British Columbia. Railway point: Fraser River drainage
Former name of Loos
53.6 N 120.7 W Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1914 (GTP Timetable)
Not currently an official name.
Former name of Loos
53.6 N 120.7 W Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1914 (GTP Timetable)
Not currently an official name.
126 miles west of the Yellowhead Pass on the Canadian National Railway
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway station built in 1914
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway station built in 1914
This railway point appears on:
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway timetable 1914
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway timetable 1914
The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway station at Mile 126 west of the Yellowhead Pass appears as “Crescent Island” on a 1914 timetable, but by 1918 it was known as “Loos” after the site of a battle in the First World War.
References:
- Bohi, Charles W., and Kozma, Leslie S. Canadian National’s Western Stations. Don Mills, Ontario: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2002
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