Goldfields, Saskatchewan

Goldfields is an abandoned community in Division No. 18, Saskatchewan, Canada. It previously held the status of a village until April 1, 1950.[1] The community was informally founded in 1936 by prospectors after the 1934 discovery of gold on the north shore of Lake Athabasca. The Box Mine, operated by Consolidated Mining & Smelting Company of Canada (Cominco) operated from 1939-1942. With the closure of the Box Mine during World War II, Goldfields became a ghost town. Uranium was then discovered in 1948 and a new mining community was built at Uranium City, a few kilometers to the north of Lake Athabasca. Many buildings from Goldfields were salvaged and moved to the new town in the 1950s.

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  1. ↑ "Restructured Villages". Saskatchewan Ministry of Municipal Affairs. Archived from the original on March 25, 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-10.

Coordinates: 59°28′N 108°29′W / 59.467°N 108.483°W / 59.467; -108.483

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