Coal Creek (British Columbia)
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Coal Creek is a tributary of the Elk River
. Their confluence is in the city of Fernie, British Columbia
. Coal Creek passes through its namesake, Coal Creek, British Columbia
, today a ghost town
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Elk River (British Columbia)
The Elk River is a long river, in the southeastern Kootenay district of the Canadian province of British Columbia. Its drainage basin is in area. Its mean discharge is approximately 60 m³/s, with a maximum recorded discharge of 818 m³/s.-Course:...
. Their confluence is in the city of Fernie, British Columbia
Fernie, British Columbia
Fernie is a city in the Elk Valley area of the East Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, Canada, located on BC Highway 3 on the eastern approaches to the Crowsnest Pass through the Rocky Mountains...
. Coal Creek passes through its namesake, Coal Creek, British Columbia
Coal Creek, British Columbia
Coal Creek is a ghost town near Fernie, British Columbia, Canada. Everybody left the town in the 1950s due to the closure of a huge mine. There is still some historic places left in Coal Creek. There was a big mine disaster on May 22, 1902 . Above the old mine you can see that the coal seam that...
, today a ghost town
Ghost town
A ghost town is an abandoned town or city. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, or nuclear disasters...
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