Takla Nation and B.C. government collaborate on northern mine clean-up – Daily Commercial News
April 26, 2019
The remediation and revegetation of the abandoned Bralorne Takla Mine in northern B.C. by British Columbia and the Takla Nation (TN) shows how government and a First Nation can work together to develop and implement a successful clean-up of complex environmental contamination.
The five-hectare Bralorne Takla site is a former mercury mine that operated for nine months during the Second World War.
It is located within the traditional territory of the TN, formerly the Takla Lake First Nation, approximately 180 km north of Fort St. James.
Mercury ore was mined underground and then crushed and roasted onsite. The heat of the roaster vaporized the mercury, which was collected and cooled in condensing tubes until it formed liquid mercury. The mercury was collected in steel flasks and then used in the war effort.
