Editing Curlew, Washington (section)

===Railroads===
In fall 1901, the [[Spokane and British Columbia Railway|Republic and Kettle Valley Railway]], and  [[Spokane Falls and Northern Railway]], a subsidiary of the [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)|Great Northern Railway]], were building competing [[Grand Forks, British Columbia]] to [[Republic, Washington]] lines.{{sfn|Turner|Wilkie|2007|p=57}} About a mile north of Curlew, the Republic and Kettle Valley grade passed over the Great Northern one. In January 1902, Great Northern construction crews were unsuccessful in pulling down the Republic and Kettle Valley trestlework that crossed the Great Northern track.{{sfn|Turner|Wilkie|2007|p=57}} Law enforcement officers diffused a series of subsequent confrontations.{{sfn|Turner|Wilkie|2007|p=58}} Republic and Kettle Valley Railway, which began the Grand Forks to St. Peter's Creek passenger service in March 1902, extended the line to five or six miles north of Republic in April, and held a symbolic last spike ceremony.{{sfn|Turner|Wilkie|2007|p=60}} That July, the Great Northern [[Marcus, Washington]] to Republic via Grand Forks passenger service began.{{sfn|Turner|Wilkie|2007|p=60}} Great Northern began Curlew to [[Midway, British Columbia]] passenger service in December 1905.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcnewspapers/xhedley/items/1.0179798#p0z-2r0f:%22passenger%22 |page=1 |title=Hedley Gazette, 7 Dec 1905 |website=www.library.ubc.ca}}</ref>

In 1919, the Republic and Kettle Valley Railway, then known as the [[Spokane and British Columbia Railway]] was officially declared bankrupt with all services ceasing that year, and the track being subsequently abandoned. In 1935, Great Northern abandoned the Curlew to Molson route.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=%22RAILWAY+ABANDONED%22&ymd=1935-03-05&t=11420 |page=15 |title=Vancouver Sun, 5 Mar 1935 |quote=The last train was run over the Curlew–Molson branch of the Marcus–Republic line of Great Northern Railway last week, the U.S. Railway Commission having given authority to tear up the tracks some months ago. | website=www.newspapers.com}}</ref> In 2006, the [[Kettle Falls International Railway]], the Great Northern successor, abandoned the {{cvt|28.5|mi|km}} San Poil Lake to [[Danville, Washington]] section, ending all railroad service through Curlew.{{sfn|Turner|Wilkie|2007|p=206}}