Texada Island

摘要

One hundred kilometers north of Vancouver sits one of the most significant mineral reserves in all of Canada. For more than 100 years, companies such as Lafarge North America have pulled energy resources, building materials and precious metals from Texada Island. Working from two pits with about 80 people, Lafarge North America extracts high-quality limestone aggregates from an area where gold was mined a century ago and iron was harvested until the 1970s. The company also imports coal, gypsum and slag by barge to a deep-sea port on the island and, in turn, exports its products via ships to overseas customers.