Talk:Glacier, British Columbia

History, I think....
FWIR Glacier was the location of the main construction camp for the Connaught Tunnel, which is just east of it, and at one time had an actual population, not just for rail construction but after it, with the highway's opening, as a needed stop at the top of the highway (which wasn't as easy a drive when opened as it is now). Old census data may show something, or any related docs on railway tourism/construction etc.....Skookum1 (talk) 15:30, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

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Confusing
The first sentence needs to clarify the distinction between the current railway line summit and the road (former railway) summit. This confusion is also evident in The History, I think....  talk comment.

Prior to the Connaught Tunnel opening, the line passed over the summit. The 1st Roger's Pass station (W of the summit) moved about 3 km to the 2nd (E of the summit), https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_04859_131/24?r=0&s=4, https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/chung/chungtext/items/1.0356755#p332z-5r0f:roger (pp. 43-45) and the 3rd and 4th locations were closer to the summit itself. https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/chung/chungtext/items/1.0357107#p97z-3r0f:roger

Meanwhile, a station existed at the CP Glacier House (hotel remnants just beyond the SE end of today's Illecillewaet Campground). https://www.google.ca/maps/@51.2608989,-117.492748,2a,75y,270h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1ssd18_nTwMTR7JMK30kHs6Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 The disused CP small stone bridge, in that locale, is a quaint structure. Ross Peak, a flag stop, was within a km of the later Glacier station. When the tunnel opened, the summit line and these stations closed.

The log station building, near the W portal, was in a sorry state the last time I saw it a few years ago. I believe the national heritage designation means that although CP can't pull it down, they can allow it to fall down of its own accord. "Terminal" is a misnomer, since this was never the end of the line. The Rocky Mountaineer, which makes no intermediate stops, has been the only passenger service on this route during the past three decades. The stop appears to have closed in the mid-1960s. https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/chung/chungtext/items/1.0372810#p6z-4r0f:glacier Although listed in later timetables, assumedly as a reference point, it is not marked even as a flag stop. However, in the pre-Via Rail era, it may have continued in use for pre-arranged stops.

The community of Glacier, which had a c.1920 population of 200, declined dramatically after the closure of Glacier House. A post office and school once existed. About 1.5 km W of the log station is the Loop Brook Trail (immediately E of Loop Brook Campground). Along the trail from the highway carpark can be seen the nearest of the stone pillars https://www.google.ca/maps/@51.2592399,-117.5366361,2a,75y,270h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1ssr0yFtGN6k2D6dMC2Ov6xA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 of an S-loop CP used to gain elevation in ascending the pass from the W. The farther stone pillars can be observed along the loop trail.DMBanks1 (talk) 21:38, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

Merge proposal
To the degree to which the content and sources are accurate, the "Glacier station" article is largely a duplication of the essence of the respective paragraphs of the "Glacier, British Columbia" article. To clarify the context and to avoid needing to document the collapse of this once fine building in both articles, it may be simpler to merge the articles. DMBanks1 (talk) 21:39, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ Klbrain (talk) 13:19, 7 October 2023 (UTC)