Three Valley Gap Ghost Town

Three Valley Gap Ghost Town

Three Valley Gap Ghost Town
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  • Ian H
    King's Lynn, United Kingdom487 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    A bit of Canada
    This place is off interstate 1 en route to Vancouver. It is a little gem. A number of old buildings brought from around Canada to preserve them. From a saloon to ironmongers to shop to hotel to a place of ill repute! It will take about two hours to explore properly, after which you can get a hotdog from a stall outside!
    Visited July 2024
    Traveled as a couple
    Written August 18, 2024
  • Jeannie W
    2 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Don’t miss it !
    Just a really fantastic place to visit . Highly recommended it particularly if you are in to the past and trains . An amazing collection and actual old buildings that have been moved to the site. An incredible undertaking and great story of the man who built it . A great collection also of old ford model T’s
    Visited August 2024
    Traveled as a couple
    Written August 21, 2024
  • Wilf R
    Chilliwack, Canada4 contributions
    3.0 of 5 bubbles
    An interesting adventure
    A rather extraordinary place!!! It is a maze of interesting spaces: from an interior garden to a library, to a swimming pool, to a games area, a gift shop and cafeteria. The outside appearance gives it a beautiful, stately look, although our rooms were somewhat dated. Loved the garden area, the view of the lake, enjoyed tremendously the heritage village and the round house. It's a great stay for a family. We would have given it a higher rating, but our breakfast was terrible, and it was not cheap. We did not stay for dinner, fearing it would be the same as breakfast.
    Visited September 2024
    Traveled with family
    Written September 8, 2024
  • peperi
    Auckland Central, New Zealand222 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    If you don't stop over on your travels you've missed a chance to sample the quirkiness of BC history.
    The ghost town attached to the hotel is an attraction in itself in which you can easily spend a day exploring and learning about the region around Revelstoke and the 3 Valleys gap hotel. We were fascinated by the 25+ restored buildings that the Hotel had rescued and refurbished and in the process learnt about the history of British Columbia. Added to the historic buildings the Ghost Town sports a collection of 14 restored antique cars dating from 1902, a railway roundhouse with examples of rollingstock which includes Pierre Trudeau's ofiicial carriage and a quirky carriage of horrors showcasing novelties collected from the local fun fairs.
    Visited July 2024
    Traveled with family
    Written September 18, 2024
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Richard C
Vancouver, Canada62 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2020 • Couples
We were headed to Revelstoke, and were going to be a bit early for checking into our hotel, so stopped in to see the ghost town - I’m glad we did! It was a pleasant surprise, as the historic buildings and artifacts are very cool. I was probably most impressed by the roundhouse; an indoor turntable for rail cars, most of which you could go inside and see. We ended up spending over 1 1/2 hours there - a relative bargain for $14.
Some displays needed a bit of TLC, as it seems to be a while since they have dusted etc. A note to management: we felt the displays would have been better without the cheesy mannequins.
Written July 31, 2020
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hooventood
Toronto, Canada29 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2021
I love historic towns and this place takes the cake. I really think they are under selling this attraction because there was so much more going on than I realized before going in. The train ride ended up with a really cool animatronic portion towards the last turn. The Roundhouse train museum section has to be the best historic train collection out there and you get to explore each train. There is even a haunted train which is pretty kick ass and honestly pretty scary and well put together. The collection of buildings (churches, shops, saloons, etc) is better than anything I've seen before and rivals a major amusement park, but for a fraction of the price. I would easily go back and pay double and in the meantime I will be singing its praises to all my neighbors with families. Everyone I ran into inside the Ghost town was impressed and wondering why they waited so long to come visit. Combine this attraction with the hotel and you got yourself a great family trip.
Written July 5, 2021
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Keith S
12 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2023
Ghost Town doesn't do justice to this place. We spent 4 hours here plus a meal. There are buildings full of old materials and some well-labeled museum-like exhibits. They've moved many different kinds of historic buildings here from around the area. The train barn is possibly larger than the Revelstoke railway museum and you can walk through many of the passenger cars and a caboose. There is a "haunted" car for older kids' enjoyment. With saloon, black smith, chinese laundry, hardware store, jail, etc. Good variety. They also have classic old cars and old buggies.
Written August 20, 2023
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Stephen L
37 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Sep 2024 • Couples
A ghost town? Just a collection of disorganised buildings that desperately try to suggest it is a ghost town.
To begin with, you do get the vibe of an abandoned gold mining community but it soon becomes a disjointed and unkept tourist attraction!
It doesn’t take long to walk around and within five minutes you have gone from old buildings with antiques to a miserable attempt at a railway museum. They should close this part and until they can steamroll more funding and expand on the railway side.

We didn’t stay at the hotel so won’t comment in regards to this but do not get excited by the cafe/ restaurant. This was a pure insult to the taste buds. We were apart of a group and most had to leave the appalling food on offer.

Overall there is potential for the ghost town, the railway part needs to hit brakes until more can be added to the collection and the head chef sent for culinary training!

An embarrassment to Canada!
Written September 10, 2024
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Chris
Edmonton, Canada228 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2023 • Family
This place is not worth the stop (And please AVOID actually staying at this hotel at all costs!!! It's Terrible).

This ghost town consists of completely random buildings, of very little historical significance and props inside that have zero historical accuracy (ie general stores from early 1900s would have spice shakers I used to have in the 1980s). It's just a bunch of buildings and stuff that the original owners (who appear to be complete hoarders) just bought and put on display.

And then there's this train ride every hour that you pay extra for. It takes you through the woods, and you see one display at the end. The conductor literally didn't even greet any of us waiting for the ride. No explanation of any of the history, anything we were looking at (which wasn't much), no nothing. It was laughable at how bad it was. He didn't say 1 word.

There's also a Halloween 'ghost' train inside which is honestly terrifying with ZERO warnings that kids shouldn't enter.

Drive right past it, as you probably have dozens of times. It's not worth the stop, nor is the hotel.
Written August 17, 2023
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Richard_Heaps
Broadstairs, UK151 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2022 • Family
Stopped here en route from Sun Peaks to Revelstoke. Interesting and popular place, even though it was pushing 35C. Selection of historic gold-rush and railway-construction era buildings with all manner of period artefacts and some slightly creepy mannequins. Also a collection of old trains and carriages in the roundhouse. Look out for the Bottlehouse, Joe’s hut and the Schoolhouse rules for teachers.
Written August 11, 2022
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Chris H
Burnaby, Canada187 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sep 2021 • Solo
After passing this place a dozen times, I decided to stop in and kill some time. I was really pleasantly surprised at the quality, presentation, and selection. It is a collection of old buildings brought together from the area into one place and restored to what they once were. What I really appreciate was that it goes from seeing everything behind glass to a less organized area that is really hands on.
I'm a cranky older man and I loved my time there, especially as I'm photographer and this place presented so many photo ops.
Oh, andThe lady at the entrance was charming as all hell.
But, PLEASE get rid of the mannequins! They completely take away from the feeling and quality of the place
Written September 8, 2021
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Poisonivyjc
Calgary, Canada983 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Sep 2021 • Couples
Takes about an hour to see all the artifacts which they have an abundance of!! I thought this was a true ghost town but most of the buildings have been moved from other locations to create the ghost town. The train ride is separate from admission and costs 4 dollars which we didn’t do. I didn’t really care for the mannequins as it’s supposed to be a “ghost town” and just found them silly. The best part is the Round house. The car collection is amazing to see. Worth a stop.
Written September 5, 2021
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JackieGiles
Loon Lake, Canada30 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2022 • Family
You really have to see this to believe it. We stopped here in Aug 2020 and we only had a few hours. I just knew I had to come back and make a weekend of it and that’s what we did. It’s honestly one of the coolest museums I’ve ever been to. And it’s just unimaginable that one family (mostly one man ) collected it all. My mind is just blown. We spent 5 hours there and there’s no way you could read everything and look at it all. The scale of it all is really impressive. I really enjoyed that you could go into almost everything. My absolute favourite is the round house with all the trains. There’s a little shop made to look like a general store in the middle. You can get snacks and souvenirs there. That was so cool. 10/10. I’ll recommend this place to everyone I know.
Written July 17, 2022
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Lauren G
Canada90 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sep 2020
I wasn’t expecting to see SO MUCH stuff and for the admission price of $14, it’s more than reasonable! I was so impressed at how everything was put together...you can tell how much work they’ve put into everything. Got some great pictures and learned some history while getting to enjoy the ghost town. I would highly recommend checking this place out.
Written September 3, 2020
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