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Poplar Creek is a ghost town located in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia. The town is located 23 miles (37 km) north of the town of Lardeau at the head of Kootenay Lake. Poplar Creek is also called Poplar. Gold was discovered on the right of way of the Arrowhead and Kootenay Railway early in 1903. The discovery of gold led to the creation of the town of Poplar in 1903. Four hotels and several stores were built along one side of the only street on the townsite. R.T. Lowery, of Kootenay newspaper fame, established a newspaper called the Poplar Creek Nugget. The gold boom in the area only lasted about a year and soon Poplar was on the decline. In 1973 the remains of hotels like the Royal and the Commercial along with some log cabins are all that could be seen.