NWT Mining Heritage Interpretive Centre

X1A 2P4 Yellowknife, Canada (Northwest Territories (NT))

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
The N.W.T. Mining Heritage Society, in the Northwest Territories, Canada, was first formed in early 2000 as the Giant Mine Heritage Group to rescue items from the Giant Mine site after its owner, Royal Oak Mines Incorporated, went bankrupt.

By 2001 the group began planning for the creation of a mining museum for Yellowknife and the Northwest Territories and Nunavut as a whole. The museum will be located at the old Giant Mine site and will include the old 'A'-shaft powerhouse and headframe, a warehouse, recreation hall, a portion of the old townsite, and an outdoor display area that includes mining machinery and an old log cabin from Con Mine. In July 2002, the group formed a registered society.

Work in 2006 was focused on constructing a length of mine rail, placing old machinery on the rail, renovating the small log cabin, and beginning renovations of the recreation hall. In the summer of 2007, the old recreation hall roof was replaced with a new metal roof and a fundraising campaign was started to help pay for future renovations. In 2010 $60,000 was raised for repairs to the foundation wall and more work is planned in the future dependent on new sources of funds.

https://www.nwtminingheritage.com:
The extensive and incredible history of northern mining is worth saving, documenting and displaying. However, there is currently no such place to showcase this history. To address this shortcoming, the NWT Mining Heritage Society is constructing a unique NWT Mining and Geological Interpretive Centre in Yellowknife.

Renovation of the former Giant Mine recreation hall into the main exhibit hall for the Mining Heritage Interpretive Centre is the Society's primary objective.

The collection has been growing since the first material was acquired from Giant Mine in 2000-2001. A vast percentage of its records, rock samples, photographs, and mining equipment have originated from the Giant and Con gold mines, two closed sites that are now under active remediation. As the reclamation proceeds, the society has been there to save memorabilia, documents, and equipment of historical value. This includes material from many abandoned and under remediation NWT mine sites. The Society also pursues artifacts, photographs, and memorabilia from private collections.y

Outdoor Display

A work in progress since 2005, the outdoor display at the Giant Mine townsite continues to evolve. This area has become a tourist magnet and is a popular picnic spot in the summer months. The display  includes
an old log cabin from Con Mine (built in 1938 to store explosives),
Giant Mine’s old fire truck,
an Alligator amphibious tank used in WWII,
a large bulldozer from Tundra Mine,
and a 150-foot long rail track with a variety of underground mining equipment.

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