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After years of anticipation, The General Store in Britannia Beach has officially reopened its doors, welcoming both locals ...
Like many of British Columbia’s major early industrial mines, Britannia got its start after a series of gold rushes that began in the Fraser River system in 1858 before spreading east and north ...
"Those days, the mill was rockin' and rollin'," said Marshall Tichauer, 78, a former miner who is now a tour guide at the Britannia Mine Museum. This month, Mill No. 3, which closed nearly 50 ...
Mill No. 3 circa 1923. Photo credit: Britannia Mine Museum. May is BC Mining Month, and the Britannia Mine Museum is commemorating “100 Years of Mill No. 3”, with a feature exhibit that will ...