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Service with a smile: 32 years of pumping propane on the Cariboo Highway

Miles St. Amand, from Best Buy Propane, is just about one of the kindest people you’ll ever meet
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Always with a smile on his face, Miles St. Amand has been working at the gas station, now called Best Buy Propane, for 32 years. (Kim Kimberlin photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

He’s a quiet man by nature, but just about the kindest and happiest one you’ll ever meet.

You’ll find Miles St. Amand Monday through Friday at Best Buy Propane on Cariboo Hwy, where he’s been working since Oct. 1, 1991, he said — the only thing he had written down on a piece of paper when meeting with the Tribune.

In 1991, the gas station was called Del’s Propane and was located down by CN Rail.

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Kim Kimberlin, Local Journalism Initiative

About the Author: Kim Kimberlin, Local Journalism Initiative

My journey into writing began as a child filling journals with my observations and eventually, using my camera.
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