May 30, 2008
Victoria, B.C.
From June 12 to July 6, the CP Spirit of 150 Rail Tour will visit 33 communities in the Kootenays, the Rockies, the Shuswap, Kamloops, the Fraser Canyon and Vancouver as part of the year-long BC150 celebration.
The CP Spirit of 150 Rail Tour is co-sponsored by Canadian Pacific, which is operating, staffing and maintaining the train. The train includes the vintage Empress 2816 steam locomotive and support cars, two vintage passenger coaches, a vintage business car, a heritage baggage car converted into a travelling museum and a vintage stage car.
The museum car features a selection of artifacts from the "Stories of you, me and BC," a major exhibition at the Royal British Columbia Museum.
The stage car features the sound of British Columbia, with a live band and stage show by The Motherlode. Visitors can enjoy and interact with costumed performers depicting some of B.C.'s most entertaining and notorious historical figures.
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Community and Event Times (Pacific Time except where noted) |
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June 12
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Sparwood: 367 Pine St. (Behind the leisure centre)
3:15 to 5:15 p.m. (MT)
Fernie: 701-1st Avenue. (Behind the station)
6:30 to 7:30 p.m. (MT) |
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June 13
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Yahk: Yahk-Kingsgate Community Centre, 8790 Railway Avenue. (Between North Street and Main Street.)
12:15 to 2 p.m.
Creston: Mainline at Millennium Park. (Across from the Creston RCMP Station)
4:30 to 6:30 p.m. |
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June 14
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Castlegar: Heritage Society CP Station Museum, 400-13th Avenue.
1:15 to 3:15 p.m.
Nelson: CP Station, 90 Baker Street.
7 to 9 p.m. |
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June 16
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Cranbrook: 1400 block, Theater Road.
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (MT)
Invermere: Paradise Spur Track, 1400-3rd Avenue.
7 to 9 p.m. (MT) |
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June 17
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Radium: Foresters Road Crossing.
12:45 to 1:45 p.m. (MT)
Golden: Track #7, 10th Avenue. (Across from the 7-11 store)
6 to 10 p.m. (MT) |
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June 18
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Revelstoke: House Track-Revelstoke Yard, Victoria Road (Adjacent to CP parking lot)
4 to 8 p.m. |
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June 19
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Craigellachie: Last Spike Monument-Malawka area off Highway #1
10:15 to 11:15 a.m.
Salmon Arm: Lordco Parking Lot, 51 Lake Shore Drive N.E.
2 to 5 p.m.
Notch Hill: Davies & Notch Hill Rd Crossing (Across from Notch Hill Hall, 1639 Notch Hill Rd.)
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
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June 20
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Chase: North side of Shuswap Avenue. (Across from the Chase RCMP Station, 226 Shuswap Avenue)
1 to 3 p.m. |
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June 21
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Kamloops: North side of Interior Saving Centre, 300 Lorne Street.
10 to 4 p.m. |
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June 23
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Savona: Mainline in front of Savona General Store, 648 Ernest Rd
2 to 4 p.m.
Ashcroft: West of the CP Building, Railway Avenue
5:15 to 7:15 p.m. |
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June 24
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Spences Bridge: Mainline in front of The Inn at Spences Bridge, 3649 Highway #8.
9:45 to 10:45 a.m.
Lytton: CP Building, Station Road
12:45 to 4:45 p.m.
North Bend: East of the CP Building (Across from the CP Bunkhouse)
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. |
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June 25
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Yale: Railway Crossing between Albert and Victoria Street
11:30 to 12: 30 p.m.
Hope: North side of the Fraser River (on the CP tracks) at Haig Station-East end of storage track (Ross Road off Highway #7)
1:45 to 3:45 p.m.
Agassiz: Across from Agra Center, Pioneer Avenue (West of Highway #9)
5 to 7 p.m. |
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June 26
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Mission: West Coast Express Station, 33200 N. Railway Avenue (Between Home and Welton Street)
12:45 to 3:45 p.m.
Abbotsford: Gladys Avenue (extension of Highway #11) and George Ferguson Way/W. Railway Street.
5:30 to 9:30 p.m. |
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June 27
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Maple Ridge: North Mainline Track (Across from the Billy Minor Pub, 22355 River Road)
9:45 to 11:45 a.m.
Pitt Meadows: West Coast Express Station, 12258 Harris Road.
12:30 to 2:30 p.m. |
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June 29
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Port Moody: West Coast Express Station (West end parking lot, corner of Moody and Spring Street)
12 to 4 p.m. |
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June 30
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Langley: Production Way, between 200th Street and Fraser Highway
2 to 4 p.m. |
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July 1 – Canada Day |
Surrey: Cloverdale Village Square, Highway #10 (56th Avenue) and 176A Street (Rear Parking Lot)
10 to 4 p.m. |
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July 4
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New Westminster: Advance Parking Lot, east of Westminster Quay, corner of Begbie and Front Street.
10 to 2 p.m. |
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July 5 |
West Vancouver: Ambleside Park, Marine Drive and 13th Street
10 to 2 p.m. |
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July 6 |
Vancouver: Rocky Mountaineer Station, 1755 Cottrell Street.
10 to 2 p.m. |
BC150 is a celebration of the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Crown Colony of British Columbia in 1858. Every community is invited to participate in this year-long celebration of B.C.'s cultural diversity, community strength and achievement. For more information on BC150 events and programs, please visit www.bc150.ca
Canadian Pacific is the official rail freight services provider for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Visit www.cpr.ca for more information on Canadian Pacific.
Contacts:
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Victoria Klassen
Communications Manager
Ministry of Tourism, Sports and the Arts
1-250-387-2799
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Mike LoVecchio
Senior Manager - Media Relations
Canadian Pacific
1-778-772-9636 |
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