Jade City is a "spot on the road" in northwestern

British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...

, Canada, near the

Yukon Yukon (; ; formerly called Yukon Territory and also referred to as the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories. It also is the second-least populated province or territory in Canada, with a population of 43,964 as ...

, located on Highway 37, west of

Good Hope Lake Good Hope Lake: Is a First Nations community in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, located on Highway 37 not far south 94 km of the Yukon border with the and located east of the semi-abandoned mining town of Cassiar and Jade City, British C ...

and close to Cassiar, in the

Cassiar Highlands Cassiar may refer to: *Cassiar, British Columbia, a ghost town in northern British Columbia * Stewart-Cassiar Highway, the northwesternmost highway in British Columbia *Cassiar Mountains, in northern British Columbia and southern Yukon *Cassiar L ...

. The region around Jade City is rich with

serpentinite Serpentinite is a rock composed predominantly of one or more serpentine group minerals, the name originating from the similarity of the texture of the rock to that of the skin of a snake. Serpentinite has been called ''serpentine'' or ''ser ...

jade Jade is a mineral used as jewellery or for ornaments. It is typically green, although may be yellow or white. Jade can refer to either of two different silicate minerals: nephrite (a silicate of calcium and magnesium in the amphibole group of ...

precursor), greenstone (jade look-a-likes), and

Nephrite jade Jade is a mineral used as jewellery or for ornaments. It is typically green, although may be yellow or white. Jade can refer to either of two different silicate minerals: nephrite (a silicate of calcium and magnesium in the amphibole group of ...

. Jade City is by road about 19 hours north of

Greater Vancouver Greater Vancouver, also known as Metro Vancouver, is the metropolitan area with its major urban centre being the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The term "Greater Vancouver" is roughly coterminous with the geographic area governed b ...

, and 1 hour south of the

border. As of 2015, it has a population of about 30 people. Jade City is a very small town. During the summer a church opens up to the public offering Sunday services. There are no gas stations or restaurants. Jade 001

The reality TV series ''

Jade Fever ''Jade Fever'' is a Canadian documentary television series from Discovery Channel Canada, produced by Omnifilm Entertainment. The series follows a long-standing jade mining family as they explored and placer-mined nephrite jade in the Dease Lake ...

'' documents the mining efforts of the Cassiar Mountain Jade Store, and the Bunce family. They mine hard rock deposits and placer deposits left by glaciers. The Bunce family has mined the area for jade for about 35 years, starting with Claudia Bunce's father, Steve Simonovic in 1985.

References

External links

* Discovery Channel Canada, ''Jade Fever''
"Jade City gallery"
* Discovery Channel Canada
Jade Fever
Cassiar Country Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia Mining communities in British Columbia Jade {{BritishColumbiaInterior-geo-stub