Britannia Mines Concentrator
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.Photo: Xiao23, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Historic building
- Description: historic site in British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as: “Mill No. 3”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Britannia Mine Museum and Watts Point volcanic centre.
Britannia Mine Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Watts Point volcanic centre
Volcano
The Watts Point volcanic centre is a small outcrop of Pleistocene age volcanic rock at Watts Point in British Columbia, Canada, about 10 kilometres south of Squamish and 40 kilometres north of Vancouver, and just north of Britannia Beach. Watts Point volcanic centre is situated 3 km north of Britannia Mines Concentrator.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lions Bay-Britannia Beach and Woodfibre.
Lions Bay-Britannia Beach
Photo: Shaundd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
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 6 km northwest of Britannia Mines Concentrator.
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.
Britannia Mines Concentrator
- Categories: industrial building, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
49.62265° or 49° 37′ 22″ northLongitude
-123.20366° or 123° 12′ 13″ westLevels
20Open location code
84XRJQFW+3GOpenStreetMap ID
way 92360078OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingWikidata ID
Q28795839
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In Other Languages
“Britannia Mines Concentrator” goes by many names.
- French: “concentrateur des Mines Britannia”
- French: “Concentrateur des Mines Britannia”
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