Ashcroft

Ashcroft is a town in south central British Columbia

Commerce
MacMillan Bloedel operate a plant in Ashcroft.

Air
Atlin Airport serves Atlin and its environs with scheduled domestic air services operated by Air BC, Hawkair, Northern Thunderbird Air, and the public services of the Royal BC Air Force. Hawkair provides Atlin's only international air service, to Whitehorse, Canada.

The defunct Atlin Airways was based in Atlin from 1972 to 1987.

Rail
Ashcroft is served by both BC Rail and the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Ashcroft is a junction point between BC Rail's primary east-west trunk line, the Inter-Dominion Line running from Vancouver to Jasper, Alberta, Canada, and of the Sitlika Line to Clinton, of which Ashcroft is the eastern terminus.

The Canadian Pacific Railway's Thompson Subdivision runs through Ashcroft; CPR has its own station in Ashcroft proper.

The Thompson Subdivision and the Inter-Dominion Line connect at both South Nepa and at Barnes Creek, with the two railways sharing the facilities at both of these stations. The former is only a junction point used in emergencies only (e.g. due to line closures); the latter sees freight service only.

Baseball
Ashcroft Fire are the city's representatives in the British Columbia Baseball League, playing at the Ashcroft Park diamond, with a capacity of 1,012 spectators.

Football
Ashcroft is represented in the British Columbia Football League by Ashcroft United FC, playing at Ashcroft Park Field, which has a capacity of 2,070.

Ashcroft United presently play in the Northwest Football Championship, having been relegated from the BCFL Division Three in 1986; the club's greatest success was promotion to Division Two for the 1974 BCFL season.

Hockey
The Ashcroft Blazers of the British Columbia Hockey League play at Drylands Arena, which has a capacity of 2,470.

Military
The Atlin Rifles infantry regiment of the BC Army is based in Atlin.