2018.004.40 Here a picture of a little of last years flood is it a dirty looking mess.

Accession Num: 2018.004.40

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Document Date: 1933-06- - --

Donors: E. Annette Huyter and James Albert Terry

Creators: Walter Terry

Keywords: 1930s, Canadian Pacific Railway, Carpenter Creek, Carpenter Creek washout (1933), flood, Nakusp & Slocan Railway, and train

Locations: Sandon

Physical Description:
1 b/w photograph (13.5 cm x 8.3 cm)

Notes:
Debris strewn through downtown Sandon following washout, June 1933. The washout was caused by a slide of debris from the Silversmith Mine that emptied into Carpenter Creek via Sandon Creek, plugging the flume containing Carpenter Creek through downtown Sandon underneath Main Street and leaving debris strewn throughout the town. Canadian Pacific Railway track covered at centre.

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