BROOKLYN

Brooklyn was a town constructed in the late 1890’s to serve the CPR railway being constructed from Castlegar to the Boundary region. It was situated on the west side of Lower Arrow Lake, 18 miles north of West Robson, directly across the lake from Deer Park. The school was built in 1898 and opened on October 15 of that year. The teacher was Miss Elizabeth Fletcher, who had formerly taught at the Waterloo Public School. The school accommodated between 30 & 40 pupils. Once the railway was completed the town was abandoned after less than a year of existence. The townsite was submerged by the construction of the Hugh Keenleyside Dam.

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