Editing Lillooet (section)

==Railway==
[[File:Lillooet railway station 2011.jpg|thumb|Lillooet railway station, 2011]]

The northward advance of the [[BC Rail|Pacific Great Eastern Railway]] (PGE) rail head reached the head of
[[Seton Lake]] in January 1915<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/proslill/1.0212100#p0z-4r0f:%22steel%22 |page=1 |title=Prospector |date=29 Jan 1915 |website=library.ubc.ca}}</ref> and the Lillooet locality the following month. PGE built a depot between the Seton River and Cayoosh Creek.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/proslill/1.0212080#p0z-4r0f:%22rails%22 |page=1 |title=Prospector |date=19 Feb 1915 |website=library.ubc.ca}}</ref> That month, the first passenger train arrived,<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/prj/1.0312691#p0z-2r0f:%22Lillooet%22 |page=1 |title=Prince Rupert Journal |date=21 Feb 1915 |website=library.ubc.ca}}</ref> triggering a revival for the isolated town, since a railway could ship agricultural produce.{{sfn|Harris|1977|p=25}} By year end, the track reached [[Clinton, British Columbia|Clinton]],<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/fgherald/1.0345056#p0z-3r0f:%22Pacific%22 |page=1 |title=Fort George Herald |date=25 Dec 1915 |website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/proslill/1.0212327#p0z-4r0f:%22Clinton%22 |page=1 |title=Prospector |date=31 Dec 1915 |website=library.ubc.ca}}</ref> an additional {{convert|45|mi|km|0|order=flip}}.

To benefit the railway rather than land speculators, PGE had bypassed the downtown by crossing the Fraser south of the Seton River on the [[Lillooet ferries and bridges (Fraser River)#Railway bridges|Lillooet railway bridge]]. PGE erected a station and four-stall roundhouse at East Lillooet, which was a [[divisional point]].<ref name=Tuff>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.cwrailway.ca/sites/default/files/Cariboo/Cariboo%20-%20Issue%2033.pdf#page=6 |last=Tuff |first=Ron |title=The Cariboo: Lillooet Terminal |date=Aug 1998 |issue=33 |pages=6–10 |website=www.cwrailway.ca}}</ref> The initial depot, called Lillooet station, was {{convert|1.5|mi|km|adj=on|order=flip}} westward across the Fraser.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:1922-05-30-03 |page=3 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=30 May 1922 |website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}}</ref>

In 1930, PGE built the {{convert|5.5|mi|km|adj=on|order=flip}} Lillooet Diversion from the head of Seton Lake, through the downtown, and north to the Polley bridge. In 1931, PGE completed the bridge, built a new two-storey station downtown, and dismantled and reassembled the roundhouse nearby. The latter was demolished during the early 1970s.<ref name="Tuff" /> The Lillooet station building, which was replaced in 1986,<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://lillooet.ca/Recreation-Activities/Golden-Miles-of-History/The-Pacific-Great-Eastern-Railway.aspx |title=The Pacific Great Eastern Railway |website=lillooet.ca}}</ref> was {{convert|3.0|mi|km|1|order=flip}} east of Craig ({{convert|8.9|mi|km|1|order=flip}} east of Retakit after Craig closed) and {{convert|2.7|mi|km|1|order=flip}} south of Polley ({{convert|7.7|mi|km|1|order=flip}} south of Fountain after Polley closed).<ref>Timetable. 15 Feb 1959</ref>

The withdrawal of the [[Cariboo Prospector]] passenger train in October 2002 ended through service.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/PGC:2002-11-01-01 |page=1 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=1 Nov 2002 |website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}}</ref> [[Canadian National Railway]] freight trains on break and the [[Kaoham Shuttle]] still use the station.

{{Adjacent stations|system=Canadian National Railway|line=Kaoham Shuttle|
left=Shalalth}}