Submitted by: BuckyHermit (from Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Country: Canada
Province: British Columbia
City: Britannia Beach
Location: Britannia Mine Museum [map]
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The Britannia Mine Museum, formerly known as the British Columbia Museum of Mining, is a mining museum and former copper mine about 32 miles (52 kilometers) north of Vancouver. It was an active mine between 1904 and 1974, and is now a designated National Historic Site of Canada due to its former status of being one of the largest copper mines in the world and the biggest one in the British Commonwealth.
Location formerly known as:
- British Columbia Museum of Mining (1971-2010)
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