What a lovely song. RIP Cassiar

I have great memories of working and living in Cassiar from 1976 to 1989. I got married in Cassiar to Barbara and our son Adam was born there in 1984. I made a bunch of good friends and it was (still is) one of the most beautiful places I have lived in. Very sad it is gone and there will never will be another community like Cassiar.

@BackCountryWrenching

18 күн бұрын

was there today, not much left at all

To go back to simpler times and get outta the bs nowadays id love it

Worked in cassiar from 1973 to 1976 what a beautiful little town that was still miss that place at the start of the video it looks like the old Cookshack in the old Chinese laundry right beside it I still have some pictures for my Time up there i’ll have to dig them out and post them

Very cool Video thanks for sharing.

Was only there once...hauled a load to Vancouver on a return trip from Whitehorse just before the mine closed. Will always remember my short visit there.

Just drove the Cassiar Highway-from the Arctic Circle to the Bay Area solo. That area was an unexpected highlight for me. Thank you Canada for the privilege of traversing your beautiful country. A shout out to Iris Dement-the writer of “Our Town”. Saw her sing it live with Greg Brown. Not many dry eyes in the audience. Iris Dement writes many other lovely songs like it.

Worked there on the tramline at the top of the mountain--got -55 one night shift--ore would freeze up--buckets fall off--good times--the town was beautiful

Lived and worked in Cassiar. 1974 till closing..

@normanhoward728

3 жыл бұрын

Mike would you know a fella by the name of Richard Greenan. He worked at the mine as a Watchman.

@mikesantos2638

3 жыл бұрын

@@normanhoward728 sounds kinda familiar

We bought the Cassiar community centre , a 3br house and 18 townhouses by the ski hill. Buildings moved to Dease Lake, abandoned now. The steel frame for the community centre went to Duncan BC on trucks. Sat for 15 or 16 years then scrapped anyway.

@dicktwang

3 жыл бұрын

Some of the school buildings came to Dawson Creek, still in use

I worked there from 1977 to 1980 worked in the mill for three months by that time we had to wear masks so i ask for transfer to the mine 1week later nothing happen so i want back to h.r. and said if i don't get transferred i will leave. 2 days later i was working up at the mine. I was never told anything about the the risk of getting sick. I'm so glad i got the transfer

The Cassiar montain range is so very beautiful. I lived in Dease Lake for a number of years in the 80's and 90's. I still miss Dease lake sometimes, but not the cold.... brrrr...

very bitter sweet...

I never made it to Cassiar but this brought back lots of memories of Clinton Creek and Elsa/United Keno Hill Mines.

@kimbesharah2208

3 жыл бұрын

My brother still lives on mickey creek across from clinton creek.

Wow talk about in the middle of nowhere !!!!

Holding Cassiar Gold..new Gold rush BC

No need to destroy this town, eventually it would of evolved into something different

I would bet there is still a visual and enviromental disaster left behind. Most remote mines end up that way.

@mavrick3904

3 жыл бұрын

No not really very clear and clean

@MattFenlon

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's pretty gross. Check out "Abandoned BC: Cassiar" on lifeofluke's channel. Big old tailings pile in the open air, and loads of rusted out vehicles and equipment. Who knows what's leaching into the ground up there?..

@rc300xs

2 жыл бұрын

@@MattFenlon It all came from the ground anyways.

@jpierre329

Жыл бұрын

@@MattFenlon I was environmental technologist there for a bit - asbestos is not soluble so it doesn't leach.

Thank you for everything! Here’s a little something for fun: kzread.info/dash/bejne/i5qKzKRvk5ipqLQ.html

Did a avalanche destroy this town

@TronVila

3 жыл бұрын

No, the mine was shut down and everything in the town was auctioned off