Greenwood

GREENWOOD, Canada's smallest city, pop 666 (2001), is located on Boundary Crk 18 km west of GRAND FORKS in the BOUNDARY DISTRICT. It was founded in 1895 by Robert Wood, a merchant, and incorporated as a city in 1897. Greenwood prospered during the ensuing MINING boom, and the population grew to 3,000. The BC Copper Co blew in a SMELTER at nearby ANACONDA in 1901 to treat COPPER ore from its DEADWOOD and Mother Lode deposits; the brick smelter stack was still visible a century later. Following...

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