Anyox was a small company-owned mining town in British Columbia, Canada. Today it is largely destroyed and abandoned. It is located about 60 kilometers (37 miles)southwest of Stewart, British Columbia on the shores of Observatory Inlet. In the first decade of the 20th century Anyox grew to a population of almost 3,000 residents as rich lodes of copper and other precious metals were mined from the nearby mountains. Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Splendour without diminishment) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Area 944,735 km² (5th) - Land 925,186 km² - Water 19,549 km² (2. ... Stewart is a small town at the head of the Portland Canal in western British Columbia, Canada. ...
By the early 1930's the mine had been played out and the population of workers shrank to nothing. Salvage operations in the 1940's removed most machinery and steel from the town, and a wildfire burned all remaining wood structures.
Anyox, BritishColumbia, a now-abandoned smelter town on Observatory Inlet, near the mouth of the Nass River.
Fraser Mills, BritishColumbia, now part of Coquitlam but originally owned by Crown Zellerbach (the company President was the mayor, by default and acclamation).
Port Mellon, BritishColumbia, a pulp mill and town on the east shore of Howe Sound near the Langdale ferry terminal, which is near Sechelt
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