Brexton
Brexton, formerly known as Fish Lake, is a ghost town located in the Bridge River Country region of British Columbia. Although the provincial Gazetteer still lists the "settlement" of Brexton, which was situated between the southeast end of Gun Lake and Gold Bridge, and three and a half miles north of Bralorne, this once busy town has mostly vanished though a few buildings remain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: human settlement in British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as: “Brexton, British Columbia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lajoie Dam.
Lajoie Dam
Dam
Lajoie Dam is the uppermost of the storage dams of BC Hydro's Bridge River Power Project, which is located in the southwestern Interior of British Columbia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bridge River Valley and Bralorne.
Bridge River Valley
Photo: Shaundd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bridge River Valley is a sparsely populated area of lakes, valleys, abandoned towns and near-ghost towns in the mountainous region between Pemberton and Lillooet.
Bralorne
Locality
Bralorne is a historic Canadian gold mining community in the Bridge River District of British Columbia, some 130 km on dirt roads west of the town of Lillooet. Bralorne is situated 7 km south of Brexton.
Brexton
Latitude
50.8352° or 50° 50′ 7″ northLongitude
-122.82495° or 122° 49′ 30″ westElevation
1,028 metres (3,373 feet)Open location code
942VR5PG+32OpenStreetMap ID
node 5767362399OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Egyptian Arabic—“Brexton” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Brexton, British Columbia”
- Dutch: “Brexton”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بريكستون”
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Highlights include Big Bar and Hurley River.
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