill & railway | Adolph Lumber Company | 280 | ||||
| Bennett | Bennett Lake, Bennett Lake City | Klondike Gold Rush | - | - | ||||
| Big Bar | Sixty Mile, Big Bar Ferry | Fraser Canyon | 2,000 | 50 | ||||
| Big Bend | Columbia | Big Bend Gold Rush | 0 | |||||
| Birmingham | Prince George | Grand Trunk Pacific Railway construction/realty promotion | 0 | |||||
| Blackfoot | Similkameen | Similkameen Gold Rush | 0 | |||||
| Blakeburn | Similkameen | Coal Mining | Coalmont Collieries | 250 | 0 | |||
| Boothroyd's | Boothroyd, Canyon Alpine | Fraser Canyon | CPR | |||||
| Boston Bar | Quayome | Fraser Canyon | CPR | |||||
| Boundary Falls | Boundary | smelter & railway | 0 | |||||
| Bullion | Cariboo | Cariboo Gold Rush | 0 | |||||
| Bralorne | Bridge River | gold mining | 8,000 | 300 | ||||
| Bradian | Bralorne Third Townsite | Bridge River | 2,000 | 20 | ||||
| Brexton | Bridge River | 3,000 | 20 | |||||
| Bridge River | Six Mile, Lower Fountains, Lower Fountain | Lillooet | 3,000 | 50 | ||||
| Britannia Beach | Britannia; there were two towns, one called Mount Sheer or The Townsite on the mountain, and The Beach at sea level | Howe Sound | copper mining and milling | 1904-1959 Britannia Mining & Smelting Company; 1959-1962 Howe Sound Company; 1962-1974 Anaconda | several thousands in the 1940s and 1950s | approx. 300 | 1904-1974 | |
| Brooklyn | Boundary | 0 | ||||||
| Butedale | Central Coast | 2,000 | 10 | |||||
| Camborne | Upper Arrow Lake | |||||||
| Camerontown | Cameronton | Cariboo | ||||||
| Camp McKinney | Boundary | 0 | ||||||
| Cape Scott | Vancouver Island | religious colony | 500 | 10 | ||||
| Cassidy | Vancouver Island | coal mining | 976 | |||||
| Carmi | Okanagan | 0 | ||||||
| Cascade City | Boundary | 0 | ||||||
| Cassiar | Cassiar | Cassiar Gold Rush and later mining | ||||||
| Caycuse | Vancouver Island | logging, sawmill & railway | British Columbia Forest Products | 400+ | 52 | |||
| Centreville | Cassiar | |||||||
| Cherryville | Okanagan | 1000 | ||||||
| Circle City | Upper Arrow Lake-Kootenay Lake | |||||||
| Clayburn | Abbotsford | clay mining/brickery | 0 | |||||
| Coal Creek | East Kootenay | 0 | ||||||
| Coalmont | Similkameen | Coal Mining | Columbia Coal & Coke | 400 | 80 | |||
| Cody | Slocan | |||||||
| Columbia | Boundary | 0 | ||||||
| Comaplix | Upper Arrow Lake | |||||||
| Copper Mountain | Similkameen | 0 | ||||||
| Corbin | East Kootenay | 0 | ||||||
| Coryell | Gladstone | Boundary | Burnt Basin Gold Rush | 0 | ||||
| Craigellachie | Eagle Pass | CPR construction | ||||||
| Deadwood | Boundary | 0 | ||||||
| Dease Lake | Dease Lake Post | Stikine | Cassiar Gold Rush; seat of Cassiar Mining District | 500 | ||||
| Derby | Old Fort Langley | Fraser Valley | founding of Colony of British Columbia-Fraser Canyon Gold Rush | 40 | ||||
| Discovery | Cassiar | |||||||
| Donald | Revelstoke | CPR construction | ||||||
| Duncan City | Howser | Kootenay Lake | ||||||
| Dunkeld | Manson Creek | Omineca | Omineca Gold Rush | |||||
| Eagle Pass Landing | Shuswap | CPR construction | near today's Sicamous | |||||
| East New Hazelton | Hazelton area | Grand Trunk Pacific Railway construction/realty promotion | 0 | |||||
| East Princeton | Similkameen | 0 | ||||||
| Eholt | Boundary | railway | 0 | |||||
| Emory City | Emory, Emory Bar | Fraser Canyon | Fraser Canyon Gold Rush & CPR construction | 1858–1885 | ||||
| Fairview | Okanagan | 0 | ||||||
| Ferguson | Upper Arrow Lake-Kootenay Lake | |||||||
| Field | Kicking Horse River Valley | Railway construction, mining | 3,000 | 170 | ||||
| Fisherville | Wild Horse, Kootenai, Kootenay, Kootenais | East Kootenay | Wild Horse Creek Gold Rush | 1000 | 0 | 1863–1880 | ||
| Fort Berens | Lillooet | fur trade, gold rush | 0 | never finished construction; adjacent to Parsonville and Marysville | ||||
| Fort Fraser | Nechako | 0 | ||||||
| Fort Keremeos | Fort Similkameen | Similkameen | 0 | |||||
| Fort Kilmaurs | Fort Babine, Babine | Babine Lake | 0 | |||||
| Fort Kootenay | East Kootenay | 0 | ||||||
| Fort Rupert | Vancouver Island | coal mining | 0 | |||||
| Fort Shepherd | Fort Sheppard, Sheppard | West Kootenay | fur trade | 0 | - | |||
| Fort Steele | East Kootenay | Wild Horse Creek War | staff | |||||
| Fountain | Upper Fountains, The Fountain, Fountain Flats | Lillooet | 300 | |||||
| Freeport | Burns Lake area | Grand Trunk Pacific Railway construction/realty promotion | 0 | |||||
| Galena Bay | Galena | Upper Arrow Lake | ||||||
| Garibaldi | Cheakamus River | |||||||
| Germansen's Landing | Germansen Creek | Omineca Country | Omineca Gold Rush | |||||
| Gladstone | Coryell | Boundary | Burnt Basin Gold Rush | 0 | ||||
| Gold Bridge | Bridge River | 3,000 | 300 | |||||
| Gold Hill | Kootenay Lake | |||||||
| Goldfields | Upper Arrow Lake | |||||||
| Granite Creek | Granite City, Granite | Similkameen | Tulameen Gold Rush | 2000 | 0 | |||
| Greenwood | Boundary | copper/galena mining & smelting | 8,000 | 500 | 1897–present | |||
| Green River | Soo Valley | now part of Whistler | mill camp, later hippie/skier squat | BCR/PGE station was | ||||
| Grouse Creek | Cariboo | Grouse Creek War | ||||||
| Harewood | mid-Vancouver Island | |||||||
| Harrison Mills | Carnarvon | Fraser Valley | sawmill & railway | 3,000 | 30 | - | ||
| Hedley | Similkameen | gold mining | 300 | |||||
| Hendrix Lake | Cariboo | Boss Mountain Mine | Noranda | 300-500 | 6 | 1965-1972 | ||
| Hill's Bar | Fraser Canyon, 10 mi. south of Yale | Fraser Canyon Gold Rush | 0 | |||||
| Hogem | Old Hogem | Omineca | Omineca Gold Rush | |||||
| Holberg | Vancouver Island | religious colony ; CFB Holberg | 500 | 10 | ||||
| Howellton | Omineca Country | Omineca Gold Rush | ||||||
| Illecillewaet | Revelstoke | CPR construction | ||||||
| Kansas | Cariboo | |||||||
| Keefers | Keefer, Keefer's | Fraser Canyon | near North Bend | railway | ||||
| Keithley Creek | Cariboo | Cariboo Gold Rush | 40 | |||||
| Keremeos Centre | Similkameen | Molybdenum mining & processing. | Amax of Canada Ltd. | 1200 | 1978–1983 | |||
| Laketon | Cassiar District | |||||||
| Lardeau City | Upper Arrow Lake | |||||||
| Leadville | Summit City | Similkameen | 0 | |||||
| Leechtown | Vancouver Island | 0 | ||||||
| Lemon Creek | Slocan | Mining, Japanese internment | ||||||
| Lumberton | East Kootenay | 0 | ||||||
| McDame | Fort McDame, McDame Post | Cassiar | Cassiar Gold Rush | |||||
| McGillivray Falls | Lillooet | railway resort | ||||||
| Manson Creek | Omineca | Omineca Gold Rush | ||||||
| Mica | Columbia | Big Bend Gold Rush | 0 | |||||
| Michel | East Kootenay | CNP Coal | CPR | 1200 | 0 | 1898–1970 | ||
| Minto City | Bridge River | 2,500 | 0 | |||||
| Monashee Townsite | Okanagan | 0 | ||||||
| Morrissey | East Kootenay | 0 | ||||||
| Morrissey Mines | East Kootenay | 0 | ||||||
| Moyie City | East Kootenay | 450 | ||||||
| Nashton | Zwicky | Kootenay Lake | ||||||
| New Denver | Slocan | |||||||
| New Hogem | Hogem; see also Old Hogem | Omineca Country | Omineca Gold Rush | |||||
| Niagara Boundary Country | Okanagan | 0 | ||||||
| North Bend | Boston Bar | Fraser Canyon | CPR | |||||
| Ocean Falls | Central Coast | 50 | ||||||
| Okanagan Mission | Okanagan | |||||||
| Olalla | Similkameen | |||||||
| Omineca City | Omineca | Omineca Gold Rush | ||||||
| Parsonville | Parsonsville | Lillooet | Fraser Canyon Gold Rush | 0 | ||||
| Pemberton Meadows | Lillooet | 0 | ||||||
| Phoenix | Greenwood Camp | Boundary | Copper mining | Granby Co. | 4,000 | 0 | 1891–1951 | |
| Pinchi Lake | Boundary | 0 | ||||||
| Poplar Creek | Kootenay Lake | |||||||
| Port Douglas | Lillooet River-Harrison Lake | Fraser Canyon Gold Rush | 30 | |||||
| Port Essington | North Coast | |||||||
| Porter Landing | Cassiar District | |||||||
| Quesnel Forks | Cariboo | Cariboo Gold Rush | ||||||
| Red Gap | Vancouver Island | Straits Lumber Co | 0 | 1912-1942 | ||||
| Retallack | Whitewater, White Water | Slocan | ||||||
| Richfield | Cariboo | Cariboo Gold Rush | ||||||
| Rock Creek | Boundary | 500 | ||||||
| Sandon | Slocan | 10 | ||||||
| Shalalth | Bridge River | Seton Lake, Bridge River | 5000 | 700 | ||||
| Similkameen City | Similkameen | 0 | ||||||
| Sointula | Malcolm Island | Fabian/socialist colony | 800 | |||||
| Soo Valley | Green River | now part of Whistler | ||||||
| Spences Bridge | Thompson Canyon | Cariboo Road, CPR | ||||||
| Stanley | Cariboo | Cariboo Gold Rush | 1500 | 0 | ||||
| Stave Falls | Stave Gardens | Lower Mainland | BCER | 2-3,000 | 500 | |||
| Steamboat | Silverhope Creek, Hope area, Silver Skagit Rd. | small mining town that sprung up during the Skagit Gold Rush | 0 | |||||
| Steamboat Mountain | Silverhope Creek, Hope area, Silver Skagit Rd. | small mining town that sprung up during the Skagit Gold Rush | 0 | |||||
| Steamboat City | Silverhope Creek, Hope area, Silver Skagit Rd. | small mining town that sprung up during the Skagit Gold Rush | 0 | |||||
| Tashme | Hope-Princeton Highway | Japanese-Canadian internment camp | 0 | |||||
| Tasu | Tassoo, Old Tassoo, Tasu Sound | Morseby Island, Queen Charlottes | gold mine & camp | various owners, most lately WesFrob Mines, a subsidiary of Falconbridge | 0 | |||
| Tête Jaune Cache | Robson Valley | Grand Trunk Pacific Railway construction | ||||||
| Three Forks | Slocan | |||||||
| Three Valley Gap | Eagle Pass | |||||||
| Tipella City | Tipella | Harrison Lake | real estate promotion/townsite | |||||
| Trout Lake City | Trout Lake | Upper Arrow Lake-Kootenay Lake | ||||||
| Tulameen | Otter Flat | Similkameen | ||||||
| Upper Keremeos | Similkameen | 0 | ||||||
| Volcanic City | Boundary | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Waldo | East Kootenay | 0 | ||||||
| Walhachin | Thompson | 150 | ||||||
| Waterloo | West Kootenay | after abandonment, location of ferry operated by Doukhobor community | 150 | |||||
| Zincton | Slocan |