Beaver Mines, Alberta

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**Beaver Mines, Alberta, Canada**
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Beaver Mines, Alberta, Canada.
Census division	No. 3
Municipal District	Pincher Creek
Area:	km²
Founded
Incorporated
Population Town Population	{{{Population}}}
Population density	/km²
Time zone	Mountain: UTC -7
Postal code span
Latitude Longitude	49°27′33″N, 114°11′30″W
Elevation	m MSL
Highways	[] Highway 507
Waterways	Castle River
Mayor
Governing body	Pincher Creek No. 9, Alberta

^1(sc) According to the Canada 2001 Census. ^2(gr) Geographic references.

Beaver Mines is a small hamlet in southern Alberta located west of Pincher Creek on Highway 507 in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies.

The town was formed with the opening of a coal mine in the early 1900's. At one time the town had over 1500 residents. Because of the requirement for steel (rail tracks) during the wars and the reduction in the need for coal, the coal mines eventually closed and the town residents moved away. The last mine shut down its operations in 1971 and currently the mine site and many of the building foundations are on private land. For the past 30 years the town has been considered a ghost town and has had numerous write-ups in ghost town books.

Currently, due largely to the Controversial ski hill expansion and the growth of Calgary to the north, the town has begun to grow again as a popular recreational destination.

More about the area around Beaver Mines can be found here: http://www.ccwc.ab.ca/ccwcbref/index.html http://www.castlewilderness.ca/

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