Location: Anyox, Kitimat-Stikine, British Columbia, Canada
Surnames/tags: One_Place_Studies British_Columbia
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Anyox, British Columbia One Place Study
Name
Anyox, British Columbia, Canada
Geography
- Continent: North America
- Country: Canada
- Province: British Columbia
- District: Kitimat-Stikine
- GPS Coordinates: 55.417, -129.833
- Elevation: 104.0 m or 341.2 feet
History
Anyox was a small company-owned mining town in British Columbia, Canada, located on the shores of Granby Bay. The town was the birthplace of 351 people. Now it is a ghost town, abandoned and mostly destroyed.
Notable events
- October 17 - November 2, 1918: the Spanish Flu Pandemic resulted in over 45 deaths in Anyox.
- 1923: Fire nearly destroys the town but the townsite was rebuilt and mining operations continued.
- 10 Nov 1930: The Bonanza Mine disaster that killed 6 workers in the bunkhouse where they slept. The six killed were:
- Paul Anderson, age (about) 25
- James Grant, age (about) 46
- Clarance Percival Johnston, age (about) 47
- Charles Mitchell, age (about) 51
- Leroy "Lee" O'Conner, age (about) 45
- Alfred Palm, age (about) 51
- Source: Disaster at Bonanza Mine Takes a Toll Of Six Lives, and Several Others Injured: The Alice Arm and Anyox Herald, 1930-11-15. Publisher: Alice Arm : E. Moss. (doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0352558 : accessed 10 Jul 2022)
Population
- By 1914, Anyox had grown to a population of almost 3,000 residents.
Notables
- Former Vancouver mayor Jack Volrich
- Thomas Waterland, MLA for Yale-Lillooet from 1975 to 1986.
- Reid Mitchell, represented Canada in basketball at the 1948 Olympics
Photographs
One Study Goals
- Add personal profiles of people who lived in Anyox, in particular:
- remaining profiles of those killed in the Bonanza Mine disaster
- profiles of those listed in the Anyox Cemetery PDF:
- profiles of those killed in the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic
- profiles of those killed in the 1923 fire
- profiles of Anyox people who were buried in the Anyox Cemetery
- profiles of Anyox veterans, starting with WWI
- profiles of notables from Anyox.
- Find a copy of the "Report RE Strike of Employees of the Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting, and Power Company Limited at Anyox, B.C."
Resources
- The History and Geology of the Anyox Copper Camp, British Columbia Great Mining Camps of Canada 2. Ross Sherlock
- BC Archives Genealogy - General Search
- The Alice Arm and Anyox Herald UBC BC Historical Newspapers
- More resources here: British Columbia Team, Resources
Categories
Notes
- Submitted on 12 Jul 2022 to: oneplacestudy.org for inclusion in the One Place Study Directory.
Sources
- Anyox Cemetery PDF (anyox.com : accessed 12 Jul 2022).
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