Andrew McCulloch

Andrew McCulloch (June 16, 1864 – December 13, 1945) was born in Lanark County, Canada West was a civil engineer with the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR).

Biography

A native of Lanark, Canada West, for the CPR's Kettle Valley Railway in British Columbia, Following completion of the line in 1916 he was appointed Superintendent of Operations.

One of Canada's leading construction engineers, In 1934 he was Chief Engineer for Consolidated Mining and Smelting's Northeastern Railway in Stewart, British Columbia.

Andrew McCulloch is buried in the Lakeview Cemetery in Penticton overlooking the Kettle Valley Railway that was such an important part of his life. His gravestone , which is laid flush with the ground, can be found in section D, about 20 m south of the main entrance and about 5 m to the west of a fire hydrant on the adjacent Lower Bench Road.

Legacy

McCulloch Station, McCulloch Lake on the Kettle Valley Railway, McCulloch Road in the nearby city of Kelowna, and Kelowna's McCulloch Station Pub are all named after McCulloch.