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[Kootenay] [Rockies] Circa 1910 Elk Valley Mining, Michel Town & Area Photos

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n.p. c. 1910. Loose Photographs. Four circa 1910 vernacular photographs, each measuring c. 3.5 x 3.5 inches, showing various aspects of a once vibrant East Kootenay, Rocky Mountain mining town. Photos w. minor wear, creases, spots and fading, one w. a tiny chip from upper corner - not affecting image - all still capable of revealing interesting historical details of the immediate area and surrounds. Readily identifiable in one are the Michel Hotel, the Trites-Woods Michel Store and the Michel Train station with tunnel entrances and foot paths visible higher up on the hillside across the river, another shows a Dinky engine positioned to drop coal into the Coke ovens, while another shows a tunnel entrance with scaffolding on one side, the fourth shows the surrounding Elk Valley mountains and landscape. Very Good. Item #5484

Today, not even a ghost town remains of the town of Michel or her adjoining neighbors, Middletown and Natal, as all three were consolidated into the single town of Sparwood, BC.

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