Discover some of East Tennessee's most tragic -

yet triumphant - history - as you explore the story of

the Burra Burra mine.  

Museum is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Historic Mine Cave-In

on Burra Burra mine site

The Ducktown Basin Museum is located on the

historic Burra Burra mine site where 300 acres of denuded land has  been set aside as a memorial to

the devastation of the Copper Basin.

The museum interprets the mining and chemical industry

as well as every day life in company towns.

The operations located in this region from 1850 through 1987 were the largest metal mines in the Southeastern United States.

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The Scenic Ocoee Byway takes you

20 minutes to beautiful Lake Ocoee, past entrance

to Chilhowee Mountain,

20 more minutes past the rapids and whitewater

of the Olympic Ocoee River (full of rafters and kayakers)

to the lovely Ocoee Whitewater Center,

then just 5 more minutes to the Ducktown Basin Museum. 

For horseback riding, you are 12 minutes away at the Whitewater Center from Blanche Manor an adventure of a lifetime - riding the mountains of Ocee on horses, or hayrides.

Come Explore Ocoee!