NORTH BEND

NORTH BEND

In the Fraser Canyon, 68 kilometers northwest of Hope across the Fraser River from Boston Bar, North Bend is a small community and a former Canadian Pacific Railway (CP Rail) divisional point between Kamloops and Vancouver. The community was originally known as Yankee Flats, but takes its present name because of the railway’s stretch north of Hope is referred to as the railway’s “north bend”. A hotel, Fraser Canyon House opened in 1886 and operated until 1935 when it was replaced by a new hotel which operated until the late 1970s. North Bend had its own unique aerial ferry, which operated from 1940-1986 and transported more than 2,000,000 vehicles and 6,000,000 people over the Fraser River on a crossing that only took 3 minutes. In 1986, it was replaced by the 0.8 kilometer-long Cog Harrington Bridge linking the community with Boston Bar. The hamlet is the gateway to several lakes including Nahatlatch and Francis Lakes, they are located less than an hour from North Bend.

NORTH BEND’S POPULATION: 133