Gerrard, British Columbia

Gerrard is a ghost town in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia.

[2] Honouring banker George Bentley Gerrard, prior names were Selkirk and Twin Falls.

[3] The Canadian Pacific Railway's (CPR) Kootenay and Arrowhead Railway from Lardeau northwest to the terminus at Gerrard opened in 1902, where it connected with vessels on Trout Lake.

[4] At the time, the Great Northern Railway commenced a parallel line, but soon abandoned the project, and CPR never extended its line farther northwest in the direction of Arrowhead.

[6] Although comprising several scattered residences, the old settlement has disappeared with time.