Carmi | |
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  Carmi Location of Carmi in British Columbia | |
| Coordinates: 49°30′00″N 119°07′00″W / 49.50000°N 119.11667°W | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  British Columbia |
Carmi (/ˈkɑːrmaɪ/ KAR-my)[1] is a hamlet in the Boundary Country region of southern British Columbia. The town is on the west side of the West Kettle River, east of Penticton, on Hwy 33.[2] Carmi emerged as a silver mining camp just after the turn of the 20th century, named after the nearby mine owned by James C. Dale from Carmi, Illinois.[3]
By 1910, Carmi comprised crude log cabins and a hotel owned by "Trapper" Smith. When the mine closed, the town mostly disappeared after three decades of existence.[4] Passenger train service ceased in the early 1960s. The abandoned Smith House hotel burnt to the ground in 2000.[5]
Although comprising a few residences, most of the old cabins have disappeared with time.[6]
| Train Timetables (Regular stop or Flag stop) | ||||||||
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| Year | 1918 | 1929 | 1935 | 1943 | 1948 | 1954 | 1955 | 1961 |
| Ref. | [7] | [8] | [9] | [10] | [11] | [12] | [13] | [14] |
| Type | Regular | Regular | Regular | Regular | Regular | Reg/Flag | Reg/Flag | Flag |