Cascade, British Columbia

Cascade City, British Columbia aka: Cascade, British Columbia
Ghost town
American freight wagons at Cascade City in 1898
Nickname(s): Gateway to the Boundary Country
Location of Cascade City in British Columbia
Coordinates: 49°01′00″N 118°12′00″W / 49.01667°N 118.20000°W / 49.01667; -118.20000
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Regions of Canada#British Columbia	Boundary Country
Regional District	Kootenay Boundary
Founded	1896
Elevation	510 m (1,660 ft)
Population
• Total	0
• 1890s	1,500
Time zone	PST (UTC-8)

Cascade City or Cascade was a Canadian Pacific Railway construction era boom town in the Boundary Country of the West Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada. Because of its location near the Canada–United States border, it was also called the "Gateway to the Boundary Country".

Founded in 1896, it was named after the nearby Cascade Falls on the Kettle River.

Cascade City was located 1 km north of the Canada–United States border, 6 km south of Christina Lake and 20 km east of Grand Forks.

The property at Cascade City was originally owned by an American, Aaron Chandler, from North Dakota. Seeing the potential of the area, Chandler formed the Cascade Development Company and with his agent, George Stocker, subdivided the land into town lots and began selling them to enterprising businessmen.

Impetus for the decision to promote Cascade City was the local mining and rail construction, but the future looked even brighter when the Cascade Water and Power Company was formed and a hydro electric dam and powerhouse was built on Kettle River in 1897. The powerhouse would provide electricity to Grand Forks, Phoenix and Greenwood.

The early townsite only had two buildings: a general store and a restaurant. Chandler himself slept in a tent. However, by the time the railway construction crews arrived in 1898, Cascade City was booming and although there were fourteen hotels, there was rarely a room available.