CASSIAR

NAME: Cassiar
COUNTY: Canada
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 1
CLIMATE: Long cold winters with lots of snow
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Summer time 		COMMENTS: It was a company mining town that was bull-dozed down when the company folded. The ore, world's highest quality of asbestos, was mined open pit on a mountain top and then went underground. There is a small mining operation there now.
REMAINS: The mill, the tailings pile, a few buildings, A virtual community online.
The website "Cassiar... do you remember?" at http://www.cassiar.ca is very informative about Cassiar, its history and its people. Submitted by: Herb Daum


The Cassiar mill, in 1995, apparently still standing.mill was involved in a big fire and most burned to the ground Dec.25, 2000
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The old Catholic church in 1995 - apparently still standing.
Herb Daum


The Cassiar Arena in 1995, apparently still standing.
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Cassiar
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This ore chute was used to bring the ore from the mine to the mill, about 3,000 feet lower, before the tramline was built.
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This is what the road into Cassiar was like in 1953
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Cassiar townsite at night from the mine. The moisture from homes caused "ice fog" in cold weather. Here the fog is illuminated by the lights of town.
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This was taken from the cab of a shovel in the mine, when the shovel was at the edge - a rare event.
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Here is a photo of a ore truck getting loaded at the hopper below the ore chute.
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