Hillside Tunnel
Hillside Tunnel is an adit in British Columbia, Canada. Hillside Tunnel is situated nearby to Mineral Peak, as well as near the peak Goat Ridge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Britannia Mine Museum and Britannia Mines Concentrator.
Britannia Mine Museum
Museum
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The Britannia Mine Museum, formerly British Columbia Museum of Mining, is a non-profit organization in Britannia Beach, 55 km kilometres north of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on the Sea-to-Sky Highway on Howe Sound. Britannia Mine Museum is situated 4 km west of Hillside Tunnel.
Britannia Mines Concentrator
Historic building
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The Britannia Mines Concentrator is a National Historic Site of Canada. The large, inclined gravity mill was built on the northwest side of Mount Sheer to assist the transfer of copper ore through the chemical and mechanical processes of the plant. Britannia Mines Concentrator is situated 4 km west of Hillside Tunnel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lions Bay-Britannia Beach and Squamish.
Lions Bay-Britannia Beach
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Stretching along the eastern shore of Howe Sound, Lions Bay to Britannia Beach is a series of small communities and parks offering some gorgeous views, outdoor recreation and 30 km of some of the most spectacular driving in Canada.
Squamish
Squamish is a town of about 20,000 people in the Sea to Sky region of British Columbia half-way between Vancouver and Whistler. Squamish calls itself "the Outdoor Recreation Capital of Canada" due to the abundant rock climbing, hiking, mountain biking, golf, fishing, kayaking, bouldering, white-water rafting, horseback riding, scuba diving and other activities readily available in the area.
Woodfibre
Locality
Woodfibre, originally Britannia West, was a pulp mill and at one time a small company town, on the west side of upper Howe Sound near Squamish, British Columbia. The mill closed in March 2006. Woodfibre is situated 9 km northwest of Hillside Tunnel.
Hillside Tunnel
- Type: Adit
- Category: industry
- Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.61757° or 49° 37′ 3″ northLongitude
-123.14977° or 123° 8′ 59″ westOpen location code
84XRJV92+23OpenStreetMap ID
node 12908389499OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=adit
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