The Royal B.C. Museum has microfilmed the store’s records which extend from the first small store, predating the current building, in the late 1800s and into 1960.
The main floor of the building served as a gathering place while a store clerk filled shopping orders. Patenaude said the store cannot be dismantled log by log and shipped to a new site. The individual logs would warp and make it reassembly difficult. As well, the store is lined with rows and rows of shelving attached to walls.
Northern Building Movers’ owner Bill Cash said the store could be moved in one or two sections, but two sections could reduce power and communications lines removal as the height is reduced.
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