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recreation hall. The baseball cage could also be found with the original scoreboard. Street lamps, a sewer cover, and a fire hydrant also existed. Beginning in 2012 the mine site was remediated by
Denison Environmental, with all surface structures demolished, mine openings properly sealed and mine wastes stabilized and covered with
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through the region in 1954. After a mine shaft and mill complex was built, the
Coldstream Copper Mines company began building a townsite for its workers in 1959. However, the price of copper had fallen sufficiently by 1967 that the mine was no longer profitable, and the site was shut down in 1967. In
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Easily accessible, Burchell Lake remained one of
Ontario's best-preserved ghost towns for many years, with many of its buildings still standing at the townsite as of summer 2011. This included a dozen or so houses (some with basements), the original BA gas station, two room school, and collapsed
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mining town which was active from 1959 to 1967, the town had approximately 400 residents at its peak. The
Burchell Lake area had seen mineral exploration as early as 1902, but active development of large-scale mining operations in the area was not economically feasible until the completion of
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less than ten years of operations, workers at
Burchell Lake had mined an estimated 102 million pounds of ore.
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At the End of the Shift: Mines and Single-industry Towns in
Northern Ontario
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233:, located behind a locked gate at the southern end of
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289:A 40-year community reunion was held in nearby
244:The town existed only from 1959 to 1967, as a
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613:Biinjitiwabik Zaaging Anishnabek (Rocky Bay)
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248:, owned by North Coldsteam Mines Limited.
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618:Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek (Sand Point)
391:Robert Matthew Bray and Ashley Thomson,
734:Ojibway Nation of Saugeen (Savant Lake)
633:Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek (Gull Bay)
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658:Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg (Pic Mobert)
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1273:Communities in Thunder Bay District
1252:List of census divisions of Ontario
1247:Communities in Thunder Bay District
598:Animbiigoo Zaagi'igan Anishinaabek
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286:to encourage vegetation growth.
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368:Quetico: Near to Nature's Heart
273:are still located in the area.
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1283:Mining communities in Ontario
330:Ontario's Ghost Town Heritage
18:Ghost Town in Ontario, Canada
357:at Ontario Abandoned Places.
332:. Boston Mills Press, 2007.
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422:September 8, 2008, at the
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788:First Nations settlements
699:Ginoogaming (Long Lac 77)
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277:Existence as a ghost town
269:A number of recreational
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1293:Company towns in Canada
1288:Copper mines in Ontario
823:Unorganized Thunder Bay
774:Sand Point First Nation
714:Lac des Mille Lacs 22A2
709:Lac des Mille Lacs 22A1
1278:Ghost towns in Ontario
687:First Nations reserves
303:Coldstream Copper Mine
833:Local services boards
673:Red Rock (Lake Helen)
608:Biigtigong Nishnaabeg
417:Burchell Lake Reunion
197: • Summer (
463:Thunder Bay District
239:Thunder Bay District
663:Ojibways of Saugeen
84: /
1194:Slate River Valley
1069:McCluskeys Corners
638:Lac des Mille Lacs
171: • Total
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816:Unorganized areas
653:Namaygoosisagagun
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88:48.603°N 90.592°W
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1174:Shabaqua Corners
899:Amethyst Harbour
754:Pic Mobert South
749:Pic Mobert North
562:Oliver Paipoonge
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69:Coordinates:
57:Burchell Lake
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25:Burchell Lake
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1209:Sorrell Lake
1184:Silver Islet
1014:Jarvis River
964:Fort William
928:
806:Collins Lake
804:
759:Pic River 50
744:Pays Plat 51
729:Long Lake 58
724:Lake Nipigon
643:Long Lake 58
623:Fort William
542:Manitouwadge
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366:Jon Nelson,
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246:company town
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229:province of
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1159:Scoble West
1154:Savant Lake
1134:Port Arthur
892:communities
876:Shebandowan
846:East Gorham
769:Rocky Bay 1
764:Red Rock 53
628:Ginoogaming
582:Terrace Bay
481:Thunder Bay
328:Ron Brown,
291:Shebandowan
235:Highway 802
144:Thunder Bay
91: /
1267:Categories
1229:Wild Goose
1114:Orient Bay
1084:Moose Hill
1059:Macdiarmid
1029:Kashabowie
506:Greenstone
309:References
263:Highway 11
223:ghost town
166:Population
79:90°35′31″W
76:48°36′11″N
32:Ghost Town
1219:Twin City
1124:Pays Plat
1119:Pass Lake
1064:Mackenzie
969:Geraldton
944:Cloud Bay
919:Beardmore
841:Armstrong
795:Armstrong
779:Whitesand
678:Whitesand
668:Pays Plat
572:Schreiber
520:Townships
407:. p. 102.
293:in 2007.
284:biosolids
180:Time zone
158:Abandoned
1242:See also
1169:Shabaqua
1109:Ombabika
1039:Leeblain
1019:Jellicoe
1004:Jackfish
989:Hillside
979:Harstone
871:Rossport
567:Red Rock
557:O'Connor
511:Marathon
420:Archived
399:, 1992.
382:. p. 27.
374:, 2009.
297:See also
271:cottages
227:Canadian
122:Province
1224:Wamsley
1204:Stanley
1164:Sellers
1149:Savanne
1144:Rosslyn
1099:Navilus
1089:Murillo
1079:Mokomon
1049:Longlac
1009:Jacques
954:Finmark
934:Caramat
904:Ancliff
851:Hurkett
800:Aroland
603:Aroland
577:Shuniah
552:Nipigon
547:Neebing
537:Gillies
467:Ontario
252:History
237:in the
231:Ontario
225:in the
150:Settled
134:Ontario
104:Country
1104:Nolalu
1094:Nakina
1074:Millar
1044:Leeper
999:Hymers
974:Gorham
924:Bowker
881:Upsala
866:Nolalu
532:Dorion
527:Conmee
474:Cities
403:
378:
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258:copper
140:County
131:
116:Canada
113:
1214:Suomi
1139:Raith
1129:Pearl
984:Hemlo
959:Flint
914:Baird
909:Auden
861:Lappe
499:Towns
221:is a
206:UTC−4
185:UTC−5
1054:Loon
994:Hume
401:ISBN
376:ISBN
334:ISBN
161:1967
153:1961
1034:Lee
210:EDT
199:DST
189:EST
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