Staying in Sandon BC, with Vida and Hal over the May long weekend to help them get the town ready for the season.

Huge fire in Sandon. Burning scrub and brush from the riverbank.


Tent Camping in Sandon BC.


Old Wooden water pipes with wire coils. Sandon BC

What is left of the floor that used to carry the creek through the town. Sandon BC


The creek through Sandon today



Natural spring water coming up through the ground, Sandon BC


Old Locomotive in Sandon BC



Old busses in Sandon BC. Exact fare please!


Ivanhoe street. Sandon BC


Brill Bus windows delaminating themselves. Very pretty shapes.


Inside a Brill Bus. Sandon. Apparently there was a Playboy photoshoot in one of these!


Corrosion. Why you should not rivet aluminum to steel. They make a battery when salt water hits it and corrode extra quickly.

459 vintage numbers






BRILL motor coaches. Canadian Car badge and logo


Pelton Water wheel. Turning high pressure water into electricity.



The old Caterpillar D7


Vintage Kenworth Truck. Sandon BC







Vintage Architecture in Sandon BC


Vintage Miner Helmet with rechargeable battery. Sandon BC


Sandon Hydroelectric Powerhouse

Hal and Dougie set up the signs


Dogs cooling off in the creek



Water coming into the Sandon Powerhouse


The high pressure water pipe that carries the water down the mountain


Powerhouse tool shed




Dougie and Doggie




Firehall No. 1 Sandon BC


Many extra rails from the old railroad
