Jas. R. Hunnex Building - Salmo, BC
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA
N 49° 11.666 W 117° 16.774
11U E 479631 N 5449107
Right on Railway Avenue, aka Highway 6, in its purple and yellow garb, this building is pretty hard to miss.
Waymark Code: WMY1W3
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 04/03/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member veritas vita
Views: 1

But, just in case you do, it's right across the street from the Salmo Railway Station, a Canadian National Historic Site, and most of a block south of the hotel.

Built in 1934 as a drug store by James Hunnex, this was the first brick building to be built in Salmo. Hunnex was 81 when he built this building, coming out of a forced retirement which occurred when his drug store in Erie, a few kliks west of Salmo, burned down. Hunnex died just four years later, at the age of 85. Besides the store in Erie, Hunnex had previously owned stores in Waterloo (later to become Ootischenia [just east of Castlegar]) and Trail.

Not much more is known of the fate of this store, but it is now the home of the Dragonfly Restaurant, a full service restaurant offering breakfast, lunch and dinner and internet service, to boot.

For the benchmark hunters, there's a benchmark (96T) in the front of the building, in the centre of the north cornerstone, less than a foot above the sidewalk, below the diamond, painted yellow.
Department Number, Category Name, and Waymark Code:
2-Buildings • Dated Buildings and Cornerstones • 1934 - Jas. R. Hunnex Building • WMH571
3-Business • Independent Diners • Dragonfly Cafe • WMFC67
4-Culture • Mosaics • Placer Miner • WMG0NK
5-Entertainment • History Museums • Salmo Museum • WMG0NZ
7-Measurement • Canadian Benchmarks • 96T - Salmo, BC • WMF7GJ
11-Recreation • Roadside Attractions • Salmo Stone Murals • WMFXG4
14-Technology • Wi-Fi Hotspots • Dragonfly Cafe • WMH579


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