Simpson Mine Shaft

The Simpson Copper Mine Shaft, a crucial piece of Canadian
mining history, is located right in the town of Bruce Mines. The Bruce Mines, as they were collectively known, produced the first hard-rock copper in Canada in 1847. Having been restored to demonstrate copper mining of the 1800's, the Simpson Shaft is open for guided tours during the summer months.

Visitors get a glimpse of what it was like to mine on the shores of Lake Huron. See a replica of a horse pulled whim that pulled the buckets of ore up and down the mineshaft, walk in the footsteps of the miners down in the actual sloop mine, and peruse our mining museum