2014.003.4363 Sandon, Main Street looking east before the flood

Accession Num: 2014.003.4363

Negative Code: E4-8

Extent:

Document Date: 1941-- - --

Donors: Jim Boates

Keywords: 1940s, Black's store, Canadian Pacific Railway, Carpenter Creek, hotel, Main Street (Sandon), mining, Nakusp & Slocan Railway, Palace Hotel, Pat Burns butcher shop (Sandon), Reco Hotel, Ruth-Hope Mine, Sandon Hotel, Sandon post office, Slocan Mercantile Building, store, and Virginia Hotel/Virginia Block

Locations: Sandon

Physical Description:
1 b/w negative (35 mm)

Notes:
Bird's-eye view of downtown Sandon, 1941. Main Street is built atop flume containing Carpenter Creek. L-R: Black's store, post office, Pat Burns building, Hunter building (Slocan Mercantile), Virginia block, Palace Hotel, Reco Hotel. Building at right foreground is part of Sandon Hotel. Ruth Hope Mine mill (burned 1961) at top right on hillside.