Warfield British Columbia, taken from the road to Rossland, approx 1948 Camera Crafts RPPCIn 1938, the Cominco (Consolidated Mining & Smelter Company of Canada) constructed 150 homes for their workers that were small, had bright colours, sharp sloped roofs, small doors and windows. They resembled the homes in Mickey Mouse cartoons and shortly after the village was given the nickname 'Mickey Mouse Town'. ~ DL