Boxcar
Boxcar is a historic site in Kamloops, Thompson-Nicola, British Columbia. Boxcar is situated nearby to the locomotive 2141, as well as near Kamloops Heritage Railway.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kamloops station and Overlanders Bridge.
Kamloops station
Railway station
Photo: Jaydec, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kamloops station is a railway station in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. It serves as the overnight stopover point for the Rocky Mountaineer train service to Jasper and Banff from Vancouver.
Overlanders Bridge
Bridge
The Overlanders Bridge is a bridge that spans the Thompson River in Kamloops, British Columbia. It connects Fortune Drive and Tranquille Road in the north with Victoria Street in the south. Overlanders Bridge is situated 1½ km west of Boxcar.
Yellowhead Bridge
Bridge
The Yellowhead Bridge or the East Kamloops Bridge is a road bridge in Kamloops, British Columbia. It carries Highway 5 over the South Thompson River. It was completed in December of 1968 and has a length of 179.2 metres, not including a preceding railway overhead on the south side of the river. Yellowhead Bridge is situated 2 km east of Boxcar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kamloops and Knutsford.
Kamloops
Kamloops is a city of 98,000 people in the central interior of British Columbia. It is billed as the Tournament Capital of Canada. It has hosted Strauss Canada Cup of Curling, Skate Canada, World Fly Fishing Championships, Tim Horton's Olympic Qualifying Bike Race, and World Junior Hockey Championships.
Knutsford
Suburb
Knutsford is a neighbourhood of the City of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, located on the south side of that city just west of Peterson Creek. It is named for Knutsford, Cheshire, by Robert Longridge, who took up ranching in the area in 1912. Knutsford is situated 6 km south of Boxcar.
Boxcar
- Type: Historic site
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Kamloops, Thompson-Nicola, Thompson-Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
50.67941° or 50° 40′ 46″ northLongitude
-120.32607° or 120° 19′ 34″ westHeight
4.2 metres (14 feet)Open location code
942XMMHF+QHOpenStreetMap ID
way 124948440OpenStreetMap feature
historic=railway_car
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