As a kid I used to live at Swift River along the Alaska Highway in the 70’s and remember the Cassiar trucks hauling back and forth on the gravel highway of the time.
I have great memories of working and living in Cassiar from 1976 to 1989. I got married in Cassiar to Barbara and our son Adam was born there in 1984. I made a bunch of good friends and it was (still is) one of the most beautiful places I have lived in. Very sad it is gone and there will never will be another community like Cassiar.
Worked in cassiar from 1973 to 1976 what a beautiful little town that was still miss that place at the start of the video it looks like the old Cookshack in the old Chinese laundry right beside it I still have some pictures for my Time up there i’ll have to dig them out and post them
Just drove the Cassiar Highway-from the Arctic Circle to the Bay Area solo. That area was an unexpected highlight for me. Thank you Canada for the privilege of traversing your beautiful country. A shout out to Iris Dement-the writer of “Our Town”. Saw her sing it live with Greg Brown. Not many dry eyes in the audience. Iris Dement writes many other lovely songs like it.
Was only there once...hauled a load to Vancouver on a return trip from Whitehorse just before the mine closed. Will always remember my short visit there.
Worked there on the tramline at the top of the mountain--got -55 one night shift--ore would freeze up--buckets fall off--good times--the town was beautiful
We bought the Cassiar community centre , a 3br house and 18 townhouses by the ski hill. Buildings moved to Dease Lake, abandoned now. The steel frame for the community centre went to Duncan BC on trucks. Sat for 15 or 16 years then scrapped anyway.
The Cassiar montain range is so very beautiful. I lived in Dease Lake for a number of years in the 80's and 90's. I still miss Dease lake sometimes, but not the cold.... brrrr...
I worked there from 1977 to 1980 worked in the mill for three months by that time we had to wear masks so i ask for transfer to the mine 1week later nothing happen so i want back to h.r. and said if i don't get transferred i will leave. 2 days later i was working up at the mine. I was never told anything about the the risk of getting sick. I'm so glad i got the transfer
Yeah it's pretty gross. Check out "Abandoned BC: Cassiar" on lifeofluke's channel. Big old tailings pile in the open air, and loads of rusted out vehicles and equipment. Who knows what's leaching into the ground up there?..
