The town that got lost

Historic photographs and reproduction of map of smelter plant, administrative buildings and living quarters. Foreword by Denny Boyd (one of only 480 people born in the town, including my father Angus J. McDougall and his 2 siblings Thomas and Peggy ). The Gazeteer for North America has the following entry: "Anyox (A-nee-ahks) (which means 'hidden water' in Tshimian native language), village, W B.C. Canada, near Alaska border, on Observatory Inlet of the Pacific, 80 mi/129 km NNE of Prince Rupert. Former copper-mining and smelting center. Town shut down in 1935, due to the depression affecting prices; after which salvage crews dismantled most of structures; ruins of brick bldgs. and smoke stacks remain. Port of Alice Arm is 25 km E." At one time the location of the largest copper smelter in the British Empire, the history of the town provides a human story of people who lived cut off from the world by mountain and sea. Now all but a few traces have been erased by fire, weather and time. An entertaining, moving and nostalgic story of a town and its people and the important link to the area for the preservation of the history of our province, BC, Canada.