Downtown Sandon

1898

1 photograph : black and white

At the height of the mining boom. Sandon boasted a population of 3,000 with 200-300 miners working at a single camp. A fire in 1900 and the flood of Carpenter Creek (centre of photo) in 1955 destroyed most of the old buildings seen here.

Cities & towns

Sandon (B.C.)

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