Dredge and Flume

Near British Columbia

59.59159, -133.55034

BC Recreation Site — User Maintained — A short trail leads to the remains of a pressure box and a Fairbanks floating dipper dredge. An interpretive panel gives a description of the dredge and pressure box. The lack of a consistent water supply hampered hydraulic mining operations in the Atlin area. In 1906 a crib dam was built across the outflow of Surprise Lake. In 1907 and 1908, a 6 foot deep diversion channel approximately 5 miles long and 26 feet wide was constructed using this one yard dipper shovel. The channel, with a capacity of 15,000 miner?s inches of water, was then put through a pressure box to supply the hydraulic operations on the creek below. This dredge was owned by the North Columbia Gold Mining Company, the diversion channel and pressure box system gave the company one of