A train runs through it. Three, maybe four diesel locos pulling what seemed like a mile of hopper cars (smelled like coal) trailed by two more engines pushing. Something ironic about five diesel locomotives moving a hundred hoppers full of coal. Commuter trains also use this track.
You may ask yourself, why is the city named “White Rock”? And you may ask yourself, maybe it’s the majestic snow covered mountain peaks? And you may ask yourself, maybe there’s zinc mines? From the fount of all crowd-sourced knowledge, Wikipedia: “The 486-ton granite boulder (above) was kept white by shellfish-eating seabirds whose guano covered the rock so much that 19th-century sailors used it as a beacon. It is now kept white through monthly applications of white paint by the city parks department.” Ah, namesakes.
White Rock, incorporated in 1957, is also the home of Canada’s longest pier.
