Silver Queen Mine
| place with historical importance, mica mine
Canada /
Ontario /
Perth /
Elm Grove Road, 2243
World
/ Canada
/ Ontario
/ Perth
World / Canada / Ontario / Lanark
place with historical importance, mine, mica mine
The Silver Queen Mine is located within Murphys Point Provincial Park on Big Rideau Lake. From 1903 to about 1920, this was a working mica, feldspar and apatite mine that provided an extra source of income for many of this area’s local farmers and families. The ore was shipped to markets by barge from Hogg Bay along the Rideau Canal as well as by train from Perth. The Silver Queen is an important piece of our history because it symbolizes the hardships and importance of small-scale mining in this southern extension of the Canadian Shield. Today park staff guide thousands of visitors each year into this preserved mine, where the minerals sparkle from lights powered by a generator. The trail to the mine tells the story of the area’s geological past and the history of mining in the area, and a restored bunkhouse with period décor is also onsite and open during guided tours.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 44°46'13"N 76°14'22"W
- Hogg Bay 1.1 km
- Perth Golf Course (Link's O'Tay) 15 km
- Town of Perth 17 km
- Thousand Island Park / Grenell 56 km
- The New Auschwitz 150 km
- Abandoned/Sunken Cobourgh and Peterborough Railway Trestle Bridge across Rice Lake 169 km
- CNR/CPR Lindsay Exchange Area between CPR Bobcaygeon/Port Mcnicoll Subs and CNR Midland Sub 203 km
- Canadian Pacific Railway through Lindsay (GB&S & LB&P) 203 km
- Victoria Railway from Union Station To GB&S Overpass 204 km
- Wayne Port 209 km
- Township of Rideau-Lakes 8.4 km
- Township of Tay-Valley 16 km
- Township of Drummond&North Elmsley 21 km
- Township of Montague 31 km
- Township of Elizabethtown-Kitley 31 km
- Township of South-Frontenac 35 km
- Municipality of Leeds and the The Thousand-Islands 36 km
- Township of Lanark-Highlands 40 km
- Township of Central-Frontenac 47 km
- Township of North-Frontenac 60 km
Township of Rideau-Lakes
Township of Tay-Valley
Township of Drummond&North Elmsley
Township of Montague
Township of Elizabethtown-Kitley
Township of South-Frontenac
Municipality of Leeds and the The Thousand-Islands
Township of Lanark-Highlands
Township of Central-Frontenac
Township of North-Frontenac