Located on the edge of the desert in northeast Britannia, Vesper is an industrial town. Here the main branch of the Britannian Mining Company is located. Vesper is one of the few places in Britannia where humans and gargoyles live together in an approximately equal number.
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the formerly prosperous mine, altering the company-owned town irrevocably. The Britannia Mining Smelting Company, Limited (hereafter BMS) began mining on the property in 1905. Britannia was a low-grade copper mine, meaning that large amounts of ore had to be taken from the ground, and the copper carefully extracted from the rock using ...
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A century ago, the little mining town of Britannia Beach, and its nearby mining camps found themselves in a series of events that brought tragedy and financial hardship to the community and the Company that gave them work and a home - not just over one event, but several. Yet within a few short years the town had rebuilt and rebounded.
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Both communities were ‘company towns’, meaning all the buildings and operations were owned and run by the mining company. Towns would get bigger or smaller depending on the success of the companies running them. Production at Britannia thrived from 1912 to 1922, placing Britannia in the first rank of world copper producers.
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closure of the Mine. 2-24 Britannia Beach community life in a company town interview with Ernie Malm. Interview with Ernie Malm conducted by Sheila Wyse 1 February 1987. 1 audio cassette (UBC AT 1878-24) 1 hr., 15 min. accompanying essay Malm describes community life at Britannia Beach and the flood of
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Britannia was a company town in the strictest sense of the term. Thousands of people lived, worked, and played in the towns erected by the Britannia Mining and Smelting Company, Limited (hereafter BMS) between 1904 and 1974. By the late 1920s, the mill employees and much of the administrative staff were housed at sea level,
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Feb 26, 2021 near the mine in the mountains above (see map). Britannia was the quintessential company town, completely owned and operated by one employer, and – until the 1950s – accessible only by boat from Vancouver. In his report, Browning boasted about the town’s gymnasiums, reading rooms, and dance floors. There was a well-equipped hospital, he ...
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Jan 01, 2020 Owned by the Britannia Mine and Smelting Co. (BMS) for the majority of its operating life, the mine had weathered several storms within international copper markets and had shut down for period in 1958. 3 When BMS sold the mine to the Anaconda Copper Mining Co. of Butte, Montana fame in 1963, several observers hoped the copper giant would end ...
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Jun 27, 2014 The ghost town of Mount Sheer, just five kilometres from Britannia Beach. View image in gallery mode McKilligan lived in Mt. Sheer, a bustling company town servicing the Britannia mine for
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Britannia Mine Museum (about a 45 min drive from downtown Vancouver) - suggested time to allow for a visit is 1 to 1.5 hours. Guided tour (inc underground visit) takes 45
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B SOCIAL UBC URBAN STUDIO, FALL 2003 SOCIAL B FRESH EYES ON BRITANNIA BEACH COMMUNITY ANALYSIS 12 B.2 RECENT HISTORY Alison Maddaugh Sources: BC Museum of Mining Website (bcmuseumofmining,org), NFB video ‘Britannia: A Company Town’ (2000), CR News
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Britannia Mine Museum is off Hwy. 99/Sea to Sky Hwy., following signs. The Britannia Mine was an important 20th-century copper mining site during its 70-year existence. The company town included libraries, swimming pools and a gym, and social events were held throughout the year.
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Surface mining by Homestake at the Nickel Plate Mine continued until1996. The Mascot Mine, high on the mountain above Hedley, BC, has been restored and is open to visitors since 2004. Less than an hour drive north from Vancouver, is the historic mining town of Britannia Beach, home of the Britannia Mine which was operated by the Howe Sound Company.
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During a 1958 shutdown triggered by plummeting copper prices, divisive notions of community, coupled with loyalty to long-time employer Britannia Mining and Smelting Company, produced despair rather than resistance among residents. Most left Britannia to find other work, and few returned when the mine reopened ten months later.
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Britannia Mine Museum Amenities. Britannia Beach was a fully functioning company town. This meant that all amenities including restaurants, recreational activities and shopping had to be available on-site. This approach continues at the museum, which
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The residential areas and the mining operation were physically interrelated, resulting in coincidental mining and community disasters through its history. Today, the town is host to the Britannia Mine Museum, formerly known as the British Columbia Museum of Mining, on the grounds of the old Britannia
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The mine was nevertheless shut down for many months, and reopened briefly, only to shut down for good as a working mine. It is now a ghost-town and a museum of mining. Paddy Graber, who made this song, worked at Britannia, and felt very strongly about the issues involved.
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May 29, 2013 This article compares two shutdowns in the copper-mining town of Britannia Beach, British Columbia, It explores the extent to which community was a
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Jul 22, 2021 Britannia gold coins contain one troy ounce of gold and have a face value of £100 [Woodfibre, British Columbia] Britannia West, was a pulp mill and at one time a small company town, on the west side of upper Howe Sound near Squamish, British Columbia.
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Jul 15, 2021 The Britannia Mining Company operated around 50 years before the highway was installed here which meant transporting supplies were costly and slow. So, it was in the company's best interest to become as self
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Looking south at the development site of South Britannia surf park resort, on a gravel pit on the Sea to Sky Highway just south of Britannia Mine Museum. (South Britannia) “The vision for South Britannia is for a complete, outdoor adventure-focused community on Howe Sound,” reads the project’s description.
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Britannia Beach is a small unincorporated community in the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District located approximately 30 kilometers north of Vancouver, British Columbia on the Sea-to-Sky Highway on Howe Sound.It has a population of about 300. The community first developed between 1900 and 1904 as the residential area for the staff of the Britannia Mining and Smelting Company.
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My name is Derek and I'm a historic interpreter at Britannia Mine Museum. Coming in at number five, we have the TerraLab which used to be called the Assay Lab. Back when the mine company operated here, it was a hub for geologists. The lab played a critical role in helping the company
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In this thesis, I explore these issues through a case study of the former copper mining town of Britannia Beach, BC. Located 30km north of Vancouver, on the eastern shore of Howe Sound, copper mining began at Britannia Beach with the opening of the Britannia mine in 1905.
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You might think about making a stop at Britannia Mine Museum while you're visiting. Getting Around Britannia Beach. To get to Britannia Beach, book a flight to Vancouver, BC (YVR-Vancouver Intl.), which is the closest major airport, located 29.8 mi (48 km) from the city center.
MoreHMHS Britannic (/ b r ɪ ˈ t æ n ɪ k /) was the third vessel of the White Star Line's Olympic class of steamships and the second White Star ship to bear the name Britannic.She was the fleet mate of both the RMS Olympic and the RMS Titanic and was intended to enter service as a transatlantic passenger liner.. Britannic was launched just before the start of the First World War.
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Apr 28, 2021 Britannia Mining and Smelting Company played an important part in Canadian mining history. Over the course of 70 years more than 60,000 miners from 50 different nationalities worked there. There were two towns and various smaller camps that serviced the mine. In the 1920’s and 1930’s, Britannia Mine was the largest copper producer in the ...
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Located on the edge of the desert in northeast Britannia, Vesper is an industrial town. Here the main branch of the Britannian Mining Company is located. Vesper is one of the few places in Britannia where humans and gargoyles live together in an approximately equal number. - from The Book of Fellowship
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Nov 01, 2014 Britannia began production in 1904, its workforce derived from a vibrant company town. In its heyday before the Second World War, the Howe Sound mining operation was the largest copper producer in the British Commonwealth, and a renowned innovator in mining technology. By the early 1970s, however, the richest reserves had been mined and the mine fell prey to cost pressures and a
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Brittania United Gold Mine, c1899, Australian Town and Country Journal, 12 August 1899. Photo by Johnson and Company
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Britannia Beach is not a ghost town today, but between 1957 and 1965 residents and employees of the former company-owned copper mining town, located 48 km north of Vancouver, British Columbia, had good reasons to believe it would become one. The town faced two major crises in less than a decade, triggering mine shutdowns that threw the future ...
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Britannia Mining Smelting went into receivership and was purchased by Anaconda Mining in 1963. After sporadic operations, the complex finally was closed in Nov. 1974. It was the oldest operating mine in British Columbia. Six months later, in spring 1975, the B.C. Museum of Mining open ed in the Britannia
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Britannia Beach was named after the ore-rich mountain range. After the mine was permanently closed in 1974, the problem of acid rock drainage was confronted and dealt with. Mine entrances were plugged and in 2005 a water purification plant was completed. Further co-operative and creative thinking has resulted in another success story, with an ...
MoreWhen Ghosts Hovered: Community and Crisis in a Company Town, Britannia Beach, British Columbia, 1957-1965. An article from journal Urban History Review / Revue d'histoire urbaine (The Politics and Memory of Deindustrialization in Canada), on Érudit.
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2007 - Present14 years. Britannia Beach, BC. Near Squamish, BC. As Executive Director, Kirstin is responsible for the management, organization and implementation of the Britannia Mine Museum’s activities and programs. Part of this role is the oversight and leadership required to grow the Britannia Mine Museum from its former 35,000 visitors ...
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When Ghosts Hovered: Community and Crisis in a Company Town, Britannia Beach, British Columbia, 1957-1965. Un article de la revue Urban History Review / Revue d'histoire urbaine (The Politics and Memory of Deindustrialization in Canada) diffusée par la plateforme Érudit.
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What happens to mining towns and their environments after they close? This question draws attention to both the social and cultural afterlives of mined landscapes, as well as the environmental legacies that follow mine closures. In this thesis, I explore these issues through a case study of the former copper mining town of Britannia Beach, BC. Located 30km north of Vancouver, on the eastern ...
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Britannia Beach, British Columbia, April 5, 1916 (AL+CA 1983).jpg 768 × 481; 97 KB. Britannia Mines, upper town residential area (5456678861).jpg. Britannia Mining and Smelting Co, town and waterfront, Britannia Beach (5456678663).jpg
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Apr 22, 2014 The Britannia Coconut Dancers' costumes imitate north Africans who settled in England and the community's mining traditions. Kashmira Gander @kashmiragander Tuesday 22
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Nov 24, 2020 Restaurants near Britannia Mine Museum, Britannia Beach on Tripadvisor: Find traveler reviews and candid photos of dining near Britannia Mine Museum in Britannia
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