Brookmere is an unincorporated community adjacent to Brook Creek in the Nicola region of south central British Columbia, Canada.

[1][2] On Coldwater Rd (exit 256 from the Coquihalla Highway), the former railway hamlet is by road about 44 kilometres (27 mi) south of Merritt.

Louis Henry Brooks, who owned the land at the summit, partnered with the KV to market a township to be called Brooksville, which would comprise 360 lots.

[14] In late October 1914, in a brief informal ceremony at Brookmere, Louis Hill drove the last spike for the VV&E line connection.

[15] The earliest newspaper mention of the station name change from Otter Summit to Brookmere was May 1915,[16] but the former name remained in general use during that year.

[24] The isolation and long, cold winters with abundant snow caused railway employees to disparagingly refer to the place as "Siberia".

[25] The station was busiest during World War II, when the sizeable volumes of traffic originally projected for the railway became a reality for a several years.

[19] In 1979, Jack and Katie Murphy, who had acquired the rail yard, purchased and relocated the boarded up station onto the former engine house foundation, where they remodelled the interior into a modern duplex.

[32] In 1989, a caboose donated by the Nicola Valley Museum and Archives in Merritt was railed to Brookmere to join the water tower.

[36] In 1915, the Betterton Fraser Land Co, owner of the Hastings Ranch, acquired the townsite, erected a sawmill, and installed a waterworks and electrical plant to supply the mill and residences.

[48] In 1931, when a forest fire came within a mile, residents placed their possessions beside boxcars ready for evacuation, but a cloudburst and the efforts of all available men in the area halted the flames.

[53] On 33 properties owned by the Ryder Estate, tenants erected houses and paid land rental prior to World War II.

[55] About this time, the Brookmere population reached a peak of around 170,[56] before gradually reducing as diesels replaced steam locomotives.

[59] In 1955, the school district acquired additional property,[60] commenced construction, and opened the new two-classroom prefabricated building.

[71] During that decade, a mix of retired people and self-employed artisans sustained the community,[72] and the permanent population rose to 27.

[74][75][76] In 1951, the province promised to extend the Kingsvale road the remaining 11 kilometres (7 mi) eastward to Brookmere.

[82] In 2004, despite local opposition, the TNRD approved the Marshall Springs Resort project overlooking Brookmere.

[83] The Nicola Valley Explorers Club (NVEC) maintained the Brookmere–old Coquihalla toll-booth leg of the rail trail.

[84] Comprising 178 partially serviced lots for log homes but lacking a central amenity, such as a lake, golf course or ski resort, the Marshall Springs project went into receivership in 2009.

[88] The TNRD issued an evacuation order when Brook Creek spilled its banks during the 2021 Pacific Northwest floods.