The North Vancouver Island Settlement of Coal Harbour in Canada. BCX 0241.
In the 1970s, a copper mine was established near the site and ran until 1996.[citation Today few of the original World War II buildings remain, the general store and the commanding officer's barracks still standing and being used as of 2010. The community is linked with a good paved road to Port Hardy. The local school has been closed and students commute to nearby Port Hardy. Coal Harbour is now a bedroom community for Port Hardy, but local industry remains in the form of seaplane services and connections to major fishing lodges. There is a general store and a local government wharf. The village is also known for its gigantic jawbone of a blue whale. Nearby is the headquarters and main community of the Quatsino First Nation, the band government of the Gwat'sinux group of the Kwakwaka'wakw.
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Location: Coal Harbour, North Vancouver Island. British Columbia. Canada.
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