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Britannia - The Story of a Mine

by Bruce Ramsey - Reprinted by the BC Museum of Mining

180 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #04-0664; ISBN 1-4120-2836-1; US$20.50, C$24.00, EUR16.50, £12.00

A fascinating story of once isolated community in the far Canadian West Coast. After sixty years of being a thriving copper mine, the mine closed but the community and its history flourishes.

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About the Book      About the Author      Table of Contents and Excerpts      Catalogue Information

About the Book

"Since the presence of copper in the mountains behind Britannia Beach was discovered in 1898 it is estimated that about 60,000 men have been employed there. Some have worked for a grubstake, some have found Britannia a place for summer employment, some have worked off and on as they drifted from mine to mine and some came with their families and stayed until retirement.

Many stories could be told of life in what for so long, were the isolated camps that comprised Britannia Mines. This book was first written by the well known historian, Bruce Ramsey, attempts, for the first time within our knowledge to collect and preserve the historical data and some of the anecdotal material. It will be a source of accurate information for the curious and interested and a stimulus to the recollection of happy memories for the legion of Britannia-ites."

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About the Author

Bruce Ramsey, the original author of Britannia: The Story of a Mine, is a native British Columbian whose own story begins in Nakusp, in the West Kootnays. He was the author of several books on B.C.

He was on the editorial page staff of the Vancouver Province and was a former chairman of Vancouver Section, British Columbia Historical Association.

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Table of Contents and Excerpts

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Catalogue Information

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