Highest Ghost Town In Canada | Lost But Not Forgotten | Part 1

A huge thank you to Doreen from the Greenwood Heritage Society Museum/Archives, Johnnie from Ghost Town Pix (ghosttownpix.com) and the Boundary Museum and Archives for allowing us to use their pictures and stories.❤️⚒
Citizens of Phoenix once proclaimed their community was the highest city in Canada. For a while, in the early part of the 20th century it was a booming copper mining community on top of a mountain of copper. It once bustled with up to 4000 copper crazy citizens and had 20 hotels and saloons, gambling casinos, four churches, an impressive city hall, a covered skating rink, hospital, brewery, school, electric power company, telephone exchanges and even an opera house. The copper mine at Phoenix, owned by the Granby Company employed 1000 miners and when operations closed on June 14, 1919 it marked the end of a wild and memorable era in Canadian mining history that began in 1891 and ultimately produced 13,678,901 tonnes of ore. Meanwhile, Phoenix boomed until the copper market fell out in the late teens. When the last ore was shipped in 1919, thousands promptly excited the mountain city, most leaving behind their homes and belongings and Phoenix instantly became the largest ghost town Canada had ever seen.
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[@exploringabandonedmines]

Hey that sounds exciting!

[@AdventuresRUs]

It was a fun day!

[@markhedekar4880]

Can't wait!

[@AdventuresRUs]

Great to hear!! Hope you enjoyed it!

[@marceldagenais2061]

thansk to people like you showing us the secrets of Canada.

[@AdventuresRUs]

Thank you for the nice comment.

[@marceldagenais2061]

@@AdventuresRUs your welcome. :) keep the good work and enjoy life.

[@وديع_بخالة]

😀 Woow. Nice opening 🌹

[@AdventuresRUs]

Thank you!! :)

[@douglas.turner]

Really nice video, thank-you. It was cool to see so many people exploring, I felt like I got a good sense of the scale of the mine. Looking forward to part two.

[@AdventuresRUs]

Thank you Douglas :)

[@jsteelsadventureandvariety4545]

Really liked the history bites and story of Four paw👍 mine was cool, literally! neat it was all froze still in August, enjoyed as usual, great work guys🙂

[@AdventuresRUs]

Ya, we were definitely surprised to see that much ice so late in the summer too. Frank has gone there a lot over the years and the ice used to be a lot thicker, to the point where it almost filled that whole area where we went down on the ropes. I know a lot of ppl don’t really like the history aspect to our channel, but there’s so much more to the places we visit. It’s hard to not want to share that part too. Really glad you enjoyed it :)

[@KERNOW08]

Excellent video, and I loved the intro, fascinating history. Thanks!

[@AdventuresRUs]

Thanks Bob! Really nice to hear you enjoyed the intro and video :)

[@danlutjemeier4183]

Great video, TY! We are from Curlew, we used to ski at the Phoenix resort in the 80's. The way the world is going I'm wondering if mines aren't one of the safer environments in which to recreate. (skiing nearly killed me)

[@AdventuresRUs]

Thank you for stopping by our channel, watching and leaving a comment :) You may be on to something there with that! lol Hope you recovered from your skiing incident!! 😯

[@ScoopeddadDrone]

Great video as always. Been so cold and windy here where I am we have not been able to get out exploring

[@AdventuresRUs]

Definitely changes up the content we can do when the weather changes eh! Hopefully this winter will be short and sweet for us all!! lol

[@SueGirling68]

Hi Adam & Chyanne, nice to see you guys exploring with Frank & Sharon again. The history you gave at the start was really awesome, so much detail. When you hear Frank say sketchy then it's very very dangerous lol, so much was left behind in this mine which is great for explorers like you guys as you get to see exactly what was used. A very cool part 1 and I am looking forward to seeing part 2. Thank you for sharing, much love to you both. xx ❤

[@AdventuresRUs]

Hello Sue:) It was a good time with them for sure and this mine was hiding some pretty neat things that we likely wouldn’t have found without being brought right to them. We look forward to going back, there’s lots more to see!! Take care and stay well! Xx

[@SueGirling68]

@@AdventuresRUs thank you, you guys stay safe and take care also. xx

[@ForgottenfindswithAddyandGrace]

Cool video!

[@AdventuresRUs]

Thanks Addy :)

[@somenamelessdude8095]

Heck ya ghost towns. I keep getting Canadian stuff on my feed lately but it pays off😂👍

[@AdventuresRUs]

Nice!! Us Canadians have some neat stuff to share!!:)

[@gregphillips.1312]

Franklin and Sharon are probably the best Guides you could ask for! Awesome Video. New Subscriber. Oh I already did 😂 P.S. You need some Cool Ass music by the Adits! 🙏

[@AdventuresRUs]

Yes, for sure! We always have a good time with them :) Glad you liked the video and thanks for your support on our channel:).

[@MildaGoesWild]

Didn't realise mines freeze inside. Could be scary if the ice gave way and you'd fall into flooded workings below!

[@AdventuresRUs]

For sure, that’s definitely something you’d want to be aware of and wouldn’t want to be walking around in areas that look like there may have been access to lower levels, like an area with a winch etc

[@dankoftinoff8119]

Pretty sure my dad was involved with making the phoenix bird sculpture.

[@AdventuresRUs]

That’d be neat if he was!

[@dankoftinoff8119]

@@AdventuresRUs Just asked my dad, said he was involved with the cutting and welding of the feathers, the company gave him a few hours a day to complete the project for a Greenwood parade in the mid 60's. Apparently, the bird had a place for a propane torch to be lit so it look like fire was coming from the bird like the legendary Phoenix.

[@AdventuresRUs]

I didn’t know that, so thank you for sharing ❤️ I’m glad it lives on in Greenwood!!

[@thenorm8489]

i think Mae and I were just down the hill at the oro denoro where we met a really nice rat. Mae said one of us screamed and it wasn t her. pretty sure it was thew rat

[@AdventuresRUs]

Hey Norm:) Nice to hear from you! That’s proof 🐀 are just as afraid of us as we are of them 😂😂 Say hello to Mae for us :)

[@mineadventures7938]

Too bad it's all rotting. Sad all that history rotting and rusting away.

[@AdventuresRUs]

For sure, it’s in rough shape :(

[@tyronenewman5534]

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