Sicker, Mount

SICKER, MOUNT (el 701 m) 80 km north of VICTORIA on VANCOUVER ISLAND, was the site of 3 COPPER mines and 2 separate townsites between 1897 and 1907. One mine, the Lenora, was developed by Henry CROFT, who built roads connecting the campsite to DUNCAN and to the ESQUIMALT & NANAIMO RWY. The booming settlement was hailed as the ROSSLAND of Vancouver Island. In 1900 the Lenora, Mt Sicker Rwy was built down the precipitous slopes to the coast at Osborne Bay, where Croft built a SMELTER in 1902 and...

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