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Britannia Mine Museum |
V0N 1J0 Britannia Beach, Canada (British Columbia) |
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Dirección |
1 Forbes Way
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Superficie | No se conoce |
Horario apertura
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Monday - Friday: 9:30am - 4:30pm; Site Closes: 5:00pm Saturday, Sunday and Holidays: 9:30am - 4:30am Tour Time: Monday - Friday: 3:00pm |
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Desde 02/2019
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Adult (18+): $29.95; Senior (65+): $26.95; Youth (13-17): $23.95 Child (5-12): $18.95; Daily Family: $110.00 |
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Página web | www.britanniaminemuseum.ca |
Posición / Como llegar |
Britannia Beach is a small unincorporated community in the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District located approximately 55 kilometers north of Vancouver, British Columbia on the Sea-to-Sky Highway on Howe Sound. Wear comfy shoes. It takes 48 steps up to where the train departs. Consider bringing a sweater. The underground train ride is cool. Literally and figuratively. The Museum is an easy 45-minute drive north of Vancouver. Take the Trans-Canada #1 to Horseshoe Bay then veer onto Hwy 99. Known as the Sea-to-Sky Highway, you'll cruise alongside beautiful Howe Sound. When you pass Furry Creek you will be just 5 minutes away. From Whistler: Coming from Whistler, head south on Hwy 99. Find the museum about 10 minutes south of Squamish. |
Descripción | From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: National historic site The museum is the site of Mill 3, also called the Concentrator. This 20 storey building, a gravity fed concentrator for ore processing, was designated as a National Historic Site of Canada in 1987. The Britannia Mine was an important source of copper ore for almost 70 years and during the 1920s and 1930s it constituted one of the largest mining operations in Canada. The gravity-fed concentrator was highly innovative, as, for example, in the use of bulk froth flotation. Buildings and site The museum oversees 23 historic industrial, administrative and domestic buildings, over 7000 artifacts, 9500 archive photos and 3000 archival documents and maps. Visitors are given a train ride through an historic haulage tunnel, driven in 1914 to transport ore from the original mill buildings to the shore. Historic mining and lighting equipment is demonstrated to the visitor. |
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