Road Trip, Aug 19 2012

From Cherryville BC to Angel Falls then across on the Needles Ferry to Nakusp.

Then to Sandon, a 100 year old boom and bust mining town.

Then to Kaslo, across Kootenay Lake on the longest free Ferry ride in the World and to Heather’s Aunt and Uncle’s place north of Crawford Bay.

DSCN0561-120819 — Morning in the British Columbia Forest

DSCN0563-120819-2 — Rules for Camping in a B.C. Recreation site. Click on photo to enlarge

DSCN0564-120819 — Our neighbours in the Cherryville-Shuswap River campsite. Huge campers and trucks and RVs and children and loud music (they turned the Nickleback down at about 9pm, so that was good.)

DSCN0565-120819 — The totally unmarked entrance to the Cherryville campground

DSCN0566-120819 — The gas station at the corner of Highway 6 and Sugar Lake road. Cherryville. BC

DSCN0567-120819 — The gas station at the corner of Highway 6 and Sugar Lake road. Cherryville. B.C. Frank’s General Store

DSCN0568-120819 — Cherryville had five high school grads in 2012

DSCN0569-120819 — The Cherryville Artisans shop

DSCN0571-120819 — In between Cherryville and the Needles Ferry on Highway 6 there is Angel Falls and this very old abandoned log cabin.

DSCN0584-120819 — Inside the old log cabin. There was green paint or dye all over the place.

DSCN0573-120819 — Angel falls at the corner of Lightning Peak Road and Highway 6 where Inonoaklin Creek crosses the highway.

DSCN0574-120819 — Angel Falls, British Columbia; at the corner of Lightning Peak Road and Highway 6 where Inonoaklin Creek crosses the highway.

DSCN0587-120819 — The Needles Ferry across Lower Arrow Lake. British Columbia

DSCN0588-120819 — There are bunches of floating logs near the Needles Ferry.

DSCN0589-120819-2 — Nakusp, Valley of the Hot Springs MAP. Click to enlarge

IMG_5844-120819 — Huge corral of logs in the lake

IMG_5847-120819 — Log operation near the Needles Ferry

IMG_5849-120819 — Needles Rest Area, New Denver B.C.

IMG_5850-120819 — The Needles Cable Ferry

IMG_5852-120819 — Looking across Lower Arrow lake to the Ferry landing

IMG_5853-120819 — Lots of RVs in line for the Ferry

IMG_5855-120819 — Needles Ferry Service Hours

IMG_5862-120819 — The Needles Cable Ferry, British Columbia

IMG_5867-120819 — Little boat pushing around big logs in the lake

IMG_5872-120819 — Lower Arrow Lake, B.C.

IMG_5877-120819 — Cable and Pulley on the Needles Ferry

DSCN0591-120819 — The Needles Cable Ferry

DSCN0597-120819 — The Hut Drive Inn menu, Nakusp B.C.

DSCN0599-120819 — The HUT Drive Inn Restaurant, Nakusp B.C.

DSCN0600-120819 — So many milkshake flavours! Lemonade?

DSCN0602-120819 — The Hut used to have a huge tree to sit under. Sigh.

DSCN0606-120819 — Hut Burger, Nakusp, B.C.

DSCN0609-120819 — New Denver British Columbia

DSCN0610-120819 — Nice old buildings in New Denver B.C.

DSCN0611-120819-2 — Slocan-Kootenays Map. Campsites around New Denver, Kaslo, Nelson and Nakusp. There are three campsites in the Kokanee Glacier Par! (Click to enlarge)

DSCN0612-120819 — Sandon British Columbia

From Wikipedia:

“After the discovery of vast amounts of galena ore in Sandon, British Columbia, Canada by Eli Carpenter and Jack Seaton in 1891, prospectors flocked from around North America to stake their claims. Sandon was incorporated as a city in 1898^{[citation needed]} and for a few years had more than 500 residents, brothels and a booming economy.^[1] Two different railways raced to reach the town first; the Kaslo & Slocan Railway, connecting Sandon with nearby Kaslo, on Kootenay lake, and the Nakusp & Slocan Railway-Canadian Pacific, from New Denver and Nakusp. Significant acts of sabotage were committed upon both railroads. Well into the 1900s, the hills around Sandon were actively mined by mines such as the Silversmith, the Slocan Star and The Payne. Smaller communities, such as Cody and Three Forks appeared on the map, continuing to provide opportunity to the miners. Like the other silver towns of the era, Sandon faded with the silver prices, and in 1955, a massive flood of Carpenter Creek occurred, destroying most of the remaining buildings. After the flood, looters tore apart the remains of the many of the buildings.^[1]

Sandon was used a Japanese Canadian internment camp during World War II.“

Screen Shot 2012-08-30 at 12.44.35 PM — Sandon B.C. Between New Denver and Kaslo

DSCN0613-120819 — Horse Drawn Ore Wagon, Sandon BC

DSCN0616-120819 — Smashed Timbers along the Carpenter creek in Sandon

DSCN0618-120819 — CPR Steam Powered Locomotive #6947 in Sandon BC built 1908

IMG_5880-120819 — Old Steam Locomotive Sandon B.C.

IMG_5884-120819-2 — Old Locomotive in Sandon. Did some work in Winnipeg!

IMG_5886-120819 — Canadian Pacific Railway, Winnipeg. V4a September 1928

IMG_5893-120819 — Old 1950’s buses in Sandon BC (Brill Trolley Coaches)

From the Sandon website:

“The Canadian Car and Foundry was formed in November of 1909 with the amalgamation of three manufacturing companies. Canadian Car’s head office was in Montreal, but the plant where the Brills were built was in Fort William, Ont. (now present day Thunder Bay). In it’s early years, the CC&F produced a number of passenger and freight rail cars. During the second world war, aluminum bodied aircraft were constructed. After World War II, the Fort William plant was slated to be closed, but a last minute arrangement with the American Car and Foundry saw the design, and construction of the Brill Trolley Bus at the Fort William plant.

The CC&F with it’s talent in aluminum fabrication and the ACF with its experience in bus building formed a great team. Initially, intercity, and city buses were constructed using gas and diesel motors, but soon the need for an electric equivalent became apparent. Cities all around North America purchased the “Modern Brills” The electric bus was a thing of the future.

The Brill trolleys were manufactured until 1954. As always, fleets age and change to keep up with times. Since the 1940’s, 123 cities have dispensed with their trolley systems. Today, only seven cities in North America continue to run trolley fleets. The Vancouver Brill trolley fleet was the last fleet of Brills to operate when they were finally retired in 1984. The Brills were stored until 2001 when a decision was made to scrap the fleet.

In 2001, approximately 220 of the Brill trolley buses from the Vancouver fleet were scrapped. Five T-48’s arrived in Sandon BC as an effort to see part of the vintage trolley fleet survive including # 2166, 2201 and 2310. One further T-48, # 2408 arrived in Sandon in 2002 when the proposed Vancouver historic trolley route was cancelled due to budget shortages. An example of each variation of T-48 used in Vancouver has survived. Of the six Vancouver trolleys, two were formerly operated in Saskatoon # 2368, and Winnipeg # 2289. As Vancouver was the last City to operate Brill trolleys in revenue service, Brills from many other cities around North America came to Vancouver for spares as well as spare parts. Two such buses that ended up there were the ex Calgary transit system T-44 trolley buses (#446 and #459) boasting their original blue and cream CTS colours. These ex CTS trolleys were also moved to Sandon for preservation purposes. It is hoped that one day these Brills will either go to transportation museums, or be restored to operating condition and go back into revenue service in a historic fleet. Other Brill trolleys to escape the scrap yard were # 2355 and 2357 which went back to Thunder Bay to be cosmetically restored and repainted in the old Port Arthur and Fort William liveries. These 2300s were also ex Saskatoon Brills. 2340 was sent to the Illinois State Railway Museum. 2207 went to a museum near Atlanta GA.

In 2004, ex Winnipeg # 1636 was brought to Sandon from near Winnipeg to be added to the collection. Restoration of this unit has already started. In an effort to see these Brills remembered, some memorabilia, and parts were saved for resale.”