Blakeburn, also known as the Blakeburn Site, is an abandoned locality and former coal mine and coal mining town located southwest of the confluence of Granite Creek

Granite Creek (British Columbia)

Granite Creek is a creek in British Columbia. It is located in a region of British Columbia called the Similkameen. Granite Creek flows north into the Tulameen River and joins that river approximately one and a half miles to the east of Coalmont, British Columbia. It is assumed Granite Creek...

 and the Tulameen River

Tulameen River

The Tulameen River is a tributary of the Similkameen River in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The Tulameen River is part of the Columbia River drainage basin, being a tributary of the Similkameen River, which flows into the Okanagan River, which flows into the Columbia River.-Course:The...

, across the latter from the surviving coal mining hamlet in the area, Coalmont

Coalmont, British Columbia

Coalmont is a tiny mining town, northwest of Princeton, British Columbia, Canada, on the north bank of the Tulameen River. It is near the community of Tulameen and Otter Lake and the Coldwater Junction of the Coquihalla Highway. The town was established in 1912 to serve as a supply point to the...

, which was the railhead for the Blakeburn Mine, connecting it to the Kettle Valley Railway

Kettle Valley Railway

The Kettle Valley Railroad was a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway that operated in the Thompson-Okanagan region of southern British Columbia....

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Blakeburn was named c. 1923 for, and by, the President of Coalmont Collieries Ltd., William John "Blake" Wilson, with his employer in Vancouver

Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

, Patrick Burns

Patrick Burns

Patrick Burns may refer to:* Patrick Burns Canadian rancher, businessman, and Senator* Patrick Burns , American paranormal investigator* Pat Burns , Canadian ice hockey coach...

 of P. Burns & Co. meat packers and dealers, being Vice-President and the other major shareholder.