Bellingham Bay & British Columbia

Company History: The BB&BC was established in 1883 after the Northern Pacific chose Tacoma, Washington as their terminus rather than Whatcom on Bellingham Bay (Whatcom was later renamed Bellingham.) The goal of BB&BC was to build north from Whatcom toward Burrand Inlet in what is now Vancouver, British Columbia (about 55 miles north of Whatcom) and meet the Canadian Pacific which was building westward. They continued to build through the turn of the century reaching Sumas, Glacier, Lynden, Goshen, Deming and Welcome, Washington. In 1912, BB&BC was merged into the Bellingham & Northern Railway which would become part of the Milwaukee Road six years later.

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