INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE WHAT IS INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE? Industrial heritage refers to the preservation of the history of a community's industries. Such industries could be: fishing, railway, agriculture, aviation, mining, shipping and logging/forestry. Industrial heritage may also include the restoration of related industrial machinery (i.e. a steam donkey used in the logging industry), interpretation of a site (telling the story of a certain industry and how it relates to the community) or increasing public awareness (letting people know the importance of industrial heritage).   View of the Britannia Mine, near Squamish Photo courtesy of the Heritage Society of BC   INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE SITES TO VISIT...   View of the water wheel at the Keremeos Grist Mill, Keremeos Photo courtesy of the Heritage Society of BC   Barkerville Historic Town, Barkerville Phone: 250-994-3302 BC Aviation Museum, Victoria Airport Phone: 250-655-3300 BC Farm Machinery & Agriculture Museum, Fort Langley Phone: 604-888-2273 BC Forest Discovery Centre, Duncan Phone: 250-715-1113 BC Hydro Dams - for info. on visiting BC Hydro dams, check out their website - click on "Recreation" in the "Search Menu". BC Museum of Mining, Britannia Beach Phone: 604-688-8735 BC Orchard Museum, Kelowna Phone: 250-763-0433 BC Sugar Refinery Museum, Vancouver Phone: 604-253-1131 BC Wine Museum, Kelowna Phone: 250-868-0441 Britannia Heritage Shipyard, Richmond Phone: 604-718-1200 Canadian Museum of Flight, Langley Municipal Airport Phone: 604-532-0035 Canadian Museum of Rail Travel, Cranbrook Phone: 250-489-3919 Comox Airforce Museum, CFB Comox Phone: 250-339-8162 Craigflower Farm & Schoolhouse, Victoria Phone: 250-383-4627 or 250-383-8923 Flathead Valley Oil Rig, Fernie Phone: 250-423-6868 Ghost town of Sandon, Sandon Phone: 250-358-7920 Greenwood Museum, Greenwood Phone: 250-445-6355 or 445-6323 Gulf of Georgia Cannery, Richmond Phone: 604-664-9009 Historic Hat Creek Ranch, near Cache Creek Phone: 1-800-782-0922 Historic O'Keefe Ranch, Vernon Phone: 250-542-3168 Huble Farm & Homestead, Giscome Passage Phone: 250-564-7033 Keremeos Grist Mill, Keremeos Phone: 250-499-2888 Maritime Museum of BC, Victoria Phone: 250-385-4222 Maplewood Farm, North Vancouver Phone: 604-929-5610 Mclean Sawmill, Port Alberni Phone: 250-723-8284 -contact through the Alberni Valley Museum Nanaimo Hudson's Bay Bastion, Nanaimo Phone: 250-753-1821 -contact the Nanaimo Bastion Historical Society Newcastle Island, Nanaimo North Pacific Historic Fishing Village, Port Edward Phone: 250-628-3538 Outdoor Mining Museum, Silverton Phone: 250-358-2669 or 250-358-7965 Powell River Forestry Museum, Powell River Phone: 604-487-1377 or 604-483-2377 Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum, Prince George Phone: 250-563-7351 or 250-563-7334 Qualicum Beach Museum-Industrial Museum of Power, Qualicum Phone: 250-752-5533 Revelstoke Railway Museum, Revelstoke Phone: 250-837-6060 Rossland Historical Museum, Rossland - lots on mining Phone: 250-362-7722 Saanich Heritage Artifact Park, Saanichton Phone: 250-652-5522 Salmo Museum, Salmo - tons on mining, Phone: 250-357-2200 Silver Lake Forestry Centre & Museum, Kelowna Phone: 250-717-0033 Silvery Slocan Historical Museum, New Denver - extensive mining exhibits Phone: 250-358-2201 SS Moyie, Kaslo Phone: 250-353-2525 SS Sicamous, Penticton Phone: 250-492-00403 Vancouver Maritime Museum, Vancouver Phone: 604-257-8300 West Coast Railway Heritage Park, Squamish Phone: 1-800-722-1233 Zeballos Museum, Zeballos - mines, log, gold Phone: 250-761-4070 or 250-761-4158 RELATED INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE ORGANIZATIONS The following is a brief list of organizations related to industrial heritage. BRITANNIA BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY--responsible for the BC Museum of Mining. For further information regarding this group, contact them at: P.O. Box 188, Britannia Beach, BC, V0N 1J0. Vancouver telephone (604) 688-8735, Britannia telephone (604) 896-2233. SAANICH HERITAGE ARTIFACT SOCIETY--for additional information about this group, visit their website. WEST COAST RAILWAY ASSOCIATION--for further information, contact this group by phone (604)988-3435, fax (604)986-7660 (phone first before sending a fax) or E-Mail at don_evans@bc.sympatico.ca or visit their website. WESTERN VANCOUVER ISLAND INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE SOCIETY--for more information about this group, contact the Alberni Valley Museum at (250)720-2501 KOOTENAY LAKE HISTORICAL SOCIETY--responsible for the SS Moyie Passenger Stern Wheel. For additional info. connect to their website or e-mail them at ssmoyie@pop.kin.bc.ca.