Paulson, British Columbia
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  Paulson Location of Paulson in British Columbia | |
| Coordinates: 49°11′59″N 118°07′04″W / 49.19972°N 118.11778°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province |  British Columbia |
| Region | Boundary Country |
| Regional district | Kootenay Boundary |
| Area codes | 250, 778, 236, & 672 |
Paulson is a ghost town in the Boundary Country region of south central British Columbia.[1] The locality, on the Paulson Detour Rd off Highway 3, is about 26 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of Christina Lake and 54 kilometres (34 mi) west of Castlegar.[2]
Bonanza Siding on the Columbia and Western Railway was named after the Bonanza mine. This siding became a flag stop on the former Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) line in 1902. That year, brothers Thomas Henry, John William, and George Alfred Paulson, applied for a liquor licence for their new hotel, which housed a general store/post office. In 1904, the post office was renamed Paulson, and George died of injuries sustained when struck by a freight train on the Red Mountain railway.[3] The population was likely larger when a sawmill operated around 1910, but more representative would be 25 in 1918,[4] and 23 in 1944, of which half were CP employees, and a quarter involved in mining.[5]
| Train Timetables (Regular stop or Flag stop) | |||||||||||||||
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| Mile | 1905 | 1909 | 1912 | 1916 | 1919 | 1929 | 1932 | 1935 | 1939 | 1943 | 1948 | 1954 | 1961 | 1963 | |
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| Farron | 58.0 | Flag | Reg | Reg | Reg | Reg | Reg | Reg | Reg | Reg | Reg | Reg | Reg | Flag | Flag |
| Paulson | 62.4 | Flag | Flag | Flag | Flag | Flag | Flag | Flag | Flag | Flag | Flag | Flag | Flag | Flag | |
| Coryell | 66.4 | Flag | Flag | Flag | Flag | Flag | Flag | Flag | Flag | Flag | Flag | Flag | Flag | Flag | Flag |
The Paulson bridge allowed the highway to bypass the settlement. The construction substructure was awarded to D.J. Manning Construction ($178,378) and the superstructure to Dominion Bridge ($726,872).[20] The opening was in 1962. In 2019, the crossing underwent a $6-million rehabilitation.[21]
