Dome Creek is a community located between Prince George

Prince George, British Columbia

Prince George, with a population of 71,030 , is the largest city in northern British Columbia, Canada, and is known as "BC's Northern Capital"...

 and McBride

McBride, British Columbia

Situated on the Yellowhead Highway , McBride is a small community in the Robson Valley region of British Columbia, Canada, located southeast of Prince George, west of the Alberta border, and west of Jasper, Alberta....

 in central British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

. A post office was opened here 1 May 1916, with J.O. Kendall as postmaster. The post office closed 31 January 1936, then re-opened 6 September 1937. Dome Creek may have reached a population of 2000 during the construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway

Grand Trunk Pacific Railway

The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway was a historical Canadian railway.A wholly owned subsidiary of the Grand Trunk Railway , the GTPR was constructed by GTR using loans provided by the Government of Canada. The company was formed in 1903 with a mandate to build west from Winnipeg, Manitoba to the...

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Via Rail

VIA Rail

Via Rail Canada is an independent crown corporation offering intercity passenger rail services in Canada. It is headquartered near Montreal Central Station at 3 Place Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec....

's Jasper – Prince Rupert train calls at the Dome Creek railway station

Dome Creek railway station

The Dome Creek railway station is on the Canadian National Railway mainline in Dome Creek, British Columbia. Via Rail's Jasper – Prince Rupert train calls at the station as a flag stop.- External links :*...

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