Albert Canyon is a railway point in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia.

The community was immediately east of the mouth of Albert Creek[1][2] on the south shore of the Illecillewaet River.

That settlement no longer exists, but the Canyon Hot Springs Resort borders to its north.

[7] Albert Canyon, one of the original Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) stations opened to regular service in 1886, was the Rogers Pass, then Connaught Tunnel, western slope base for pusher locomotives, which predominantly assisted eastbound freight trains up the 2.5 grade.

[8] The station name derives from the gorge, where the track crosses the south wall of the short box canyon on a narrow ledge.

[11] To satisfy the anticipated mining boom, CP added a long siding westward in 1898, and lengthened the wye southward.

[12] In 1910, a spark from a locomotive ignited leaves and timber near the tunnel 2 kilometres (1.25 mi) west.

In 1984, CP constructed a 280-metre (930 ft) test section of PaCT track at Albert Canyon to determine its suitability for laying in the Mount Macdonald Tunnel.

[52] Soon, more grandiose railway plans emerged for the northward line to connect with the Tangier mine,[53] continue north, then west, and finally south to Revelstoke.

[56] When the avalanche danger ruled out any railway line,[57] the Waverley mine quickly abandoned the assembly of the new concentrator plant at the site.

[59] When Goldfields of BC had been floated in 1897 for £2 million, the Tangier and Waverley mines were the prime properties.

In 1951, 10 kilometres (6 mi) of road repairs to the Tangier site were abandoned because of forest fires.

[73] Expecting an exponential growth in mining, and Albert Canyon becoming a key centre, Grant Govan wanted to purchase 40 hectares (100 acres) from Skogstrom to build the town site.

[75] In 1898, Skogstom renovated the Springs Hotel,[76] and sold the store to his nephew, Charles Carlson, who added a storeroom.

[81] In 1899, Skogstrom resumed control of the Springs Hotel,[82] and Carlson leased the store to Andre Maroney, the former section foreman,[83] who became postmaster 1899–1901.

[79] By 1910, Bernard Morris managed Canyon House, the Springs Hotel was in its final days, and the Presbyterians were holding regular services,[10] which continued into the decade.

[97] The Revelstoke Sunday schools held their combined annual picnic for many years at Albert Canyon.

[111] In 1975, the Canyon Hot Springs Resort opened with a pool, campsite, restaurant and store.

[176] 1899: While attempting to board a moving train, a passenger slipped, falling beneath the wheels, where he suffered fatal injuries.

[177] 1901: About 10 kilometres (6 mi) west, a five-year-old boy fell from an eastbound passenger train, the wheels severing both his legs.

A relief train found and took the boy to Revelstoke hospital, where a double amputation was successfully performed.

[178] 1902: The engineer and fireman were found negligent when a locomotive and eight cars of a westbound freight train derailed, tearing up part of the station platform.

[182] 1906: Three miles east, the wheels of a construction train fatally crushed the spine of a section hand who was crossing beneath a car when it began to move.

[184] 1910: An avalanche struck a car carrying senior staff being hauled by a rotary snowplow in the area.

[187] 1929: At Lauretta, which is 8.4 kilometres (5.2 mi) west of Albert Canyon,[11] one engineer and a bystander died in a head-on collision.