Yellowhead (railway point)

Alberta-BC boundary. Railway point
Canadian National Railway, at Yellowhead Pass
52.8833 N 118.4667 W — Map 83D/16 — GoogleGeoHack
Official in BCCanada
Yellowhead Pass (on the continental divide, boundary between Alberta and British Columbia)
Mile 18 in Albreda Subdivision (Jasper to Blue River as of 1977)
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway station built in 1912

Among depots that were left vacant on the abandoned Grand Trunk Pacific Railway grade in 1917. Yellowhead burned down about 1918.

Bohi lists “Summit” and “Yelsum” as previous names for this station.

References:

  • Bohi, Charles W., and Kozma, Leslie S. Canadian National’s Western Stations. Don Mills, Ontario: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2002
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