Legacy
The company name lends itself to the self-dumping Granby car, that originated at the Phoenix mine. Based on a wooden car, the Granby car in its present form was first introduced in 1905 when twenty 10-ton steel cars were built for use on the main haulage levels.
- The Granby River is named for the company. Granby Provincial Park, flanking that river's upper reaches, was named for the river.
- The name of Granisle, British Columbia, a former mining town on Babine Lake, also derives from that of the company via its subsidiary Granisle Copper Ltd.
- Granby Point, Granby Bay and the Granby Peninsula near Anyox on Observatory Inlet are named for the company.
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