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| 288.1 | How about Ontario? East enough? | POLAR::RICHARDSON | He who laughs best | Mon Apr 30 1990 11:49 | 6 |
| Have you heard of the "Great Rockhound Gemboree" held every August in
the small town of Bancroft, Ontario? Bancroft is said to be the mineral
capital of Canada, possibly North America. If you're up in August, I'll
try to get exact dates.
Glenn
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| 288.2 | | KAOO01::LAPLANTE | | Mon Apr 30 1990 11:58 | 26 |
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I'm not sure what you mean by the East Canadian Provinces. If you
mean the Maritime provinces New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward
Island and Newfoundland the mining has been primarily on the mainland
and was for coal and some gold.
If you mean Quebec, it is well know for mining including iron, gold,
asbestos, aluminum etc. Ontario, especially the Northern portion
is heavily mined for iron, nickel, gold, copper, silver, uranium
etc.
Some phone numbers in Ottawa that might help. All are sections of
the Energy, Mines and Resources dept of the federal government.
Area Code 613
General Inquiries 995-3065
Geological Maps & Reports 995-4342
LANDSAT Data Info & Maps 952-2717
Canada Map Office 952-7000
Air PHoto Sales 995-4560
Most of the provinces have a similar department, usually known as
Min of Environment, or Min of Land Resources etc. They also could
probably help with information.
Roger
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| 288.3 | Time and tide waits for no bore... | KAOM25::RUSHTON | Support the Grand Canal! | Tue May 01 1990 15:13 | 16 |
| The only province in the Maritimes that is known for gems, that I'm
aware of, is Nova Scotia. In particular, Parrboro is renowned for the
diversity of gemstones that can be found along the shores of the Minas
Basin.
Additionally, Parrboro is close to Springhill where you can tour an
old coal mine ( well known in Canada for a coal mine disaster in the
1950's and also the hometown of Anne Murray).
You could then drive to nearby Truro and observe the largest tidal bore
in the world; however, that might be a bit boring for you.
G'day,
Pat
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| 288.4 | more on Nova Scotia | WARLRD::BURDEN_D | No! Your *other* right! | Wed May 02 1990 15:15 | 18 |
| Another area in Nova Scotia you might like to visit is on the south
shore, south of Halifax/Dartmouth. It's called The Ovens and is
an old gold mining site with caves dug into cliffs right on the
ocean. There is also an old 'beach' where they took all the sand
away to get the gold out of it as well. There are paths you can
walk along and see the caves up close and personal and even a small
museum in the parking lot.
The closest town is Bridgewater but I assume you can get brochures
on it from any tourist bureau in NS.
If you do go to Springhill, look up a distant relative of mine,
Dr Arnold Burden. He was one of the rescuers in the coal mine disaster
in the 50's. We stopped in to visit with him while up in that area
last summer and he had some very interesting stories to tell about
the disaster.
Dave
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| 288.5 | Son of a Beach | KIVVER::WATSON | Some like it not | Thu May 03 1990 15:03 | 11 |
| > ocean. There is also an old 'beach' where they took all the sand
> away to get the gold out of it as well. There are paths you can
What's left after they removed all the sand? Crabs? Seaweed? Rocks?
Water? China?? (China Beach?)
(This doesn't have anything to do with the infamous GC, I hope!)
Seriously,
Cliff
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| 288.6 | rock | WARLRD::BURDEN_D | No! Your *other* right! | Fri May 04 1990 13:17 | 10 |
| All that was left was bedrock.
Also, somewhere in here is a description of the museum there,
probably in one of the Nova Scotia notes. The only 'self serve'
museum we've ever seen.
No, the Atlantic end of the GC is in Halifax, unless this was a
very early attempt.
Dave
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| 288.7 | The only submarine canal!! | KAOM25::RUSHTON | Support the Grand Canal! | Fri May 04 1990 14:42 | 8 |
| <<No, the Atlantic end of the GC is in Halifax, unless this was a
<<very early attempt.
Actually no, the GC Atlantic terminus is in St. John's, Newfoundland
although it does pass through Halifax but circumscribes the Bedford
Basin, and spans the Gulf of St. Lawrence at the 30 fathom level.
Pat
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| 288.8 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | He who laughs best | Fri May 04 1990 15:02 | 1 |
| An underwater canal IS hard to fathom.
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| 288.9 | A fathom give or take 6 feet! | CGOFS::R_RYAN | I used to be a coyote but Im ok nowooo | Fri May 04 1990 15:20 | 1 |
| It would be even harder to row your boat on.
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| 288.10 | | TRCA01::OBRIEN | Glenn O'Brien @TRO 2/9 | Fri May 04 1990 20:52 | 6 |
| In Newfoundland, the various mines (closed and open) include iron
ore, gold, silver, asbestos, and I believe nickel. A relatively
large gold find in the southwestern corner of the island made headlines
a few years ago, but I don't know if it has been developed yet.
Glenn
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| 288.11 | Bronze your gold | KAOM25::RUSHTON | Support the Grand Canal! | Fri May 04 1990 21:41 | 5 |
| <<large gold find in the southwestern corner of the island made headlines
They were so proud that they had the mine bronzed.
Pat
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| 288.12 | ROM is good | MAGOS::WILSON_D | VAXft 3000 Manufacturing - Engineering | Sat May 12 1990 00:32 | 7 |
| have we settled that the maritimes is east
if toronto is close to east, the royal ontario museum has an excellent
rock and mineral collection. (i think the smithsoneon is better,
but it is good).
are you interested in natives, sulphides, gems, sedimentary ?
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| 288.13 | | MTADMS::ALBERT | | Mon Jun 04 1990 15:18 | 9 |
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Thanks to all who replied to my request and a SPECIAL thanks to the folk
who stuck to the topic. Sorry I didn't get the (Grand Canal?) joke.
To MAGOS::WILSON_D, the answer is yes. ;^)
Roger
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