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Zamora, British Columbia

Coordinates: 49°08′59″N 118°59′04″W / 49.14972°N 118.98444°W / 49.14972; -118.98444
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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

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.

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]
Type Flag Flag Flag Flag Flag Flag Flag Flag Flag Flag Flag

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.