Railways of British Columbia - List of Incorporations
List of nearly 200 railway incorporations in British Columbia with approved routing, from the legislation, and capsule legal histories.
Most of the information is derived from A Statutory History of the Steam and Electric Railways of Canada 1836-1937 (Canada: Department of Transport, 1938).
Railways can often be found marked and named on old maps and other documents bearing names that have long passed into history. They may have only been proposals that never built any track or they may have been railways that later passed into the hands of competitors. The details come directly from the legislation itself.
Also includes bridge, tunnel or ferry company incorporations where rail traffic might be carried, plus street railways and mining tramways.
Alberta and British Columbia Railway Company
1908 incorporated to build from point on BC border on US boundary at the Kootenay River Crossing to Elko, thence to Cowley, AB and on to Calgary.
Ashcroft and Cariboo Railway Company
1896 incorporated to build from Ashcroft or Kamloops to Barkerville, thence to Port Simpson, etc.
Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Ashcroft Barkerville and Fort George Railway Company
1906 incorporated to build from Ashcroft via Bonaparte River, Lac La Hache and Quesnelle River, to Fort George, with branch to Barkerville, etc.
1908 Time extension
Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Atlin Railway Company
1914 incorporated to build from Atlin to point on US boundary at Taku River intersection. etc.
1916 time extension.
Atlin Short Line Railway and Navigation Company
1899 incorporated to build from Taku Arm, Cassiar District, along valley of Atlintoo River, on north side of river, to near where the Atlintoo River leaves Atlin Lake, etc.
Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Atlin Southern Railway Company
1899 incorporated to build from Log Cabin, on the White Pass to Taku Arm of Taglish Lake, from entrance of Atlintoo River into Taglish Lake and from Atlin City to Telegraph Creek; with branches, etc.
Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Barkerville, Ashcroft and Kamloops Railway Company
1897 incorporated to build from Ashcroft or Kamloops to Barkerville, with branches, etc.
Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Bella Coola and Fraser Lake Railway Company
1906 incorporated to build from mouth of Bella Coola River to a point 30 miles from its mouth; thence to Fraser Lake, to Fort George, to mouth of Telkwa River; with branches to Blackwater River and the Chilcotin Districts, etc.
Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Bentinck Arm and Quesnel Railway Company
1907 incorporated to build from junction of Rau Shuswap and South Fork of Fraser River, thence up Rau Shuswap River to headwaters of Swamp River, to Keithley Creek, to Coquette Pass, to outlet of Quesnel Lake, to Quesnel Fork, to Quesnel, to Blackwater, to Kusya Lake, to Salmon River Forks, to Bella Coola etc.
Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Big Bend Transportation Company
1899 incorporated to build and operate tramways in conjunction with its steamship service on the Columbia River, etc.
Boundary, Kamloops and Cariboo Central Railway Company
1904 incorporated to build from Midway to Okanagan Lake and Grand Prairie (BC); thence to Kamloops, via North Thompson River to a point on the Nechaco River, to Hazelton, to the Stikine River, to Teslin Lake, and to junction of Hootalinqua River and Yukon River, etc.
1906 To build from Grand Forks to Franklin Camp, Fire Valley and Grand Prairie; time extension.
British Columbia and Alaska Railway Company
1910 incorporated to build from Lytton, via Lillooet, to Fort George, thence via Stuart River, Stuart Lake, Tacla River, Middle River, and Fort Connelly, to North Tacla Lake, to Telegraph Creek, to Teslin Lake; also line to Vancouver, with branches, etc.
Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
British Columbia and Central Canada Railway Company
1911 incorporated to build from mouth of Nass River to source of Omineca River, to Peace River, to Peace River Landing, to Hudson Bay
British Columbia and Dawson Railway Company
1911 incorporated to build from Lytton to Fort George, the mouth of the Stuart River, thence via Fort Connelly to summit between Skeena and Stikine rivers, to Telegraph Creek, to Dawson City; also from Ashcroft to Fraser River at the Big Creek; also from Lillooet to Vancouver, etc.
1912: line from Fort George to Telegraph Creek, to Peace River Landing; time extension.
British Columbia and Manitoba Railway Company
1904 incorporated as Crawford Bay and St. Mary’s Railway Company to build from Crawford Bay on Kootenay Lake easterly via Crawford Creek and St. Mary’s River to Fort Steele, etc.
1906: extension of line to Lethbridge, AB; extensions farther east 1907
1909 name change to British Columbia and Manitoba Railway Company
British Columbia and White River Railway Company
1911 incorporated to build from US boundary at Bear Creek to the Alsek, thence via Shakwak Valley to Lake Kluane, the the White River, and to boundary between Alaska and Yukon Territory.
British Columbia Central Railway Company
1906 incorporated to build from Osoyoos to Enderby and Kamloops; to Quesnel and Fort George; also from Enderby to Sicamous, from Kamloops to Quilchena and Princeton and to US boundary. etc.
191 incorporated to build from Lillooet to Fort George etc.
Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
British Columbia Electric Power and Gas Company / British Columbia Electric Railway Company
1897 incorporated in UK to take over operations of Consolidated Railway and Light Company
1900: City of Vancouver not to compete
1907: agreement with Canadian Pacific Railway re trackage and control of Vancouver and Lulu Island Railway
1910: agreement with City of Victoria re competition, and right of city to acquire railway property
British Columbia Northern and Alaska Railway Company
1906 incorporated to build from Vancouver, via Lillooet, Fraser Valley, Tacla Lake, Stickine River and Teslin Lake, to northern boundary of province; with branches, etc.
Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
British Columbia Northern and Mackenzie Valley Railway Company
1903 incorporated to build from Nasoga Gulf via Naas and Skeena Rivers to Dease Lake, then via Dease River to northern boundary of BC. Also from Dease Lake to Telegraph Creek or Glenora, and to eastern boundary of BC and to Atlin City, etc.
1906: time extension
Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
British Columbia Southern Railway Company
1888 incorporated as the Crow’s Nest and Kootenay Lake Railway Company to build from junction of Summit Creek and Michel Creek, via Elk River to upper Kootenay River, thence via Cranbrook, Moyie Pass and Goat River to junction of Goat River and Lower Kootenay River, etc.
1888 land grant for right of way and terminals for Crow’s Nest and Kootenay Lake Railway Company
1890 land grant
1891 name changed to British Columbia Southern Railway Company; line to Fort Sheppard /Fort Shepard ; and to Nelson; to Hope and New Westminster; to Tobacco Plains, etc.
1893 subsidy - land
1893 line from Cranbrook to Pilot Bay or to Lardo River, etc
1896 time extensions
1897 works declared to be for the general advantage of Canada; extesnion of line eastwards; power to lease to Canadian Pacific Railway
1898 lease to Canadian Pacific Railway confirmed, eastern boundary of BC to Nelson.
1901 Lease of western section to Canadian Pacific Railway confirmed
1912 repurchase of portion of land grant by provincial government.
British Columbia Yukon Railway Company
1897 subsidy lands for line of railway from head of Lynn Canal to northern boundary of BC
1897 incorporated to build from head of Lynn Canal to northern boundary of BC
1898 Organization of White Pass and Yukon Railway Company to acquire capital stock of British Yukon Railway Company, British Columbia Yukon Railway Company, and of an American company, Pacific and Arctiv Railway and Navigation Company (see White Pass and Yukon Railway.)
British Yukon Railway Company
1897 incorporated to build from head of Lynn Canal, via White Pass to Selkirk, Yukon; 1897 subsidy - lands; (see White Pass and Yukon Railway.)
Burrard Inlet and Fraser Valley Railway Company
1891 incorporated to build from a point on Burrard Inlet southeasterly to a point on the US boundary between Semiahmoo Bay and Township 22 NWD; with branch to Chilliwhack municipality
1893 aid for a bridge over Fraser River at new Westminster
1893 time extension
Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Burrard Inlet and Westminster Valley Railway Company
1891 incorporated to build from US boundary in Township 16, NWD to a point on north side of Fraser River, with branch to Fraser River; ferry and bridge over Fraser River.
Burrard Inlet Railway and Ferry Company
1891 incorporated to build a railway or tramway from point on north shore of Burrard Inlet to English Bay or Howe Sound; with branches; operation of ferry boats, etc.
1895 time extension; employment or Chinese or Japanese, etc.
Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Burrard Inlet Tunnel and Bridge Company 1892 incorporated to build a tunnel under First Narrows and a bridge over Second Narrows Again incorporated, 1910. 1912 subsidy for railway lines Eburne to Seymour Creek, from Seymour Creek to Horseshoe Bay; and from Pender Street, Vancouver, to North Vancouver. 1913 subsidy for bridge at Second Narrows The (first) Second Narrows Bridge opened 1925. Stock in Burrard Inlet Tunnel and Bridge Company was owned by the City of North Vancouver, Districts of North Vancouver, District of West Vancouver, and City of Vancouver. The bridge was damaged by a barge in 1930 and put out of commission. The company went bankrupt in 1932 and the bridge was repaired by the Vancouver Harbour Commission in 1934.
Burrard, Westminster Boundary Railway and Navigation Company
1907 incorporated to build from Vancouver to New Westminster, to Fraser River Bridge and to Port Moody; to proposed Vancouver, Westminster and Yukon Railway bridge at Second Narrows; to a point of commencement in Vancouver; from Second Narrows to Howe Sound; from New Westminster to a point between Semiahmoo Bay and Sumas; from False Creek to Point Grey and New Westminster; and from Port Moody to Stave River, etc.
1909: line to Tete Jaune Cache
1909 company may sell to or lease to or amalgamate with Vancouver, Westminster and Yukon Railway Company
Canadian Northern Pacific Railway Company
1910 incorporated to build from eastern boundary of BC to New Westminster, Vancouver, and to English Bluff (Tsawwassen); from Victoria to Barkley Sound, and branches; incl power to purchase other lines (Mackenzie and Mann built the Canadian Northern across Canada much by buying existing lines).
1912: lines to east coast of Vancouver Island; and from Kamloops to Vernon and Lumby; Vernon to Kelowna; Vernon to Okanagan Lake.
1912: subsidy - Yellowhead Pass to Vancouver and mouth of Fraser River.
1913: agreement with City of Vancouver re transfer to railway by city of lands received from the provincial government.
1917: Trackage rights with Vancouver, Victoria and Eastern Railway and Navigation Company from New Westminster to Vancouver, and Hope to Sumas Landing.
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
1880: provincial grant of lands to Dominion Government in aid of CPR construction on mainland
1881: incorporation of CPR
1882 CPR may build through Rocky Mountains by other route than Yellowhead Pass.
1882: Proclamation for preservation of peace along line of CPR in BC
1883 Provincial grant of lands to Dominion Government in lieu (of alienated lands in Railway Belt).
1886: Dominion Government turns over portions of track built under government contracts to the CPR (ie in BC, the track from Savona’s Ferry at the western end of Kamloops Lake to Port Moody, built by contractor Onderdonk).
1890: Lease of Columbia and Kootenay Railway and Navigation Company works to CPR for 999 years.
1891: Lease of Shuswap and Okanagan Railway Company properties etc. to CPR for 25 years
1892: subsidy - Revelstoke to Arrow Lake
1897: British Columbia Southern Railway Company may lease to CPR
1898: confirms lease of eastern section of British Columbia Southern Railway Company line to CPR with option to purchase
1898: Confirms lease of the line of the British Columbia Southern Railway Company from eastern boundary of BC to Nelson to CPR in perpetuity.
1901: Confirms lease of the western section of the line of the British Columbia Southern Railway Company to CPR in perpetuity.
1903: Lease of the Vancouver and Lulu Island Railway for 999 years.
1904: time extension for line New Westminster to Vancouver.
1905: Agreement with the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company
1907: Agreement with the British Columbia Electric Company re service and transfer Vancouver and Lulu Island Railway to said company.
1913: Kettle Valley Railway Company may lease to CPR
1913: Approves lease of kettle Valley Railway Company properties to CPR fpr 999 years from 1 July 1913.
1914: Mineral rights adjacent to CPR tunnel under construction near Rogers Pass (Connaught Tunnel, completed 1916; originally named Selkirk Tunnel).
1919: Agreement re purchase of bonds of Nakusp and Slocan Railway Company and operation of that railway by CPR.
Canadian-Yukon Railway
Following gold rush of 1808 to the Klondike -
1898 Provision of (federal) funds to cover survey from point on existing railway into the Yukon
1899: Dominion Government entered into contract with Mackenzie and Mann for construction of a line from the Stikine River to Teslin Lake, but approval from the Senate was not forthcoming; in 1902 $250,000 was paid to them in compensation for work done.
Canadian Yukon Railway Company
1898 incorporated to build from Douglas Channel or some other point capable of being made into a sea port, to a point on southern end of Teslin Lake; with tramways and branch lines, etc.
Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Cariboo, Barkerville and Willow River Railway Company
1910 incorporated to build from Eagle Lake via watershed of Willow River to Barkerville; with branches, etc.
Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Cariboo Railway Company
1890 incorporated as Ashcroft and Cariboo Railway Company to build from Ashcroft to Barkerville, etc. Also land grant.
1894: name changed to Cariboo Railway Company
1894: Dominion incorporation of Cariboo Railway Company, to build from Ashcroft to Barkerville with extension to Fraser River; power to acquire Cariboo Railway Company of British Columbia; agreement with Canadian Pacific Railway Company, etc.
Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Cassiar Central Railway Company
1897 incorporated to build from a point on the Stickine River to a point on or near Dease Lake; with extensions and branches, etc. Also lease of minerals and lands as aid to construction
Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Chilliwhack Railway Company (Chilliwack)
1891 incorporated to build from a point on the Mission branch of the Canadian Pacific Railway to a point in the Municipality of Chilliwhack, etc.
1894: subsidy: Abbotsford to Chilliwhack
Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Coast-Kootenay Railway Company
1901 incorporated to build from Vancouver via New Westminster to Chilliwhack, thence to a point between junction of Chilliwhack and Fraser Rivers and Yale, to a point between Penticton and US boundary, thence via the Kettle River and Town of Midway to Grand Forks, etc.
1902 aid for construction of railway from Vancouver to Midway
1902: re employment of aliens
Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Coast Yukon Railway Company
1903 incorporated to build from Kitimat Inlet to Atlin Lake, thence to Yukon River and to Alaskan boundary, via Dawson. etc.
1903-4 incorporated of Coast-Yukon Railway Company to build from Hazelton to Atlin Lake, thence to 60th parallel, etc.
1926-27: Declares Coast Yukon Railway dissolved. (Coast-Yukon not mentioned).
Columbia and Carbonate Mountain Railway Company
1890 incorporated to build from a point on the Columbia River, 17 miles up the river, south-westerly to head waters of Middle Fork of Spillumacheen River, etc.
Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Columbia and Kootenay Railway and Navigation Company
1889: subsidy - land, from outlet of Kootenay Lake to junction of Kootenay and Columbia Rivers
1889 incorporated to build from outlet of Kootenay Lake, through Selkirk Mountains, to junction of Columbia and Kootenay Rivers; vessels etc. (52 Vic., Cap 35)
1890: subsidy - lands
1890: incorporated to build from outlet of Kootenay Lake, through Selkirk Mountains, to junction of Columbia and Kootenay Rivers; vessels etc. (52 Vic., Cap 62)
1890: (Dominion): subsidy - from outlet Kootenay Lake to junction Columbia and Kootenay Rivers.
1890 (Aug 20): Lease of Columbia and Kootenay Railway and Navigation Company works to the Canadian Pacific Railway for 999 years approved.
1891: Acquisition of bonds of Columbia and Kootenay Railway and Navigation Company by CPR.
1892; subsidy - from Revelstoke to Arrow Lake
1893: extension of line to Revelstoke; branch lines, etc.
1897: Line described; time extended; extension of line to Queen’s Bay; to Kootenay Lake and Lower Arrows Lake , etc.
Columbia and Kootenay Railway and Transportation Company
1883 incorporated to build, in conjunction with a line of steamships, from outlet of Kootenay Lake, through Selkirk Mountains, to junction of Columbia and Kootenay Rivers, etc.
Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Columbia and Western Railway Company
1896 subsidy - land
1896 incorporated to build from mouth of Trail Creek to Rossland; from mouth of Trail Creek easterly or southeasterly for 20 miles; from Rossland to Christina Lake; from Christina Lake to Midway; from Midway to Penticton; branches to mines; power to acquire Trail Creek Tramways, etc.
1898: time extension for lands
1898 (Dominion), Aug 3: approves lease, in perpetuity, of Columbia and Western Company undertaking, etc, to the Canadian Pacific Railway.
1906: (BC) Land grant “in full of aid votes”
1912: (BC) Repurchase of Gov of BC of portion of land grant
Columbia River Bridge Company
1897 incorporated to build a bridge for railway, pedestrian, and vehicular traffic over the Columbia River near Robson.
Comox and Cape Scott Railway Company
1900 (Dominion) incorporated to build from a point in Wellington District, Vancouver Island, to a point in Comox District; thence northerly through Sayward and Rupert Districts to Cape Scott, etc.; agreement with Canadian Pacific Railway Company, and Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company
1901 (BC) incorporated to build from a point in Wellington District, Vancouver Island, to a point in Comox District; thence northerly through Sayward and Rupert Districts to Cape Scott, etc.
Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Consolidated Railway Company
1894 incorporated of Consolidated Railway and Light Company To acquire property, etc., of Vancouver Electric Railway and Light Company and other tramway and light companies in New Westminster District, etc.
1896: Name changed to Consolidated Railway Company; acquirement of Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Company, the Vancouver Electric Railway and Light Company, and North Vancouver Electric Company confirmed.
See also British Columbia Electric Railway Company
Cowichan, Alberni and Fort Rupert Railway Company
1903-4 incorporated to build from Mill Bay or Cowichan Bay via Cowichan River to Cowichan Lake, thence to mouth of Sarita River or Barclay Sound; and from a point on this line to Alberni, via Coleman Creek and Alberni Canal, to Fort Rupert; with branch to Quatsino Sound, etc.
1906: time extension; line to Victoria or Esquimalt Harbour
Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Cowichan Valley Railway Company
1898 incorporated to build from mouth of Cowichan River to head of Cowichan Lake, thence via Franklin River to a point on the Alberni Canal; with branch to outlet of Nitinat Lake etc.
Crawford Bay Railway Company
1901 incorporated to build from Crawford Bay via Crawford Creek and St. Mary’s River to Kootenay River opposite Fort Steele; with branch lines, etc.
Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Crow’s Nest and Northern Railway Company 1908 incorporated to build from Crow’s Nest Pass on Canadian Pacific Railway line via west side of north fork of Michel Creek, to junction of two north branches of Michel Creek, thence by both branches to points on the divide between waters of north fork of Michel Creek and waters of Grave Creek; with branches, etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Crow’s Nest Pass Electric Light and Power Company 1900 incorporated to build tramways in town of Fernie and in District of Kootenay, etc.
Crow’s Nest Southern Railway Company
1901 incorporated to build from Michel, via Michel Creek, southwards to a point near the US boundary; also from Michel Creek northerly, along Elk River Valley, to a point on the eastern boundary of BC; also from a point on this line, near south fork of Elk River, via Kootenay Pass to a point on the eastern boundary of BC, with branches. etc. (was built from Newgate (Gateway) to Michel by GNR from Rexford Montana. Line between Fernie and Michel abandoned 1925).
1902: Repals section re employment of aliens
1936 Abandonment approved (Dominion) Newgate to Fernie
Delta, New Westminster and Eastern Railway Company
1894 incorporated to build from a point on the Gulf (Strait) of Georgia in Delta municipality to New Westminster, with a branch to Abbotsford.
Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Delta Railway Company
1887 incorporated to build from Ladner’s Landing to Popcum etc.
Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Dolly Varden Mines Railway
Authority 1917 for Dolly Varden Mines Company to build from Wolf group of mineral claims via Kitzault River to public highway; thence to Alice Arm
1935 cites abandonment of railway; vest ROW in crown; provides for removal of rails.
Eastern British Columbia Railway Company
1908 incorporated to build from south fork of Michel Creek at “The Loop” up the creek to mouth of East Fork, thence up the East Fork to a point on Lot 6999, Group 1, Kootenay District.
East Kootenay Logging Railway Company
1907 incorporated to build from a point on the Crow’s Nest Branch of the Canadian Pacific at Lot 5808, group 1, to Rock Creek, etc.
East Kootenay Railway Company
1898 incorporated to build fromCranbrook to headwaters of St. Mary’s River, from a point on this line to the mines at Horse Thief Creek and No. 2 Creek, and from Bull River Mines to a point on the Crow’s Nest Railway, etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27 Edmonton, Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway Company 1907 incorporated to build from Edmonton to Dunvegan and thence via Peace River Valley westerly to Parsnip River Valley to Town of Fort George, etc. 1929: sale to Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway jointly. 1929: incorporated of Northern Alberta Railways Company to hold and operate properties of Edmonton, Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway.
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company
1875 grant of lands to the Dominion government to aid in construction of railway between Esquimalt Harbour and Nanaimo, etc. 1882 repealed 1875 grant 1883: refers to agreement with Dominion Government re E&N; grants portions of lands intended for Vancouver Land and Railway Company to Dominion Government for purposes of Esquimalt to Nanaimo railway; authorizes incorporated of persons, designated by Governor in Council, as Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company to build railway of same gauge as Canadian Pacific Railway from Esquimalt Harbour to Nanaimo; with power to extend to Comox and to Victoria, etc. 1884 New agreement with Dominion Government; further re incorporated of Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company, lands, etc. 1884 (Dominion) agreement with province of BC re Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway; lands; cash subsidy, etc. 1886 (Dominion) accepts curves in line 1888 (Dominion) ferry service between Beecher Bay and point on Strait of Juan de Fuca in US. 1888: Land grant for Beecher Bay branch/ authority to build railway. 1906: Time extension - from Comox to Campbell River, Duncan’s to Alberni; Englishman’s River to Alberni Canal, and Comox to Alberni Canal. 1912: approves lease of Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company property to Canadian Pacific Railway for 99 years, from July 1912. 1916 Land grant in Songhees Indian reserve.
Fernie and Elk River Railway Company
1921 incorporated to build from Sparwood via Elk River Valley, to Kananaskis Pass, with branches, etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
First Narrows Bridge Company
1926-27 Power to erect a bridge for pedestrian, vehicular and other traffic over the First Narrows of Burrard Inlet from Prospect Point to Capilano Indian Reserve, etc. 1931 Tolls for street and other railways; power to build other bridge at Second Narrows, subject to agreement with Burrard Inlet Tunnel and Bridge Company
Fording Valley Railway Company 1905/ 1906 (BC/Dominion) incorporated to build from junction of Elk River and Michel Creek to a point north of Fording River, thence to Fording River Valley, thence along Fording River to north of Henrietta Creek, thence along Henrietta Creek to Alberta Boundary. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Fraser River Bridge Company
1926-27 Power to erect a bridge for pedestrian, vehicular and other traffic over the Fraser River from Ladner to Lulu Island. 1931: bridge to be from Port Mann; railway traffic to be provided for, etc. 1934: Power to erect a bridge at or near New Westminster. 1935 Agreement with provincial government re construction of Fraser River (New Westminster) Bridge
Fraser River Railway Company
1883 incorporated to build from 49th parallel between Semiahmoo Bay and Township 22, NWD, to a point on the Canadian Pacific Railway between Township 27 and the CPR western terminus, and thence to New Westminster, etc. 1883 (Dominion) disallows incorporated Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Fraser Valley Terminal Railway Company
1915 (Dominion) incorporated to build terminals and shops, etc for railways in municipalities of Richmond and New Westminster, etc.
Goat River Water Power and Light Company
1909 incorporated to build tramways within radius of 10 miles from Goat River Canyon, Kootenay District, etc.
Graham Island Railway Company
1909 incorporated to build from Lena Island, Skidegate Inlet, Queen Charlotte Islands, to Camp Robertson, thence to Camp Wilson, to Shields Island, Rennell Sound, with branch to Masset Inlet. 1910 Extends time; line to Naden Harbour or Virago Sound. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company
1903 incorporated to build from Moncton New Brunswick, via Peace River Pass or Pine River Pass to Port Simpson, Bute Inlet or some other port on the Pacific coast plus branch to Dawson, Yukon. 1908 Sale of portion of Metlakatla Indian Reserve to GTPR (Grand Trunk Pacific Town and Development Company). 1909 Agreement with Provincial Government re survey of Prince Rupert townsite. 1910 Rights of GTPR in Hays Creek, Prince Rupert and right of way for pipeline in Prince Rupert. 1912 Time extension for Prairie and Mountain sections. 1912 Agreement with Provincial Government and with Foley, Welch and Stewart re incorporation of Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company to build line authorized for GTPR to Vancouver, etc. 1918 Provincial payment towards cost of steel railway bridge over Fraser River at Fort George. (In 1919 the GTPR notified the Dominion government that owing to low revenues it could not continue operation.) 1919 Minister of Railways and Canals appointed receiver 1919 Adds Grand Trunk Pacific Elevator Company to properties in bankruptcy proceedings 1920 GTPR operation and management placed under board of Canadian Northern Railway Company (Canadian National Railways) 1923 Amalgamation with Canadian National Railways
Greater Vancouver Tunnel Company Ltd.
1931 Power granted to construct a tunnel for passenger and traffic, under First Narrows of Burrard Inlet from Coal Harbour to a point on the North Shore.
Greenwood-Phoenix Tramway Company
1911 incorporated to build a tramway in the vicinity of Greenwood and of Phoenix for freight purposes.
Grouse Mountain Scenic Incline Railway Company
1911 incorporated to build from Lot 594, Group 1, New Westminster District, to Lot 1526, Group 1, NWD
Hardy Bay and Quatsino Sound Railway Company
1909 incorporated to build from Hardy Bay (Port Hardy) to Coal Harbour, Quatsino Sound, with branch lines, etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Harrison Hot Springs Tramway Company
1888 incorporated to build a tramway from Harrison Hot Springs and Agassiz, and from Agassiz to the Fraser River. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Howe Sound and Northern Railway Company / Howe Sound, Pemberton Valley and Northern Railway Company
1907 incorporated as Howe Sound, Pemberton Valley and Northern Railway Company to build from mouth of Squamish River at Howe Sound via Squamish River valley to Cheakamus River, thence to Anderson Lake; with branches, etc. 1910 name changed to Howe Sound and Northern Railway Company; increase of Capital stock. Line was purchased by Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company
Hudson Bay Pacific Railway Company 1908 incorporated to build from Port Simpson or Work Channel up Work Channel to Skeena River, thence to Hazelton, thence to Bulkley River, to Suskewa River, to Babine lake, to Stuart Lake, etc. to eastern boundary of province; with branch lines, etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Hudson Bay Pacific Railway Company
1911 incorporated to build from Winnipeg to Fort St. John, thence via Nass River to Port Simpson; from Fort St. John to Edmonton; running rights to other companies across Rocky Mountains, etc. 1913 time extension
Imperial Pacific Railway Company
1901 incorporated to build from Victoria, northeasterly, by way of Tete Jaune Cache or Yellow Head Pass or Pine River or Peace River Passes, to a point near eastern boundary of province; and a line near northern boundary of province; and to a convenient harbour on the sea coast, etc. (Perhaps the most general of all the charters!) Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Island Valley Railway Company
1910 incorporated to build from Skidegate Inlet, Graham Island, to Masset Inlet near mouth of the Yakown River, etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Kamloops and Atlin Railway Company
1899 incorporated to build from outlet of Kamloops Lake to mouth of Quesnelle River, from mouth of Quesnelle River to Hazelton, from Hazelton to a point on Dease River to Atlin Lake; with branches, etc. 1900 incorporated to build from Outlet of Kamloops Lake to junction of Quesnelle River with Fraser River, with branches, etc. 1901 incorporated to build from a point between Ashcroft and outlet of Kamloops Lake to junction of Quesnelle River with Fraser River, with branches, etc. 1901 incorporated (Dominion) To build from a point between Ashcroft and outlet of Kamloops Lake to junction of Quesnelle River with Fraser River, with branches, etc. 1902 Repeals section dealing with employment of aliens. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Kamloops and Yellowhead Pass Railway Company
1906 incorporated to build from Kamloops, via North Thompson, Canoe River and McLellan’s Creek to Tete Jaune Cache; with branches, etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Kaslo and Lardo-Duncan Railway Company
1897 incorporated to build from Kaslo by Kootenay Lake to Lardo, thence to Upper Kootenay Lake, thence to headwaters of Duncan River; with branch to Trout Lake and Arrow or Lardeau Lakes etc. 1897 incorporated (Dominion) To build from Kaslo to Lardo, etc; agreements with Kaslo and Slocan Railway Company or Canadian Pacific Railway Company 1900 subsidy - from Duncan Lake towards Lardo or Arrow Lake etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Kaslo and Slocan Railway Company
1892 subsidy - land - from Kaslo to Slocan Lake 1892 incorporated to build from Town of Kaslo to Fish and Bear Lakes, thence to mines near Carpenter and Sandon Creeks; with branches to Montezuma Camp Mines and Jardine’s Camp, etc. 1894 Application to a narrow gauge line if so built 1895 Any tramways not to interfere with K&S but may act as feeders 1921 (Dominion). Approves lease of Kaslo and Slocan Railway properties to Canadian Pacific Railway for 99 years from 1 Jan 1920.
Kaslo and Slocan Tramway Company
1893 incorporated to build a tramway and street railway in and from Kaslo up the valley of Kaslo Creek to Bear Lake. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Kettle Valley Railway Company
1901 incorporated as Kettle River Valley Railway Company to build from US boundary at Cascade City, via Kettle River to US boundary at Carson City; with branch from Grand Forks, up the north fork of the Kettle River for 50 miles, and from Grand Forks, via greenwood, to US boundary at Midway, etc. 1904 Lines to Fire Valley, Vernon, Quilchena, Franklin Camp, and Killarney; running rights over Nicola, Kamloops and Similkameen Coal and Railway Company lines 1904 running rights over Nicola, Kamloops and Similkameen Coal and Railway Company lines 1909 Line from Penticton to Nicola 1910 Line to Fraser River 1910 Agreement with Provincial Government re construction etc. Midway and Vernon Railway Company line; acquirement. 1911 (Dominion) name changed to Kettle Valley Railway Company Line to Osoyoos Lake; line to Allison or Princeton; line to Steamboat Mountain Mining Camp. 1912 subsidy - Penticton to US boundary, and for bridge over Fraser River. 1912 Line, Vernon to Penticton; time extension 1912 subsidy - line to Hope and for bridge over Fraser River 1913 subsidy - Merritt to Penticton; Penticton to Midway; line to Hope 1913 Lines Summers Creek to Copper Mountain and Voigt Mining Camps; Vernon to Penticton; to Otter Summit, and from Tulameen up the Tulameen River for 50 miles; companies may lease to Canadian Pacific Railway. 1913 Approves lease of Kettle Valley Railway Company properties to Canadian Pacific Railway Company for 999 years from 1 July 1913 1914 Line Otter Summit to Aspen Grove mineral district; joint section with Vancouver, Victoria and Eastern Railway and Navigation Company 1916 Agreement with Vancouver, Victoria and Eastern Railway and Navigation Company re trackage etc. 1920 Time extension; line from Coalmont to Granite Creek coal areas 1920 Agreement with Provincial Government re construction of line from Colamont to coal areas etc. 1920 Agreement with Provincial Government re extension of line from Penticton wharf to Dog Lake (Skaha Lake) 1931 Line from Skaha Lake to Okanagan Falls
Kootenay and Arrowhead Railway Company
1901 incorporated (Dominion) To build from Lardo to Duncan, thence to Arrowhead, with branches; company may lease to Canadian Pacific Railway Company 1903 Approves lease of Kootenay and Arrowhead Railway properties etc to Canadian Pacific Railway for 999 years from 1 August 1901 (Line was Lardeau to Gerrard)
Kootenay and Athabasca Railway Company
1886 incorporated (Dominion). To build from head of Kootenay Lake via shore of Trout Lake and Trout Creek to Canadian Pacific Railway line at west crossing of Columbia River; thence along Columbia River to Gold River, thence to source of Gold River; with power to extend line to Boat Encampment and through Athabasca Pass and Canoe Pass. 1887 Land grant from Dominion Land Reservation to north end Kootenay Lake 1887 incorporated to build from at or near Revelstoke to head of Kootenay Lake. 1889 repeals 1887 incorporated Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Kootenay and North West Railway Company
1898 incorporated to build from Golden to Canal Flat, thence to Cranbrook; from Golden northerly, via Columbia River, Canoe River, and Parsnip River and Fort McLeod to 56th parallel; thence to valley of Liard River, thence to northern boundary of province or to Teslin Lake; with branches etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Kootenay, Cariboo and Pacific Railway Company
1903 incorporated to build from Golden, via Columbia River and Canoe River to Tete Jaune Cache; thence via Fraser River to Giscome Portage, thence to Port Simpson, or to Bute Inlet; with branch to Barkerville, etc. 1903 (Dominion) incorporated to build from Golden, via Columbia River and Canoe River to Tete Jaune Cache; and to Barkerville and Fort George, etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Kootenay Central Railway Company
1901 subsidy 1901 incorporated to build from Fort Steele to Elko and the US boundary and from Fort Steele to Windermere and to Golden, etc. 1901 (Dominion) incorporated to build from Fort Steele to Elko and the US boundary and from Fort Steele to Windermere and to Golden, etc; company may sell or lease to Canadian Pacific Railway Company 1910 Approves lease of Kootenay Central Railway Company property to Canadian Pacific Railway Co for 999 years from 1 January 1911 1912 Line Gateway to Galloway
Kootenay Development and Tramways Company
1903 incorporated to build a tramway from head of Kootenay Lake to headwaters of Duncan River, from Kaslo to headwaters of south fork of Kaslo Creek, and from Crawford Bay to headwaters of Crawford Creek, with branches, etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Kootenay Lake Shore and Lardo Railway Company
1893 incorporated to build from US boundary at the Kootenay River up the river to Kootenay Lake, thence along the west shore of the northern end of the lake, with branches to headwaters of Lardeau and Duncan Rivers etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Kootenay Power Company
1892: power to construct tramways from Nelson and within a 25 mile radius of Nelson, etc.
Kootenay Railway and Navigation Company
1888 subsidy and incorporated to build from outlet of Kootenay Lake through Selkirk Mountains to junction of Columbia and Kootenay Rivers; steamships, etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Ladner Bridge Company
1926-27. Power to erect a bridge for passenger and traffic purposes over the Fraser River from Ladner to Lulu Island 1931 Bridge to be from Deas Island; re tolls. 1933 approval of plans by Governor General in Council 1934 Agreement with provincial government re construction of bridge from Deas Island 1935 Tolls; extension of company franchise to tunnel or ferry rights.
Lake Bennett Railway Company
1901 incorporated to build from headwaters of Dyea River to Lake Bennett and thence to 60th parallel. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Lardeau and Kootenay Railway Company
1893 incorporated to build from Lardeau City via Lardeau Pass to a point on the Northwest Shore of Kootenay Lake; with power to extend to Nelson and build branch to Fish Creek Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Lardeau Railway Company
1897 incorporated to build from Galena or Thumb Bay on Upper Arrow Lake to forks of Lardeau River; with branches to Trout Lake, Fish Creek, and up the north and south branches of the Lardeau River Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Lions Gate Bridge Company 1926-27 Power to erect bridge at First Narrows of Burrard Inlet from Prospect Point to Capilano Indian Reserve.
Liverpool and Canoe Pass Railway Company
1891 incorporated to build from Liverpool, on the Fraser River, via Fraser River delta to Canoe Pass; and branch to Ladner’s Landing. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Menzies Bay Railway Company
1910 incorporated to build from Menzies Bay, Vancouver Island, to junction of Salmon River an Memekay River; and from Menzies Bay to Quinsan River at Lot 81, near 50th parallel, etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Morrissey, Fernie and Michel Railway Company
1903 incorporated to build from Fernie to mouth of Morrissey Creek, thence to Lodgepole Creek, to Flathead River about 25 miles from US boundary; to US boundary; also from Fernie to a point 28 miles from mouth of Michel Creek; with branches, etc. (Property of Crow’s Nest Pass Coal Company, a subsidiary of Great Northern Railway.)
Mountain Tramway and Electric Company
1898 incorporated to build from points on the Nakusp and Slocan Railway to mines in McGuigan Camp and Whitewater Basin; and from points on the Columbia and Kootenay Railway, Crow’s Nest line, etc., to mines, etc Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Naas and Skeena Rivers Railway Company
1911 incorporated to build from Portland Inlet to headwaters of Skeena River. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Nakusp and Slocan Railway Company
1893 incorporated (Dominion). To build from Nakusp to the forks of Carpenter Creek; vessels; agreement with Canadian Pacific Railway Company for leasing etc. 1893 incorporated to build from Nakusp to the forks of Carpenter Creek. 1894 Agreement with Canadian Pacific Railway Company and with Commissioner of Works for BC re operation of railway; guarantee of bonds, etc. 1894 sibsidy - Nakusp to the forks of Carpenter Creek 1895 Any tramways not to interfere but may act as feeders. 1898 Dominion. Line from Three Forks to Whitewater Creek; telegraph and telephone lines, docks, etc. 1919 Agreement of Provincial Government with Canadian Pacific Railway Company re purchase of bonds of N&S and further operation of railway by CPR. 1921 Dominion. Approves lease of Nakusp and Slocan Railway to CPR for 99 years from 1 July 1920.
Nanaimo - Alberni Railway Company
1897 incorporated to build from Alberni to Nanaimo Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Nanaimo Electric Tramway Company
1891 incorporated to build a street railway in Nanaimo and adjacent areas. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Nelson and Arrow Lake Railway Company
1893 incorporated to build from Nelson to Slocan River, thence along Slocan River to Slocan Lake to New Denver; thence by Nakusp Pass to Upper Arrow Lake; with branches to headwaters of Carpenter and Four-Mile Creek Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Nelson and Fort Sheppard Railway Company
1891 incorporated to build from outlet of Kootenay Lake, at Nelso, to Fort Sheppard, via valley of Cottonwood, Smith Creek and the Salmon River, etc. 1892 sudsidy - land, from Nelson to Fort Sheppard. 1896 Dominion. Telegraph and telephone lines; construction upon highways. etc. 1918 Defines land granted railway company (Sold to Great Northern Railway 1943)
Nelson Street Railway Company
1910 Confirms Nelson City bylaw re agreement for street railway service.
New Westminster and Port Moody Railway Company
1882 incorporated to build from New Westminster to Port Moody or other point on Burrard Inlet. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
New Westminster and Vancouver Short Line Railway Company
1889 incorporated to build from point on the north side of Fraser River between Pitt River and Lot 172, to Vancouver. 1896 new incorporated Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
New Westminster Southern Railway Company
1883 incorporated to build from 49th parallel between Semiahmoo Bay and Township 16, NW District, to New Westminster and to point on Burrard Inlet. 1883 disallowed incorporated 1887 incorporated to build from a point between Semiahmoo Bay and Township 16, NWD, to point on Fraser River opposite New Westminster. 1889 Re point of terminus in New Westminster, etc. 1905 Authority for New Westminster Southern Railway Company to lease or sell to Vancouver Victoria and Eastern Railway and Navigation Company (Great Northern Railway) (The line between Brownsville and Port Kells was sold to the Canadian Northern Pacific Railway in 1916; the remainder of the NWS lines were sold to VV&E in 1924) Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Nicola, Kamloops and Similkameen Coal and Railway Company
1891 incorporated to build from western end of Nicola Lake to Princeton; thence to Osoyoos Lake; and from Nicola to South Thompson River and to Kamloops, etc. 1903 Extension line to Spence’s Bridge 1903 (Dominion) subsidy - Spence’s Bridge to Nicola Lake 1904 (Dominion) Running rights for Kettle River Valley Railway Company over lines of Nicola, Kamloops and Similkameen Coal and Railway Company (This line was built from Spence’s Bridge to Nicola. On 16 November 1905 it was leased to the Canadian Pacific Railway for 999 years.)
Nicola Valley Railway Company
1891 incorporated to build from Spence’s Bridge, on Canadian Pacific Railway via Nicola River to a point on the western end of Nicola Lake; and branch to junction of Voght River and Coldwater River. 1892 (Dominion) subsidy Spence’s Bridge to Nicola Lake + 28 miles additional 1894
Northern Pacific and British Columbia Railway Company
1915 incorporated to enter with the American railway,Northern Pacific Railway Company, into agreements with Vancouver, Victoria and Eastern Railway and Navigation Company re leasing and running rights; vessels; wharves; lands, etc.
Northern Vancouver Island Railway Company
1910 incorporated to build from Hardy Bay or Port McNeill to Coal Harbour on Quatsino Sound, etc. 1911 incorporated to build from Hardy Bay or Port McNeill to Coal Harbour or to Rupert Arm, Quatsino Sound, with branches, etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
North Star and Arrow Lake Railway Company
1898 incorporated to build from Cranbrook to North Star Mine and to Kootenay Lake, and from a point on this line to Upper Arrow Lake, etc. 1899 line from Fort Steele to Golden, etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Okanagan and Kootenay Railway Company
1890 Land Grant 1890 incorporated to build from Sproat’s Landing, (ie Robson) via Lower Arrow Lake, Fire Valley and Cherry Creek to Vernon, etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Pacific and Hudson Bay Railway Company
1911 incorporated to build from Kimsquit at head of Dean Channel to Fort Fraser, thence to Fort James and Fort McLeod, thence to Coal Brook, Dunvegan and Peace River Landing, then Fort McMurray and Churchill or Port Nelson on Hudson Bay.
Pacific and Peace River Railway Company (1)
1883 incorporated to build from Port Simpson to some point on the Peace River east of Fort Dunvegan (Alberta); with tranways, vessels, etc
Pacific and Peace River Railway Company (2)
1898 incorporated of Kitimaat Railway Company to build from Kitimaat Inlet, Douglas Channel, to Kitseless Canyon on Skeena River, thence to Germansen Creek, Omineca, and from Skeena River to Telegraph Creek, etc. 1899 Line from Kitimaat Inlet to Copper River, thence to Telegraph Trail, thence to south end of Babine Lake, thence to germansen Creek at junction with Omineca River; name changed to Pacific and Peace River Railway Company Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Pacific Coast Coal Mines Ltd.
1909 Pacific and Peace River Railway Company (1) 1883 incorporated confirmed; power to build and acquire tramways in districts of Cranberry and Cedar, etc.
Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company
1912 Agreements of provincial government with Foley, Welch and Stewart and of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company with Foley, Welch and Stewart re incorporated of Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company, etc. 1912 incorporated to build from Vancouver to Lillooet and to Grand Trunk Pacific Railway line at Fort George, with branches, etc. 1913 amendments to route 1914 Additional provincial guarantee of securities for railway company line from Fort George to Dominion Peace River Block authorized. 1916 Provincial government may advance $6 million to PGE 1918 Agreement of Provincial Government with Foley, Welch and Stewart et al re acquirement of capital stock of PGE by the Provincial Government. 1919 Vesting of powers of Pacific Great Eastern Development Company in PGE Railway 1925 Land grant - Vancouver to Prince george and Prince George to Pouce Coupe 1929 Discontinuance of railway service or establishment of reduced service on North Shore District line (North Vancouver to Whytecliff)
Pacific Northern and Eastern Railway Company
1903 incorporated to build from Hazelton to teslin or Atlin Lake; from Hazelton, via Skeena, Babine, Drfitwood, Omineca and Finlay Rivers to Peace River Pass or Pine River Pass, thence to eastern boundary of province, etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Pacific Northern and Omineca Railway Company
1900 incorporated to build from Kitimaat Inlet to Hazelton, with branches, etc. 1902 Branch line from Hazelton to junction of Bulkley River and Telkwa River. 1902 (Dominion) incorporated to build from Kitimaat Inlet to Hazelton, thence to Teslin of Atlin lake; with branch from Hazelton, via peace River Pass, to Edmonton. 1908 subsidy Kitimaat to Telkwa River 1909 Branch line from junction of Skeena River and Copper River to junction of Bulkley River and Telkwa River Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Pacific, Peace River and Athabasca Railway Company
1914 incorporated to build from mouth of Naas River to Skeena River to Bear River and bear Lake; thence to North Tacla Lake; to Fort McMurray and to Prince Albert. 1915 New lines: Kitimaat Arm to Aiyansh, Blackwater River to Bear River.
Pacific Railway Company
1910 incorporated to build from US boundary at Salmon River, following Salmon River to its source, with branches, etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Peace and Naas River Railway Company
1911 incorporated to build from Nasoga Gulf, up the Naas River to Kitwancool River, thence towards Babine River, thence to junction of Babine and Neel-kit-Kwa River, thence to national River, to Pine River, thence by Pine River Pass to eastern boundary of province; with branches, etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Penticton Railway Company
1910 incorporated to build from Penticton to vicinity of Osoyoos lake, etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Pine Creek Flume Company
1899 incorporated to build and operate tramways for passengers and freight, etc.
Pine Pass Railway Company
1910 (Dominion). incorporated to build from Edmonton to junction of Macleod and Athabasca Rivers, thence to Grand Prairie, thence to Poce Coupe, thence via Pine River Pass to Fort George.
Portland and Stickine Railway Company
1898 incorporated to build from Observatory Inlet, or Portland Canal, to Telegraph Creek, with branches, etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Portland Canal Railway Company
1907 incorporated to build from head of Portland Canal up the Bear River Valley for 30 miles, with power to build branches up Glacier Creek, Bitter Creek, and American Creek. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Port Moody, Indian River and Northern Railway Company
1910 incorporated to build from Port Moody to a point on Burrard Inlet, thence westerly to point on eastern shore of North Arm of Burrard Inlet (Indian Arm); thence to mouth of Mesliloet or Indian River, etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Prince Rupert and Port Simpson Railway Company
1909 incorporated to build from Prince Rupert to Port Simpson, with branches, etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Quatsino Railway Company
1903 incorporated to build from Hardy Bay or Fort Rupert to a point on the West Arm or Rupert Arm of Quatsino Sound; with branches, wharves, etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Queen Charlotte Islands Railway Company
1901 incorporated to build from a point on Rennell Sound, Graham Island, to Skidegate Harbour; and from a point on this line to Masset Inlet 1902 repeals section re employment of aliens 1905 incorporated (2) To build from a point on Rennell Sound, Graham Island, to Skidegate Harbour; and from a point on this line to Masset Inlet Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Red Mountain Railway Company
1893 incorporated to build from Sheep Creek at US boundary to Red Mountain and Trail Creek Mines (Rossland) etc. (This line belonged to the Great Northern Railway; the line, from Patterson to Rossland, was abandoned in 1921.)
Revelstoke and Cassiar Railway Company
1898 incorporated to build from Revelstoke via Columbia River and Canoe River to Tete Jaune Cache; thence to 56th parallel; thence to Dease lake or Teslin Lake, etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Rock Bay and Salmon River Railway Company 1900 incorporated to build from Johnstone Strait to Upper Campbell Lake; and from Johnstone Strait to north end of bear Lake; with branches; tramways, etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
St. Mary’s and Cherry Creek Railway Company
1906 incorporated to build from near Bayard, along east side of Luke Creek to Lot 341; thence to point on Cherry Creek near Lot 710; with branch from Lot 341 to point on Cherry Creek, west of Lot 339, etc.
St. Mary’s Valley Railway Company
1906 incorporated to build from Marysville to St Mary’s Lake, thence to western end of the lake, thence to Crawford Bay on Kootenay Lake Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Shuswap and Okanagan Railway Company
1886 incorporated to build from Sickamoose Narrows (Sicamous) up the left bank of the Shuswap River, to a point on the north end of Okanagan Lake, etc. 1887 subsidy cash from Sickamoose Narrows to Okanagan Lake/ repealed 1890 1890 Provincial guaratee of bonds 1891 (Dominion) Agreement with Canadian Pacific Railway Company re lease and operation of S&O; extension of line to Osoyoos Lake. 1915 (Dominion) Approves lease of S&O properties to CPR for 999 years from 1 July 1915
Similkameen and Keremeos Railway Company
1901 incorporated to build from Penticton via Shingle Creek to Fish Lake Pass, thence by Keremeos Canyon to Keremeos Valley, thence to Keremeous, thence southerly to Similkameen Valley, to US boundary at Similkameen River Crossing, branches, etc. 1904 revives charter; extends time
Skeena River and Eastern Railway Company
1898 incorporated to build from point on Skeena River to Eastern boundary of province, with branches, etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Skeena River Railway, Colonization and Exploration Company
1898 incorporated to build from Skeena River to Yellowhead Pass and from head of Skeena River to its mouth; steamships, etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
South East Kootenay Railway Company
1898 incorporated to build from Fort Steele to point at least 5 miles from US boundary; with branches, etc. 1906 incorporated to build from US boundary at the Flathead River to McGillivray on Crow’s Nest section of Canadian Pacific Railway; with branches, etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Southern Central Pacific Railway Company
1903 (Dominion) incorporated to build from Vancouver via Kootenay Pass to point on Old Man River (Alberta) thence to point on Hudson Bay at least 100 miles north of Churchill (Manitoba); vessels, ferries, etc.
Southern Okanagan Railway Company
1906 incorporated to build from Penticton to point on US boundary. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
South Kootenay Railway Company
1899 incorporated to build from Fort Steele to point where Kootenay River crosses US boundary; with branches, etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Stave Valley Railway Company
1905 incorporated to build from Vancouver to a point between Ruskin and mouth of the Pitt River, and to mouth of Upper Stave Rive and to Lillooet Lake etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Stickeen and Teslin Railway, Navigation and Colonization Company
1897 Land grants and tax exemption 1897 incorporated to build from Glenora to southern end of Teslin Lake 1899 land grant repealed Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Toad Mountain and Nelson Tramway Company 1891 incorporated to build a tramway from Silver King Mine, Toad Mountain, to Nelson, etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Trail Creek and Columbia Railway Company
1895 incorporated to build from Trail Creek Mines (Rossland) to a point on the Columbia River north of mouth of Trail Creek (Trail) with power to extend line to junction of Kootenay River and Columbia River. 1897 Line from Trail Creek Mines to point on Kettle River north of US boundary.
Tsimpsean Light and Power Company
1907 incorporated to build tramways within radius of 75 miles from mouth of Khtada River. etc.
Upper Columbia Navigation and Tramway Company
1891 incorporated to build from Golden to a steamboat landing on Columbia River; from west shore of Mud Lake to north end of Upper Columbia Lake; and from head of navigation on Upper Columbia Lake to the Kootenay River, etc. 1892 subsidy - land 1901 grant of land and cash in lieu of 1892 grant Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27.
Upper Columbia Railway Company
1887 incorporated to build from Golden to head of Upper Columbia Lake; with power to extend to Cranbrook, etc.
Vancouver and Coast-Kootenay Railway Company
1902 incorporated to build from Vancouver to New Westminster, to Chilliwhack, to Midway; and from point on this line south of Fraser River to mouth of Fraser River, with suitable ferry to Vancouver Island to connect with the City of Victoria; provincial subsidy; compnay may not amalgamate with Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Vancouver and Grand Forks Railway Company
1901 incorporated to build from Vancouver to New Westminster, to Chilliwhack, to Hope, to headwaters of Coldwater River, to west fork of Otter River, to junction of Otter River and Tulameen River, to Princeton, to Kereleos, etc., with branches, etc. 1902 repeals section re employment of aliens Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Vancouver and Lulu Island Electrical Railway and Improvement Company
1891 incorporated to build from Vancouver to North Arm of Fraser River, thence across Sea Island and Lulu Island, thence to some point on the south side of Lulu Island, with steam ferry to Ladner’s Landing, etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Vancouver and Lulu Island Railway Company
1891 incorporated to build from Vancouver to North Arm of Fraser River, thence across North Arm to Lulu Island, thence across Lulu Island to South Arm of Fraser River, thence, by ferry to Ladner’s Landing; motive power to be either steam, electricity, or horses, etc. 1900 revives and continues Acts, extends time. 1901 company may sell or lease to Canadian Pacific Railway 1903 (Dominion) approves lease of V&LI to Canadian Pacific Railway Company for 999 years from 1 August 1901 1907 Agreements with British Columbia Electric Railway (BCER) and the CPR re tracks and service (Line became BC Electric interurban line to Steveston)
Vancouver and Nicola Valley Railway Company
1908 incorporated to build from Nicola Lake, via Nicola Valley to junction of Nicola and Coldwater Rivers, thence by Coldwater River to Coquihalla River, thence to Hope, thence to New Westminster, thence to Vancouver; with branches, tramways, etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Vancouver and Northern Railway Company
1909 incorporated to build from Vancouver, via Seymour Creek Valley, to watershed north of Loch Lomond, thence to north arm of Burrard Inlet (Indian Arm); and a branch line via Furry Creek Valley to Howe Sound; with power to extend line, etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Vancouver and Westminster Railway Company
1900 incorporated to build from Vancouver to some point on the Westminster branch of Canadian Pacific Railway at or near New Westminster, with branches, etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Vancouver Coal Mining and Land Company
1881 Authority for the company to build railway along the Esplanade in Nanaimo. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Vancouver Electric Railway and Light Company
1886 incorporated of Vancouver Street Railways Company to build street railways in Vancouver and adjacent areas. 1889 incorporated (2) of Vancouver Street Railways Company to build street railways in Vancouver and adjacent areas. Amalgamation of Vancouver Street Railways Company, the Vancouver Electric Illuminating Company and the Vancouver Electric Railway and Light Company under name of latter. 1894 incorporated of Consolidated Railway and Light Company to acquire properties, etc, of Vancouver Electric Railway and Light Company 1896 Acquirement of Vancouver Electric Railway and Light Company by Consolidated Railway Company confirmed
Vancouver, Fraser Valley and Southern Railway Company
1906 incorporated to build from Vancouver to New Westminster, thence to US boundary near Douglas; also from New Westminster Brdige up the Fraser Valley to Chilliwhack; also from point on Fraser River, westerly to Landner’s Landing, etc, 1909 Company may sell or lease to or amalgamate with Vancouver Power Company and British Columbia Electric Railway Company (BCER built its interurban line to Chilliwack using this charter.)
Vancouver Island and Eastern Railway Company
1908 Subsidy - Campbell River towards Fort George. 1908 incorporated to build from Victoria to Seymour Narrows on Vancouver Island; with ferry to Bute Inlet or Frederick Inlet on mainland; and a line from Bute Inlet or Frederick Inlet, via Yellowhead Pass, to Edmonton. 1910 Branch line to Quatsino Sound
Vancouver Land and Railway Company
1882 incorporated to build from Esquimalt Harbour to Seymour Narrows, etc. company may extend line to Victoria. 1883 Grant of portion of lands set out in 45 Vic. Cap 15 to Dominion Government for Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway 1884 Dominion - same as 1883 BC Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Vancouver-Nanaimo Railway Transfer Company
1897 incorporated to operate a ferry for railway cars from point on Burrard Inlet or Fraser River to connect with Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway at Nanaimo. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Vancouver, Northern, Peace River and Alaska Railway and Navigation Company
1891 incorporated to build from Vancouver, via Seymour Creek, Pemberton Meadows and Chilcotin Pass to Fort George, thence to Stickeen River; with branches to Giscome Portage, Fort St. John, Barkerville, and Forks of Quesnelle River, etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Vancouver, Victoria and Eastern Railway and Navigation Company
1897 incorporated to build from Vancouver to New Westminster, thence across the Fraser River and easterly through Hope Mountains to Rossland; with branch to Kamloops and branch to point on coast between US boundary and Fraser River, etc. 1905 Declares VV&E entirley subject to Dominion Government authority; lines defines; agreements with US railways; agreements with certain railway companies 1905 Victoria Terminal Railway and Ferry Company and New Westminster Southern Railway Company my sell or lease to VV&E 1908 (Dominion). Approves sale of Victoria Terminal Railway and Ferry Company properties to VV&E. 1908 (Dominion). Sale of Vancouver, Westminster and Yukon Railway to VV&E. 1911 + 1912 Rights of railway Company to lands held in Vancouver secured. 1913 Correction of description of False Creek lands conveyed to railway Company by City of Vancouver 1914 Joint section with Kettle Valley Railway Company 1915 incorporated Northern Pacific and British Columbia Railway Company 1916 Agreement with Kettle Valley Railway Company re trackage. 1917 Trackage rights for Canadian Northern Pacific Railway Company from New Westminster to Vancouver and from Hope to Sumas Landing. 1918 Agreement with Northern Pacific Railway Company re joint section 1932-33 Agreement with Northern Pacific Railway Company re abandonment of line from Sumas to Colebrook and joint use of other section (Note company was owned by Great Northern Railway.)
Vancouver, Westminster and Yukon Railway Company
1901 incorporated to build from Vancouver to New Westminster; also from Vancouver to Squamish valley; thence to Lillooet, Quesnel, Hazelton, Teslin Lake, Dawson City; with branches, etc. 1906 Branch lines; running rights to other companies 1908 subsidy Vancouver to Fort George. 1908 Approves sale of portions of railway project to VV&E 1909 Time extension for branch lines; agreement with Burrard, Westminster Boundary Railway and Navigation Company 1910 Time extension for main line (Note Pacific Great Eastern line follows route north.)
Vancouver, Westminster, Northern and Yukon Railway Company
1899 incorporated as Vancouver, Northern and Yukon Railway Company to build from Vancouver via Seymour Creek; via Seymour Creek to Squamish valley, thence to Lillooet, to Quesnelle, to Hazelton, to northern boundary of province; with branches to Fort St. John, Howe Sound, etc., docks, lands, etc. 1900 Line to New Westminster; name changed to Vancouver, Westminster, Northern and Yukon Railway Company Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Velvet (Rossland) Mine Railway Company
1902 incorporated to build from Rossland to velvet Mines, thence to point on US boundary, etc.
Vernon and Okanagan Railway Company
1891 incorporated to build from Vernon to a point on Osoyoos Lake Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Victoria and Barkley Sound Railway Company
1909 incorporated to build from Victoria, via Otter Point and San Juan, to point on Barkley Sound near Sarita River; with branch lines, etc. 1909 incorporated (Dominion). To build from Victoria, via Otter Point and San Juan, to point on Barkley Sound near Sarita River; steam ferry; branch line to Beecher Bay Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Victoria and Esquimalt Railway Company
1873 incorporated to build from Victoria to Esquimalt Harbour; continent upon choice of Pacific Terminus for Canada Pacific Railway. 1876 Repeal proviso of contingency upon location of Canada Pacific Railway; authorizes construction; not to conflict with Canada Pacific Railway. etc.
Victoria and North American Railway Company
1891 incorporated to build from Victoria to Beecher Bay 1891 (Dominion) Authority to operate ferry from Beecher Bay to point in US on Strait of Juan de Fuca. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Victoria and Saanich Railway Company
1886 Subsidy for line Victoria to North Saanich 1886 incorporated to build from Victoria to Shoal Harbour in North Saanich Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Victoria and Seymour Narrows Railway Company
1902 Aid for construction of line between Wellington and Seymour Narrows 1902 incorporated to build from Victoria, via nanaimo, and Alberni Townsite to point on Seymour Narrows or Elk Bay. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Victoria and Sidney Railway Company 1892 incorporated to build from Victoria to townsite of Sidney in North Saanich District. (Built and operated until 1919, when company went into receivership and line was abandoned. Was owned by Great Northern Railway.)
Victoria Electric Railway and Lighting Company
incorporated or National Electric Tramway and Lighting Company to build tramway in and from Victoria to Esquimalt, Craigflower Bridge, the Gorge, the Royal Oak, Cadboro and Oak bays, etc. 1890 Authority for extensions and connections Name changed to Victoria Electric Railway and Lighting Company; power to sell, lease or amalgamate, etc (Victoria Electric Railway and Lighting Company property was sold to Consolidated Railway Company on 11 April 1896 under foreclosure.)
Victoria, Saanich and New Westminster Railway Company
1889 incorporated to build from Victoria to Swartz Bay; with branch from Victoria to Esquimalt; also from Point Roberts to Ladner’s Landing and New Westminster; branches to Vancouver, Canoe Pass, Garry Point, etc. elevators, etc. 1921 Reincorporation
Victoria Terminal Railway and Ferry Company
1901 incorporated to build along certain streets in Victoria to connect the Victoria and Sidney Railway with the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, etc. 1902 Repeals section re employment of aliens 1905 Authority to sell or lease its car ferry service and its railway line to Vancouver, Victoria and Eastern Railway and Navigation Company (VV&E) 1906 Line from Mud Bay to point on US boundary at Blaine to connect with the Seattle and Montana Railway; sale or lease of this line 1908 Approves sale of Victoria Terminal Railway and Ferry Company properties to VV&E.
Victoria Transfer Company
1883 incorporated to build street railways on the streets of Victoria and upon the Esquimalt Road.
Victoria, Vancouver and Westminster Railway Company
1894 incorporated to build from Point Garry, on Fraser River, via Richmond, South Vancouver and Burnaby to New Westminster; with branch to vancouver, etc. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Company
1890 incorporated to build a tramway between New Westminster and Vancouver, etc. 1891 Amalgamation of Westminster Street Railway Company with Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Company under latter name. 1894 Land grant 1896 Acquirement by Consolidated Railway Company confirmed.
Westminster Street Railway Company 1890 incorporated to build street railway upon streets of New Westminster and adjacent areas, etc. 1891 Amalgamation of Westminster Street Railway Company with Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Company under latter name.
White Pass and Yukon Railway Company
1898 (Great Britain): organization of White Pass and Yukon Railway Company to acquire capital stock of British yukon Railway Company, the British Columbia Yukon Railway Company, and of an American company, the Pacific and Arctic Railway and Navigation Company (Note. Railway acquired steamships of Canadian Development Company and these were turned over to the British Yukon Navigation Co, incorporated in BC. They operated from Whitehorse north to Dawson City.)
Yale-Northern Railway Company
1901 incorporated to build from Grand Forks to mouth of East Fork of Kettle River, thence to Summit Creek, thence to headwaters and to mouth of Eagle Creek, etc. 1902 Repeals section re employment of aliens. Company dissolved by Defunct Railway Companies Act, 1926-27
Extracted and compiled by Derek Hayes.
The following is the text of an article by Ian Smith that appeared in the Winter 2013 issue of the Sandhouse, the magazine of the Canadian Railroad Historical Association. It adds some further information to the list above. It is reproduced with permission.
The 1927 Defunct Railways Act
Railway modellers seeking a name for their B.C.-based operations might draw inspiration from the companies listed in the Defunct Railway Companies Dissolution Act, passed by the provincial legislature in 1927.
How about Rainy Hollow Railway? Rock Bay and Salmon River Railway? North Star and Nelson Railway?
All these were railways proposed by hopeful investors in the province's early years.
Given Royal Assent on March 7, 1927, the Act declared that the companies listed in its Schedule A "shall, for all purposes, be deemed to be dissolved; and all powers and franchises held by the said corporations respectively are hereby declared to have wholly ceased."
Altogether, the Act wiped out 128 railway companies incorporated in B.C. in the 45 years since 1882, many of these representing operations that had never broken ground, let alone turned a wheel. It also repealed the separate statutes concerning five other companies.
In many cases, the names of these proposed railways denote the territory their backers hoped to serve, these ambitions often being quite fanciful in light of the difficult terrain the lines would have had to surmount.
What drove their promoters to seek a charter in the face of such challenges?
As Bruce Ramsey writes in his history titled PGE: Railway to the North, "There were many benefits to be gained by having a railway charter; you might be able to sell out to a larger company or obtain land grants and government subsidies."
But most of these schemes went nowhere after gaining their charters, leading the Liberal government of Premier Simon Fraser Tolmie to erase them from the statute books.
All told, almost 200 railways were chartered in B.C.'s formative years, in some cases being inter-provincial schemes that were granted federal charters. A listing compiled by Derek Hayes can be found at a website of the B.C. Historical Federation (as above). It provides a brief description of the proposed routes of each company, including most of those listed here.
The following list is derived directly from Schedule A of the 1927 Act, containing the names of 122 railway companies and their year of incorporation. Six of these are duplicates in cases where a company received two charters under the same name by different statutes at different times; those are indicated by the dual charter dates. In Schedule A, these duplications are listed separately, thus amounting to 128 companies in total.
Adams River Railway (1903)
Alberni and Cowichan Railway (1903-4)
Alice Arm Railway (1898)
Arrowhead and Kootenay Railway (1898)
Ashcroft and Cariboo Railway (1890 and 1896)
Ashcroft, Barkerville and Fort George Railway (1906)
Atlin Short Line Railway and Navigation Co. (1899)
Atlin Southern Railway (1899)
Barkerville, Ashcroft and Kamloops Railway (1897)
Bedlington and West Kootenay Railway (1893)
Bella Coola and Fraser Lake Railway (1906)
Bentinck Arm and Quesnelle Railway (1907)
British Columbia and Alaska Railway (1910)
British Columbia Central Railway (1906 and 1910)
British Columbia Northern and Alaska Railway (1906)
British Columbia Northern and Mackenzie Valley Railway (1903) Burrard Inlet and Fraser Valley Railway (1891)
Burrard Inlet Railway and Ferry Co. (1891)
Canadian Northern Railway (1892)
Canadian Western Central Railway (1889)
Canadian Yukon Railway (1898)
Cariboo, Barkerville and Willow River Railway (1910)
Cariboo Railway (1894)
Cassiar Central Railway (1897)
Chilkat and Klehini Railway and Navigation Co. (1901)
Chilliwhack Railway (1891)
Coast-Kootenay Railway (1901)
Coast-Yukon Railway (1903)
Columbia and Carbonate Mountain Railway (1890)
Columbia and Kootenay Railway and Transportation Co. (1883)
Comox and Cape Scott Railway (1901)
Crawford Bay Railway (1901)
Crow’s Nest and Northern Railway (1908)
Delta, New Westminster and Eastern Railway (1894) Delta Railway (1887)
Downie Creek Railway (1898)
East Kootenay Railway (1897)
East Kootenay Valley Railway (1898)
Fernie and Elk River Railway (1921)
Flathead Valley Railway (1903 and 1909)
Fording Valley Railway (1905)
Fraser River Railway (1883)
Graham Island Railway (1909)
Hardy Bay and Quatsino Sound Railway (1909)
Harrison Hot Springs Tramway (1888)
Hot Springs and Goat River Tramway (1891)
Hudson Bay Pacific Railway (1908)
Imperial Pacific Railway (1901)
Island Valley Railway (1910)
Kamloops and Atlin Railway (1899 and 1901)
Kamloops and Yellowhead Pass Railway (1906)
Kaslo and Lardo-Duncan Railway (1897)
Kaslo and Slocan Tramway (1893)
Kitimat Railway (1898)
Kootenay and Athabasca Railway (1887)
Kootenay and North-west Railway (1898)
Kootenay, Cariboo and Pacific Railway (1903)
Kootenay Development and Tramways Co. (1903)
Kootenay Lake Shore and Lardo Railway (1893)
Kootenay Railway and Navigation Co. (1888)
Lake Bennett Railway (1901)
Lardeau and Kootenay Railway (1893)
Lardeau Railway (1897)
Liverpool and Canoe Pass Railway (1891)
Meadow Creek Railway (1909)
Menzies Bay Railway (1910)
Mid-Provincial and Nechako Railway (1911)
Midway and Vernon railway (1901)
Mount Tolmie Park and Cordova Bay Railway (1893)
Mountain Tramway and Electric Co. (1898)
Naas and Skeena Rivers Railway (1911)
Nanaimo-Alberni Railway (1897)
Nanaimo Electric Tramway (1891)
Nelson and Arrow Lake Railway (1893)
New Westminster and Port Moody Railway (1882)
New Westminster and Vancouver Short Line Railway (1889)
New Westminster Southern Railway (1883)
North Star and Arrow Lake Railway (1898)
Northern Vancouver Island Railway (1910)
Okanagan and Kootenay Railway (1890)
Osoyoos and Okanagan Railway (1893)
Pacific Northern and Eastern Railway (1903)
Pacific Northern and Omineca Railway (1900)
Pacific Railway (1910)
Peace and Naas River Railway (1911)
Penticton Railway (1910)
Port Moody, Indian River and Northern Railway (1910)
Portland and Stickine Railway (1898)
Portland Canal Railway (1907)
Prince Rupert and Port Simpson Railway (1909)
Quatsino Railway (1903)
Queen Charlotte Islands Railway (1901 and 1905)
Queen Charlotte Railway (1910)
Rainy Hollow Railway (1907)
Revelstoke and Cassiar Railway (1898)
Rock Bay and Salmon River Railway (1900)
St. Mary’s Valley Railway (1906)
Skeena River and Eastern Railway (1898)
Skeena River Railway, Colonization and Exploration Co. (1898)
South Kootenay Railway (1899)
South-East Kootenay Railway (1898 and 1906)
Southern Okanagan Railway (1906)
Stave Valley Railway (1905)
Stickeen and Teslin Railway, Navigation and Colonization Co. (1897)
Toad Mountain and Nelson Tramway (1891)
Upper Columbia Navigation and Tramway Co. (1891)
Vancouver and Grand Forks Railway (1901)
Vancouver and Lulu Island Electric Railway and Improvement Co. (1891)
Vancouver and Nicola Valley Railway (1908)
Vancouver and Northern Railway (1909)
Vancouver and Westminster Railway (1900)
Vancouver Land and Railway Co. (1882)
Vancouver-Nanaimo Railway Transfer Co. (1897)
Vancouver, Northern and Yukon Railway (1899)
Vancouver, Northern, Peace River and Alaska Railway and Navigation Co. (1891)
Vernon and Okanagan Railway (1891)
Victoria and Barkley Sound Railway (1909)
Victoria and North American Railway (1891)
Victoria and Saanich Railway (1886)
Victoria and Seymour Narrows Railway (1902)
Victoria, Vancouver and Westminster Railway (1894)
Yale-Northern Railway (1901)
The 1927 Act also repealed five acts that had established or aided early railways, as follows:
Hall Mines Limited Tramway Act, 1894 Nanaimo Railway Act, 1881 Victoria and Yellowhead Pass Railway Aid Act, 1902 Wellington Collieries Railway Act, 1883 Yukon Mining, Trading and Transportation Company (Foreign) Act, 1897
