Slocan Mercantile General Store
| Feature Type: | Provincial Historic Site - Property, whether a site of nature or a work of man, that is of interest for its architectural, historical, cultural, environmental, aesthetic, or scientific value. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Tags: | BC Register of Historic Places |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°58'47"N, 117°13'48"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Borden number: DlQh-14. A Borden number is a unique identifier code that is assigned to an archaeological or historic site on the basis of its location. Source: BC Heritage Branch files |
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Designation; OIC 973; 10 June 1992. Source: BC Heritage Branch files |
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Built after a fire in 1900, the Slocan Mercantile Block is a brick commercial building located in Sandon, British Columbia. It has served as a general store, an apartment building for Japanese-Canadians interned during WW2, a bunkhouse for miners, and a warehouse. It is now a museum. Source: BC Heritage Branch files |