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Nanaimo’s Darkest Day

Illustration - Explosion of Fire Damp in Coal Mine

1887 Mine Explosion The horrific Nanaimo mine explosion occurred on May 3, 1887, and killed 150 miners. The mine burned for a full day. The explosion started deep underground in the Number One Coal Mine. Operated by the Vancouver Coal Company, the Number One Coal Mine opened in 1884…

Copper Canyon to Kew Gardens 1958

flagpole from Copper Canyon to Kew Gardens

MARCH 1958 Sixty years ago, in Copper Canyon, MacMillan Bloedel’s Chemainus Sawmill Division on Vancouver Island, British Columbia; a very long and straight log was taken down from the mountain and sent to Kew Gardens in England where it became the longest flagpole in the world. It was erected to…

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