Leduc Glacier Avalanche demolished Granduc Mine site, British Columbia, 1965
Portal Camp disappeared, wiped out under an avalanche of ice, snow and mud of the slide. Rescuers were thwarted by wind and icy blizzard weather. The Leduc Glacier near Stewart, BC was covered with fresh snow. Underneath the glacier, a tunnel was being created by the Granduc mining company, one that would reach a […]