SANDON GHOST TOWN BC

Sandon was called the Monte Carlo of North America. It was the capital of the Silvery Slocan. In the late 1800s, over 5,000 people made this boomtown their home. And just like in old movie boomtowns, there were hotels (29), saloons (28), houses of ill-repute (85)!, breweries (3), a handful of churches, sawmills, a school, a hospital, 2 newspapers, theatres and operas houses, a bowling alley and curling rink, and even a cigar factory. Providing electricity for all this development was the first hydroelectric utility in British Columbia.

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