4 streets in Trail named Nelson
Nelson has but one street named after itself, Nelson Avenue. But Trail has had four different streets and avenues named Nelson.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Oct 29
- 2 min
Ainsworth’s helpful ghost
A ghost story from 1911 that has never been reprinted: how a phantom helped a prospector discover a valuable nugget.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Oct 24
- 4 min
How old is the KIJHL, anyway?
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League’s beginnings have long been mired in confusion. The league’s own website is wrong.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Oct 2
- 5 min
Salmo’s school bell
A 113-year-old school bell is expected to be returned soon to a prominent place in Salmo. But what happened to its plaque?
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Greg Nesteroff
- Oct 1
- 5 min
The lost Rossland ski medal
In the 1960s, a medal from the 1900 Rossland Winter Carnival was found north of Oslo. Also: how did Ferguson get designated a heritage site?
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Greg Nesteroff
- Sep 25
- 2 min
Inside the Salmo Hotel
In June 2018, the Salmo Valley Historical Society got a peek inside the Salmo Hotel, including the second floor and basement.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Sep 21
- 14 min
How old is the Salmo Hotel, anyway?
Was the Salmo Hotel built in 1896? 1912? 1932? 1981? Find out here and a whole lot more.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Sep 7
- 11 min
Wandering hotel bars of West Kootenay
What happened to the bars from the Reco, Sandon, and Hume hotels?
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Greg Nesteroff
- Sep 3
- 5 min
The riddle of Davies and Seventh
You'd never guess it today, but from 1950 to the mid-1970s, the corner of Davies and Seventh in Nelson was a busy commercial crossroads.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Sep 1
- 9 min
What West Kootenay owes to Montana
Trail and Butte share certain nomenclature. The same guy built both of their smelters. And they have other ties too.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Aug 6
- 3 min
Bobby McFerrin in Nelson
The singer-songwriter behind Don’t Worry Be Happy spent at least one month of his youth in Nelson.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Jul 3
- 3 min
3 outstanding questions finally answered
When was the Salmo bridge built? When was Rivervale named? Why doesn’t Nelson have a Robert Hampton Gray school? At last we have answers.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Jun 24
- 3 min
The Chad Mitchell Trio in Trail
The Chad Mitchell Trio, who counted Trail native Mike Kobluk as a member, performed in Trail on Feb. 19, 1962.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Jun 12
- 4 min
Kaslo’s meat markets and other tales
Wherein we use a photo of a long-lost building in Kaslo as a jumping-off point looking at the history of Burns & Co. and Eric’s Meat Market.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Jun 4
- 12 min
The Newmarket Hotel guest register
I had the privilege of reading the guest book of a famous New Denver hotel from 1897 to 1899 that was rescued from a landfill.
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Greg Nesteroff
- May 7
- 9 min
Ruins of Ainsworth
What is the origin of a concrete ruin at Ainsworth Hot Springs across from the Fletcher store?
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Michael A. Cone
- May 6
- 6 min
The Nelson boathouse fire of 1915
Intrigued by a photo of the charred remains of boathouses in Nelson, Michael Cone tracks down what happened.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Apr 8
- 3 min
Finding the dates on Wait’s
Exactly when did Nelson’s iconic coffee shop and newsstand open? And when did it move to its longtime location?
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Greg Nesteroff
- Apr 2
- 7 min
In search of Sheriff Tuck’s lost library
For a few years, the largest library in Nelson was in the courthouse basement. Where did it go?
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Michael A. Cone
- Mar 30
- 7 min
The remarkable steam launches of Captain Troup
While James W. Troup was renowned for building sternwheelers in the West Kootenay, Michael Cone recounts three steam launches he owned.
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