Echo Bay
in Northwest Territories, Canada
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Great Bear Lake Airport (63 mi) - Rae Lakes Airport (138 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 66.087 and -118.041 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 66° 5' 11" and W -118° 2' 26"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Dollar - CAD
- Spoken languages:
- English, French, Inuktitut
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 06:44 AM (Monday)
- Timezone: America/Yellowknife
- UTC/GMT offset: -5 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:09 am and 10:29 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -49.350 and 70.217 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Port-aux-Francais - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 2,8 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to Canada.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Canada. Last Update: 2024-04-29 08:03:39
Discover Echo Bay
Echo Bay in Northwest Territories is a town in Canada about 2,109 mi (or 3,395 km) north-west of Ottawa, the country's capital city.
Current time in Echo Bay is now 06:44 AM (Monday). The local timezone is named America / Yellowknife with an UTC offset of -6 hours. We know of 2 airports near Echo Bay. The closest airport in Canada is Great Bear Lake Airport in a distance of 63 mi (or 101 km), North-West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
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Attractions and noteworthy things
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Port Radium
Port Radium is a mining area on the eastern shore of Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada. It included the settlement of Cameron Bay and the Eldorado Mine and Echo Bay Mine. The name Port Radium did not come into use until 1936 and at the time it was in reference to the region as a whole. The Eldorado mine site at LaBine Point adopted the name for its settlement in the 1940s and it has generally stuck.
Echo Bay Mines
The Echo Bay Mines Limited company was organized in 1964 to develop a silver deposit at Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories, which became known as the Echo Bay Mine. The company leased the old Port Radium settlement from Eldorado Mining and Refining Limited and used the old camp and mill to recover silver and copper values. Production in the Echo Bay workings ceased in 1975.
Eldorado Mine
Eldorado Mine is located at Port Radium, Northwest Territories, Canada. It is also known as Port Radium, a name adopted for use at this specific site after 1942. Before 1942, the name Port Radium was used in reference to the name of the government facilities at Cameron Bay (post office and wireless radio station).
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