Nelson is a city located in the Selkirk Mountains on the West Arm of Kootenay Lake in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada.
Known as “The Queen City” and acknowledged for its impressive collection of restored heritage buildings from its glory days in a regional silver rush, Nelson is one of the three cities forming the commercial and population core of the West Kootenay region, the others being Castlegar and Trail.
The city is the seat of the Regional District of Central Kootenay. It is represented in the provincial legislature by the riding of Nelson-Creston, and in the Parliament of Canada by the riding of Kootenay—Columbia.
These amazing photos from
Nelson Museum that captured people in the saloons in Nelson, B.C. from the 1890s.
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| Interior of the Tremont Hotel Saloon on Baker Street in Nelson, BC, 1891 |
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| Ten men in a hotel saloon in Nelson, BC, circa 1895 |
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| Four men posing in the Athabasca Saloon located at 101 Baker Street in Nelson, BC, circa 1899 |
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| Interior of the Royal Hotel Saloon located at 709 Stanley Street in Nelson, BC, 1899 |
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| Man behind bar of the Manhattan Saloon located at 505 Josephine Street in Nelson, BC, 1899 |
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| Man behind the bar at the Glue Pot Saloon located at 614 Vernon Street in Nelson, BC, circa 1899 |
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| Men at the Royal Hotel Saloon located at 709 Stanley Street in Nelson, BC, 1899 |
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| Men at the Royal Hotel Saloon located at 709 Stanley Street in Nelson, BC, 1899 |
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| Seventeen men, three women, and a dog in the Kootenay Hotel Saloon located at 518 Vernon Street in Nelson, BC, circa 1899 |
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| Six men in the Silver King Hotel Saloon which was located at 488 Baker Street in Nelson, BC, 1899 |
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| Three men in a saloon in Nelson, BC, 1899 |
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| Three men in the Hotel Phair Saloon located at 324 Victoria Street in Nelson, BC, 1899 |
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| Two men behind the bar at the Nelson House Saloon located on the corner of Hall and Vernon Streets in Nelson, BC, 1899 |
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| Two men behind the bar of the Hotel Phair Saloon located at 324 Victoria Street in Nelson, BC, 1899 |
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| Two men in the Office Saloon on Ward Street in Nelson, BC, circa 1899 |
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