Granite Creek B C Ghost Town

A ghost town for a century.

Granite creek b c ghost town.

Granite creek entered the history books as a ghost town. Located 1 km from coalmont and 19 km west of princeton b c. Today granite is a ghost town but in its heyday 2 000 people lived there. Now you can visit the town that was almost forgotten.

No one doubts it was much higher. Announcing the self guided walking tour of the granite creek b c. This led to the formation of the granite creek preservation society and the creation of the granite creek ghost town self guided tour. Granite ghost town state park showcases remnants of this once thriving 1890s silver boomtown that bears stark witness to montana s boom and bust mining history.

The granite creek cemetery has been lovingly restored by the granite creek preservation society diane sterne and her husband bob live at the nearby mining village of coalmont. The discovery of gold at granite creek redirected interest in the area from fur trading to mining. The granite creek town site is valued because it is the oldest town in the area as well as being the location of a major placer gold rush in 1885. 2 38 mi kaiser house lodging 2 48 mi the broadway hotel 2 72 mi quigley cottage bed breakfast 3 05 mi the inn at philipsburg 2 65 mi the sanctuary.

Town site and cemetery. Hector horton first discovered silver in the general area in 1865. The next year 1886 was the year of peak production officially reported to be 193 000. Only vancouver and new westminster were.

In 1886 with a population of about 2 000. Photo by george dawson of granite creek area before the fire. Granite creek was a mining town that sterne said was the third largest town in b c. In the autumn of 1872 the granite mine was discovered by a prospector named holland.

View all hotels near granite ghost town state park on tripadvisor. Built by miners searching for gold the town is a testament to early british columbia mining history. In the tulameen river valley this project. As the gold began to disappear people began to move away to try their luck elsewhere.

Hotels near granite ghost town state park. A prospecting town quickly grew on a small plot of land beside the river. Established during the 1885 gold rush granite creek townsite is now a ghost town in the similkameen region of british columbia canada. See more ideas about granite creek ghost towns.

Fifteen years after gold was first discovered granite creek was a ghost town.