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
