Brexton, formerly known as Fish Lake, is a ghost town located in the Bridge River Country region of British Columbia.
[1] Although the provincial Gazetteer still lists the "settlement" of Brexton, which was situated between the southeast end of Gun Lake and Gold Bridge, and three and a half miles north of Bralorne, this once busy town has mostly vanished though a few buildings remain.
"This is a showing with considerable possibilities," noted a Department of Mines inspector; "there is every indication of a very large tonnage of ore, and with sufficient values for milling it would develop into a major operation."
In 1934 camp facilities at the California minesite were enlarged but, by the following year, were insufficient for the 26-man work force, most of whom found private accommodation in the tiny settlement of Fish Lake.
[2] The usual small business establishments catered to the miners and, according to one account, Brexton was a lively town at its peak.