Photograph depicts the mine buildings of the mine at Coal Creek that closed in 1959. The newer buildings date to circa 1930. Much of the standard gauge trackage of Morrissey, Fernie, and Michel railway (subsidiary of the Great Northern Railway) in mine area remains. The track between Coal Creek and Fernie has not been lifted.
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- Resource industries (eg. mining, forestry, fishing, etc.)
- Resource industry cooperatives
- Processing, packing and shipping industries
- Construction, ship building
- Salvage companies and operations
- SEE ALSO: Agriculture; Business and Commerce; Transportation and Utilities
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