Chisholm Attractions

 
Chisholm (pop. 5,000) surrounds Longyear Lake which is named for E J Longyear, who explored the present site of Chisholm in 1892 and discovered the first local mine. The city was named for Archibald Mark Chisholm, a young Scotsman, from Alexandria, Ontario, Canada. By 1901, the year of incorporation, the town was booming due to the mining industry.

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