Blakeburn is an abandoned locality in the
Similkameen region of south central
British Columbia
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, Canada. The former coal
mining community
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is by road about southwest of
Coalmont.
In 1920, the
aerial tramway
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at
Boundary Falls was dismantled and transported to Coalmont, where a tramway was installed for connecting the mine site with the Coalmont
tipple
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for shipping by rail. By 1922, the mine site was called Blakeburn after the principals. The largest shareholders in Coalmont Collieries were William John "Blake" Wilson and his employer
Patrick Burns at P. Burns & Co., meat packers.
When the colliery closed in 1940, the aerial tramway and other equipment were dismantled and sold.
See also
*
List of ghost towns in British Columbia
This is a list of ghost towns in the Canadian province of British Columbia, including those still partly inhabited or even overtaken by modern towns, as well as those completely abandoned or derelict. Region of location and associated events or en ...
Further reading
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Footnotes
References
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Mining communities in British Columbia
Company towns in Canada
Ghost towns in British Columbia
Coal mines in Canada
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