BC Historic Mines

 For the past 150 years, mining has been an important industry in British Columbia.  During that time, the regulations and practices surrounding this industry have evolved and improved immensely.  In May 2000 the Historic Sites Project was initiated by the Reclamation Section of the Mining Division to begin building an inventory of Historic mine sites around the province.  The purpose of this program was to identify high priority sites where environmental and health concerns exist. The Historic Mines Atlas is an interactive map that presents this information through a variety of data layers and displays over 1100 past producing mines. The Atlas is based on a 125-page report on a scoping study of the 1887 historic mines in BC (Open File 2003-3).  The Historic Mines Atlas is a joint publication of Environment Canada, Pacific and Yukon Region, Environmental Protection Branch and BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources.