CENTREVILLE

CENTREVILLE
Is an abandoned mining camp on the banks of McDame Creek, 132 kilometers north of Dease Lake on the Stewart-Cassiar Highway (Highway #37) and in the foothills of the Cassiar Mountains. It begun in 1874 when a prospector named Henry McDame struck gold in McDame Creek as well as starting a Gold Rush and making McDame Creek, the most productive creek in the Cassiar region. In fact in 1877, a 72-ounce gold nugget was discovered here in 1877. However, by the 1880s, most of the gold had been removed and most of the miners had moved away and pretty much abandoned the community of Centreville. Centerville Placer Mines limited mined the area again during the 1990s to no avail.