Key Valley Railway: Locations

The Sawmill at Lost Channel served by the Key Valley Railway
The Sawmill at Lost Channel served by the Key Valley Railway

The two key locations on the KVR were Pakesley and Lost Channel. The major attributes of each village is given below:

Lost Channel

  • the company sawmill;
  • the company town site;
  • a station serving both the townsite and the local lake steamer;
  • a wye for turning locomotives;
  • a small yard to support the local trackage.

Pakesley

  • the interchange with the Canadian Pacific Railway;
  • the main lumber storage yards;
  • a station on the Canadina Pacific for passengers transferring to and from the KVR;
  • a wye for turning locomotives;
  • the likely location of the KVR engine facilities.

I have also found references to two other important KVR locations between Lost Channel and Pakesley. They are:

Camp Six (about half way between Pakesley and Lost Channel)

  • one of the company’s logging camps, with a road connecting it to other camps lying to the north;
  • a log loading area;
  • possibly a passing siding.

Cole’s Siding (just west of Lost Channel)

  • a connection to a short branch where log loading occurred;
  • possibly a passing siding;
  • possibly a spur to a sand/gravel quarry.