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UER Forum > Archived Canada: Alberta / BC > sandon, bc. (Viewed 206 times)
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sandon, bc.
< on 6/17/2005 9:56 PM >
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anyone been to sandon?? i hear it is one of the best ghost towns.

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Re: sandon, bc.
<Reply # 1 on 6/18/2005 4:56 AM >
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Nope, but i've lived in nelson for a winter! i was lucky enough to get a job at fort steele for a month, and volunteer my evenings for working on steam loco's there! Ghost town's are worth the trip. Going to a library before hand and doing research makes it even better! The kootenays are a great place to spend time doing UE! Live Free! (ps Nelson to Cran is a great ride, wink!)

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Re: sandon, bc.
<Reply # 2 on 6/19/2005 3:31 PM >
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i hear ya. lots of info on the net about sandon. i believe pop. of 10000 at one point now just a handful. it is in the infamous valley of the ghosts. going to have to make a trip

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Re: sandon, bc.
<Reply # 3 on 7/12/2005 6:34 PM >
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Sandon existed from the 1890s until 1955, when Carpenter Creek washed most of it away. From the 1920s and 1930s, Sandon became nearly empty as silver prices tumbled. During WWII, Sandon became a Japanese internment camp, but after the war, its streets were quiet again. At its peak, there were an estimated 5000 residents (some say that's an exaggeration - hard to tell) there, with two competing railways winding into the narrow valley. Further up lies Cody, another mining town that never really went anywhere - but there are still traces of the mines all throughout the area. Between Kaslo and New Denver, the "ghost" towns include Nashton/Zwicky, Whitewater, McGuigan, Zincton, Three Forks, Alamo and countless other mines long lost. The old rail grade of the Kaslo and Slocan Railway still clings to the mountainside, high above the valley floor below, and becomes the road bed of Highway 41 between Kaslo and New Denver. Only a few buildings remain in Sandon - these include City Hall (1900), the Silversmith Powerhouse (a Pelton wheel powered plant in operation for over 100 years), the Tinsmith Cafe, Eugene Peterson's house (the last resident of the old community, who cared for it when everyone else had gone), the only brick building built in Sandon (once a store, now a museum) some of the houses of the redlight district, and a few other houses. The area is rich with history, though much of it lies now only in the past, and in our imaginations, if we look hard enough.

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