Myra Falls, Canada

Myra Falls, Canada

Myra Falls is a waterfall located at the south end, via road or boat, of Buttle Lake on Vancouver Island. These spectacular falls cascade below into Buttle Lake from a small upper valley.

There is a polymetallic Zinc, Copper, Silver and Gold Mine located above the Lower Myra Falls. The mine started as two open pits but quickly became an underground mine with the HW, Battle, Extension, Gap and South Trough mines discovered. Many famous Geologists have worked this property including Rick Sawyer, Cliff Pearson, Jennifer Jolliffe, Hugh MacIsaac, Robert Baldwin, Finley Bakker, Laura Hubbard, the late Ken Atkin and many more. One of the more famous planning engineers working the property is John Gubbels and ventilation engineer John Shaw. It seems to be a large stratiform basin somewhat bowl shaped with altered sulphides en deposit. Minerals seen include Sphalerite, Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Tennantite and the invisible but gravity recoverable Gold. The underground miners can attest to spectacular massive sulphides seen at the working faces. At the Myra Falls mine is a concentrator and large tailings dam. Environmentally very little contamination reaches the lake below and hydro-electric power help to win the ore from the ground and the minerals from the ore.

It is a tourist attraction to see while visiting Strathcona Provincial Park.

Pink Fawn Lilly found at the edge of Myra Falls

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Coordinates: 49°34′44″N 125°33′46″W / 49.5790°N 125.5627°W / 49.5790; -125.5627


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