THE KÜTNE READER

South Slocan has taken it on the chin in the last 20 years, having lost 10 heritage buildings, although an equal number still stand.

South Slocan’s biggest heritage building was torn down in December. Part of it dated to 1918.

Third in a series on local electric cars The most noteworthy early electric vehicle in our area belonged to a Kootenay lumber baron, the appropriately-named Alfred Edward (Ted) Watts (1856-1937). Known as a special touring phaeton, it was manufactured in London in 1903 by the City and Suburban Electric Carriage Co., based on the Columbia design by the Electric Vehicle Co. of Hartford. It cost £700 new, which is something like $34,000 Cdn today. Ad from an unknown publication.