| Tasu | |
|---|---|
  TasuLocation of Tasu in British Columbia | |
| Coordinates: 52°45′49″N 132°02′00″W / 52.76361°N 132.03333°W / 52.76361; -132.03333 | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  British Columbia |
Tasu or Tassoo, also Old Tasu or Old Tasu Townsite, was an iron and copper (w/ precious metal sweeteners) open pit and underground mining operation and townsite located on the south shore of Tasu Sound in west-central Moresby Island in the Haida Gwaii of the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada. It ran from 1918 until the early 1980s, with the townsite growing full size in the early 1960s. The early iron mine was owned and worked by Japanese miners, with the mine finishing operation as Wesfrob Mine, owned by Falconbridge Nickel Mines.
The Phyllis Cormack, a seiner, pulled into Tasu on its 1969 Greenpeace run to the Amchitka nuclear test.
See also
References
- "Salute to Tasu - RBCM Archives".
- "Wesfrob Mine (Tassoo; Warwick), Tasu (Tasu Sound; Tasoo Harbour; Tasu Harbor; Tassoo Inlet), Moresby Island, Haida Gwaii (Formerly Queen Charlotte Islands), Skeena Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada".
- Photo gallery of Tasu Sound townsite
- BC Govt MINFILE Record Summary, Tasu or Tassoo
- BC Govt MINFILE Mineral Inventory, Tasu Townsite
- "Tasu". BC Geographical Names.
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