Inside the largest abandoned town in Canada which has been left empty since 1935

A fascinating documentary takes viewers connected a circuit of nan largest abandoned municipality successful Canada, which was erstwhile location to 3,000 group but past near to ruin successful 1935.  

Urban explorer Dave Conlon, who runs nan YouTube channel Freaktography, ventured to nan wilds of British Columbia to research a erstwhile mining guidelines known arsenic Anyox.

In nan film's introduction, he gives immoderate inheritance connected nan acold flung town's history explaining that it was primitively built successful 1912 by a institution called Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting and Power Company for 'mining and producing copper, silver, and gold.'

As nan movie shows a operation of vintage photos and modern time footage, he continues: 'During its 25-year existence, Anyox's mines and smelters produced 4 tons of gold, 230 tons of metallic and 340,000 tons of copper.'

During nan accumulation process, Dave says that steam and electrical locomotives were utilized to haul ample quantities of ore from nan excavation connected to nan crusher, wherever it was reduced successful size.

The last portion of nan process saw nan crushed ore transported to nan concentrator adjacent nan waterfront, wherever it was transformed into usable earthy material.

In its heyday, 5,400 tons of ore were processed astatine Anyox per day, Dave says. 

To powerfulness nan operation, a actual hydroelectric reservoir was installed, and astatine 156 feet high, it was nan tallest building of its benignant successful Canada for galore years.

There were also coal fired generators astatine nan mining site. 

To sojourn Anyox, Dave enlisted nan thief of section circuit guideline Rob Bryce.

They took a four-hour thrust from nan metropolis of Terrace to a erstwhile colony called Kitsault, and from there, they took a vessel thrust to their last destination. 

Describing what he saw arsenic they neared nan abandoned town, Dave said: 'It wouldn't beryllium agelong until we spotted nan gangly ceramic fume stack sticking retired precocious supra nan trees.

'From location I would get to spot pinch my ain eyes, finally, nan abandoned coking works that greets each visitors to Anyox.

'[This was] followed by nan wide store, nan powerfulness works and past Granby Bay and nan mountains that situation each of Anyox.'

The 2 men were greeted by Kevin Krogstad and Robbie Nutter, who are nan sole occupants of Anyox and employed location to thief displacement nan leftover slag.

To get astir nan immense site, they utilized ATVs.

Some of nan sites Dave visits successful nan video see nan tumbledown powerhouse, which erstwhile 'powered nan mines, smelters and homes of Anyox,' nan secondary powerfulness works which is successful moreover much of a disheveled state, what is near of nan wide shop and nan 'eerie' graveyard.

As he wanders around, nan filmmaker finds remnants from past inhabitants including rusting bedframes, and moreover an aged car.

He says 1 of nan astir unnerving parts of Anyox is nan cemetery.

At 1 constituent he finds a gravestone from 1935 belonging to a man who died astatine nan property of 70, while galore of nan graves are unmarked.

There are besides respective graves belonging to WWI soldiers who returned to Anyox aft subject work to 'live retired their lives' and activity there.

Of nan 400 men who left, little than 60 returned. 

The ones who returned were 'promised a soldier's burial' by nan municipality owners and their graves are differentiated by commemorative actual helmets and cement borders.

Offering further penetration into what life was for illustration astatine Anyox and nan hardships endured, Dave says: 'The copper mining town... was successful cognition betwixt 1914 and 1935. 

'During this time, [it] saw 480 births, 160 marriages and 320 deaths.

'Many of nan deaths successful Anyox were stillborn babies and babe deaths mostly owed to nan toxic emissions from nan smelter and nan ample standard cyanide waste. 

'Additionally, nan 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic is evident successful nan number of deaths [here] astatine that time.'

According to an article connected nan University of British Columbia website, Anyox ceased cognition successful 1935 owed to a illness successful copper prices successful nan aftermath of nan Great Depression. 

The writer explains: 'By early 1935 adjacent to 50 cardinal kilograms of unsold copper, nan balanced of 3 years' worthy of production, were stacked adjacent nan harbor. 

'When nan mining operations unopen down connected July 31, 1935, and workers were laid off, nan full residents of nan municipality mislaid their root of income and became bum virtually overnight. 

'As to nan buildings and mining sites, immoderate materials location was to salvage was dismantled and shipped retired to different towns and cities.'

Adding to Anyox's demise, a wood occurrence collapsed retired successful 1946. Anyox.com notes that nan blaze 'swept cleanable nan remains of Anyox leaving down only nan awesome actual and alloy structures which are still successful grounds today.' 

Many viewers person thanked Dave for sharing his video tour. 

One commenter wrote: 'This was an fantabulous explore. Such a awesome adventure, nan waterfalls [and] nan scenery [are] breathtaking. Awesome job!'

Another spectator revealed their ties to nan place, commenting: 'So overmuch family history. My begetter was a teen successful Anyox and my grandfather was nan wide shop manager, on pinch my aunt who was nan bookkeeper!'