Ladysmith

Canada / British Columbia / Ladysmith /
 city, draw only border
The town of Ladysmith, British Columbia. Incorporated June 3, 1904, the total population as of 2005 was 7,111.

Official site: www.ladysmith.ca

One Info plaque in town (1st Ave & Roberts) reads:
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An "instant" town of the past. In 1898 James Dunsmuir, the coal baron, moved buildings by rail from Wellington to establish this coal shipping port. Nearby copper mines added a smelter in 1902, but only pilings mark that site. Railroad logging aided the town's growth, and logging continues to support the transplanted town that coal built on Oyster Harbour.
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The 49th parallel north runs through the town of Ladysmith.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladysmith,_British_Columbia
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Coordinates:   48°59'0"N   123°48'39"W
This article was last modified 14 years ago