Brief History of Albert Canyon

Approximately half way between Rogers Pass and Revelstoke, was situated the town of Albert Canyon. Little is left of the town it once was. The remains of Albert Canyon are a ghost town situated a short distance south of the present day hot springs pool site.

The village of Albert Canyon, the gorge and the hot springs were all named after Albert Rogers, who undertook many exploration trips in the area, including the discovery of Rogers Pass. Throughout the years of steam locomotives, Albert Canyon was a “pusher station”, with a small roundhouse built in 1916. They built a railway station providing housing for operators, a section gang, and living quarters for the CPR agent upstairs in the station.

The mineral waters of Albert Canyon were allegedly discovered by CPR workmen at the turn of the century. The railway employees dug a pit at the hot springs and lined it with heavy timbers.

The open air "hot tub" was used by visitors and residents for many, many years. Today the Canyon Hot Springs are some distance away, with the water from the hot springs being piped to their pools.

In addition, Albert Canyon had a very active sawmill and logging operation, we can still remember the old WWII truck that used to haul logs to the mill. Nothing remains of the mill now, except our wonderful memories of the times we had there.

Sunday, July 3, 2016

Updates to Blog...


August 06 2016 - Added a new photo of Albert Canyon CPR Station and the pusher engine housing buildings. Plus the survey and drafting plans for the CPR railway Wye

July 03 2016 - Added two new pictures of two old homes, now only memories.

July 03 2016 - Correction on the photo showing my grandparents arriving in Halifax, not Albert Canyon.
March 24 2018 -  Added the Albert Canyon mail postmark found and donated to my blog, by one of my blog readers... "Manny"
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