VICTORIA MINES

NAME: Victoria Mines COUNTY: Na ROADS: 2WD GRID: 1 CLIMATE: Snow in Winter, Warm Summer. BEST TIME TO VISIT: Summer

COMMENTS: Railroad Town. REMAINS: Unknown.

Cinder roads and trails, foundations of homes that once housed 1,000 residents, and a lone two-story home are all that remain of Victoria Mines. The town had its beginning in 1906 when a nickel deposit was discovered. A smelter was built close to the just completed Canadian Pacific Railway and the town prospered for a decade. In 1930, the mine closed and the townspeople moved away. Submitted by: Henry Chenoweth

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