page_title: Burke Canyon
section_title: Communities
hierarchical_section_title: Burke Canyon / Communities
caption_attribution_description: English: 1907 Burke Canyon Idaho geologic map, where m is monzonite and syenite, Ap is Prichard Slate, Ab is Burke Formation, Ar is Revett Quartzite, Asr is St. Regis Formation, Aw is Wallace Formation, Asp is Striped Peak Formation, Tg are Tertiary terrace gravels, Qgl is Quaternary glacial deposits, Qal is Quaternary alluvium, x is a prospect pit and y is a tunnel
context_page_description: Burke Canyon is the canyon of the Burke-Canyon Creek, which runs through the northernmost part of Shoshone County, Idaho, U.S., within the northeastern Silver Valley. A hotbed for mining in the late-nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Burke Canyon now contains several ghost towns and remnants of former communities along Idaho State Highway 4, which runs northeast through the narrow canyon to the Montana border.
  Burke Canyon takes its name from the town of Burke; settlers arrived in the canyon in 1884 after silver, lead, and zinc were found in mines throughout. Between 1886 and 1890, numerous mining communities developed in the canyon. Many of the communities in Burke Canyon saw multiple labor disputes, namely the Coeur d'Alene labor strike of 1892 and the confrontation of 1899, which resulted in violent conflict between miners and mine owners.
  Populations throughout the canyon's towns dwindled in the late-twentieth century after a series of natural disasters and mine closures, and the last active mine in the canyon was closed in 1991, leaving the majority of the communities unpopulated.
context_section_description: In 2002, it was reported that around 300 people lived in or near the canyon. There are numerous communities and former communities located along Burke-Canyon Road in Burke Canyon, though several are now ghost towns. The communities include:
  Burke
  Mace
  Cornwall
  Black Bear
  Frisco
  Gem
  Webb
  Woodland Park
caption: 1907 Geologic map of the Burke Canyon in Idaho, including the locations of Gem, Black Bear, Mace and Burke
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