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When the Hall brothers of Colville, Washington discovered substantial deposits of copper and silver on Toad Mountain in British Columbia in 1886, the rush was on and the Silver King mine and the founding of Nelson followed rapidly. With the mine came the need for transportation routes and Nelson expanded quickly, building wagon roads, railroads, and launching steamboats to move the ore. Although operations at the Silver King mine and the associated smelter began to founder by the turn of the century, the impact on Nelson and the surrounding community was irreversible. This exhibition explores how the discovery of silver left its social, economic and industrial legacy on this community.
