Near Greenwood in Kootenay Boundary, British Columbia — Canada’s West Coast (North America)

Greenwood Smelter

B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

1. Greenwood Smelter Marker

Inscription. In this wilderness of rugged mountains, ore was first found in the late 1880's. Further prospects led to the building of a large smelter by the B.C. Copper Co. From 1901, copper, gold and silver poured from its furnaces. Fed by the great Motherlode Mine, it employed 400 men. The collapse of inflated war-time copper prices forced closure in 1918.

Erected by British Columbia Department of Recreation and Conservation.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • War, World I. A significant historical year for this entry is 1901.

Location. 49° 4.748′ N, 118° 41.077′ W. Marker is near Greenwood, British Columbia, in Kootenay Boundary. It is at the intersection of Smelter Viewpoint and Butte Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Smelter Viewpoint. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Greenwood BC V0H 1J0, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the BC Interior

and in the Kootenay Rockies.

Globally, it is in North America,

in the Rocky Mountains,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western

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World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony.

Other nearby markers. At least 6 other markers are within 23 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Copper Street (a few steps from this marker); Boundary Falls Smelter (approx. 4.7 kilometers away); Midway (approx. 10.6 kilometers away); Eholt (approx. 13.1 kilometers away); Ranald MacDonald (approx. 16.8 kilometers away in the U.S.); Chief Joseph Tonasket (approx. 21.8 kilometers away in the U.S.).

Another marker is no longer nearby. Kettle Valley Railroad (was approx. 10.6 kilometers away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

B.C. Copper Co. smelter at Greenwood image. Click for full size.

B.C. Department of Mines via B.C. Library and Archives e-03983_141 (public domain), circa 1905

2. B.C. Copper Co. smelter at Greenwood

Credits. This page was last revised on February 11, 2022. It was originally submitted on December 10, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 581 times since then and 91 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on December 10, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 2. submitted on December 12, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

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