Granite Creek B C Ghost Town

Photo by george dawson of granite creek area before the fire.

Granite creek b c ghost town.

A prospecting town quickly grew on a small plot of land beside the river. In 1886 with a population of about 2 000. This led to the formation of the granite creek preservation society and the creation of the granite creek ghost town self guided tour. 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.

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. Granite creek entered the history books as a ghost town. See more ideas about granite creek ghost towns. In the tulameen river valley this project.

Hotels near granite ghost town state park. Granite city is the informal name for the mining settlement located near granite creek. The next year 1886 was the year of peak production officially reported to be 193 000. Town site and cemetery.

Granite creek was a mining town that sterne said was the third largest town in b c. As the gold began to disappear people began to move away to try their luck elsewhere. Jul 20 2020 gold was discovered in the granite creek river in 1885. Only vancouver and new westminster were.

A ghost town for a century. Fifteen years after gold was first discovered granite creek was a ghost town. View all hotels near granite ghost town state park on tripadvisor. Established during the 1885 gold rush granite creek townsite is now a ghost town in the similkameen region of british columbia canada.

Now you can visit the town that was almost forgotten. Announcing the self guided walking tour of the granite creek b c. 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. Today granite is a ghost town but in its heyday 2 000 people lived there.

Located 1 km from coalmont and 19 km west of princeton b c. No one doubts it was much higher. 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.

The mine was relocated in 1875.