This Atlin property is for sale privately. Please contact the owners directly. Thank you! CM
Atlin is the most beautiful place on Earth; in any season, in any weather.
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The Garrett Store
The Garrett Store on Atlin's Historic Pearl Avenue
You can own The Garrett Store, an important piece of Atlin history. Contact Carolyn Moore at 250-651-0015. It can be a seasonal store, with its own rustic pied-a-terre attached. Or the store itself can be a bright and funky year round retreat.
BUILT in 1917
History of The Garrett Store
John and Mary Garrett built The Garrett Store in 1917, after fire destroyed most of the town core. They sold groceries, dry goods, raw furs, and Mrs. Garrett's fresh baked bread. The storefront is original, right down to the brass thumb latch on the front door. The wooden threshold is worn with years of foot traffic.
The store is built and finished entirely of Douglas Fir - walls, floors, ceilings, counters and shelves. All original woodwork remains to this day.
The Fir would have been shipped up the coast to Skagway, over the narrow-gauge White Pass Railway to Bennett, and then brought through the lake system by boat to Atlin. The design of The Garrett Store is very similar to the well-known Matthew Watson General Store which was built in Carcross in 1910. The wood for that store would have come up by the same route.
(PHOTOS ARE OF PEARL AVENUE CIRCA 1927.THEY WERE TAKEN BY AN ATLIN PHOTOGRAPHER NAMED TAYLOR. HIS SHOP WAS IN THE BUILDING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF PEARL AVENUE. THE AWNINGS TO THE LEFT BELONG TO THE GARRETT STORE.)
When the Garretts finally closed the store, they left behind a calendar turned to May 1941; that same calendar can still be seen in the righthand window where it has hung for over half a century. The original weigh scale is on display in the store, as are many artifacts from that era, all on loan from private collections or from the the Atlin Historical Society.
The Garretts had living quarters adjoining the rear of the store: kitchen, parlour and two bedrooms, with a separate entrance. The deck at the front, built in 2001, faces south and west. It's a haven for soaking up spring sunshine. Year 'round there is a magnificent view across Atlin Lake to Atlin Mountain and down Torres Channel.
The store has changed little since the Garretts left in 1941. The few owners since then, have been responsible stewards of the building, so that future generations might enjoy it. Electrical and telephone services were installed in 1997; there is no running water. Insulation was installed in the roof of the store in 2002. The store has operated seasonally since 1998 selling local artwork, ice cream, and coffee. This sale is for the building only, not the business.
The Garrett Store
Yours for $124,500 CD
You can own The Garrett Store, an important piece of Atlin history. Contact Carolyn Moore at 250-651-0015.