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 Silvery Slocan Museum - New Denver, BC Posted by:  T0SHEA
N 49° 59.501 W 117° 22.598
11U E 473003 N 5537773
On the corner of Bellevue Avenue and 6th Avenue in downtown New Denver, this former Bank of Montreal is now the Silvery Slocan Museum.
Waymark Code: WMJY8Y
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 01/15/2014
Views: 3
This was the first Bank of Montreal built in British Columbia, having been built in 1896, at the height of the silver boom in the Slocan area of BC. This building, then, is a perfect choice of location for a local history museum as it lived to witness most of the ups and downs in the history of the Silvery Slocan. Its vault even held much of the silver which came out of the area's mines.
New Denver itself is in the Slocan Valley but the silver strikes occurred to the east in the Sandon area. New Denver, being on a railroad and a navigable lake, became a transportation and supply centre and a jumping off point to the Sandon area. As a result, the Bank of Montreal built its first BC bank here, to cash in on the silver boom.
The New Denver Visitor Centre is also housed within the former bank.
Theme:
This museum houses local history, particularly that of the boom years of mining in the area, from around the turn of the twentieth century.
Street Address:
202 - 6th Avenue
New Denver,
British Columbia V0G 1S0
Food Court: no
Gift Shop: no
Hours of Operation:
Open 10:00 am to 2:00 pm from May long weekend until Canada Day (July 1), then 9:00 am to 5:00 pm every day until Labour Day.
Cost: 2.00 (listed in local currency)
Museum Size: Small
Relevant Web Site: [Web Link]
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