Boston Bar

Boston Bar is a town in south central British Columbia. It is the seat of the Nlaka′pamux Nation Indigenous Administrative District.

The Town of Boston Bar proper is an urban area spanning both banks of the Fraser River; it was formed in 1977 through the merger of the villages of Boston Bar and Quayome.

Rail
BC Rail and CP Rail both serve the greater Boston Bar area, the former running on the eastern shore of the river through Boston Bar proper, and the latter on the western bank through Quayome.

Boston Bar is served by Boston Bar Station on BC Rail's Inter-Dominion Line, and by Quayome Station, which is a divisional point between two CP Rail subdivisions - it is the western terminus of the Cascade Subdivision to Vancouver and the eastern terminus of the Thompson Subdivision to Kamloops.

BC Rail operate four Local trains daily between Hope and Kamloops, as well as two Express services that call at Boston Bar: the Rocky Mountaineer (Trains 21/22) is an overnight service running between Vancouver and Valemount daily, and the Fraser Canyon (Trains 31.1-2/32.1-2) runs twice daily between Vancouver and Kamloops. CP Rail provides only Local service at its stations in greater Boston Bar, a thrice-daily (Trains 801/802, 803/804, 805/806) service between Vancouver and Kamloops. Both Boston Bar and Quayome stations have freight service.

Road
The Inter-Dominion Highway (BC Highway 1) is Boston Bar's main arterial road, running through Boston Bar proper on the east bank of the Fraser River.

Football
Boston Bar is represented in the British Columbia Football League by Boston Bar FC, playing at Campbell Road stadium in Quayome, which has a capacity of 2,084. The club presently play in the Southeast Football Championship; they have played twice in Division Three, in 1977 and 1984. Boston Bar FC have a strong rivalry, known as the Lower Canyon Derby, with Yale Town FC of Yale.

Military
The Royal BC Navy's Bar-class landing craft HMBCS Boston Bar is named after the town; it was commissioned in 1974 and is used by the Royal BC Marines.