Emory City was a town on the Fraser River just 5 km (3 miles) south of Yale, British Columbia.
The Inland Sentinel Newspaper, the first on the mainland, erected a two-story building on Front street and the Emory City Sawmill was producing 21,000 board feet (50 m3) of lumber in a 24-hour shift.
Two hotels, nine saloons, a brewery, blacksmiths shop, general store, residences and "less reputable businesses" rounded out Emory City's economy.
But by late 1881, it became obvious that the CPR would make Yale, their center for railroad activities and Emory City was abandoned.
By the late 1890s people traveling through the area said that not a trace of the city could be found as the forest had reclaimed the site.