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
- 8 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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Greg Nesteroff
- Mar 19
- 7 min
Corner stores: Joffe’s Confectionery
A large building across from Butler Park in Trail is a little-known legacy of the city’s Jewish community.
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Michael A. Cone
- Feb 12
- 6 min
Remembering Luna Park
Michael Cone writes of a forgotten picnic mecca and home of world champions across the lake from Nelson.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Feb 6
- 7 min
Waneta in postcards and other ephemera
Presenting six rare or never-before-seen postcards of Waneta recently sold online and probably dating to the 1910s.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Jan 8
- 3 min
Then & Now: 1200 block of Bay Avenue in Trail
Another in a series of negatives I bought a few years ago showing Trail in 1953 or so.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Dec 12, 2022
- 8 min
Mysteries of Comaplix
Wherein I try to figure out more about a woman depicted on a postcard — and reveal some puzzling findings about a murdered brothel keeper.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Dec 4, 2022
- 3 min
Sandon token fetches $610 at auction
The cachet associated with the ghost town of Sandon probably drove up the auction price of a trade token from the Hotel Reco.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Nov 21, 2022
- 1 min
The thing under the Trail bridge
A stone and mortar structure sits beneath Trail’s Victoria Street bridge. What the heck is it?
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Greg Nesteroff
- Nov 13, 2022
- 4 min
Then & Now: The Kinnaird Hall
The first heritage building identified in Kinnaird, the community hall was built in 1944 and saved from demolition by the Carpenters Union.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Nov 6, 2022
- 6 min
Seth Martin’s mask
Exactly when did legendary Trail Smoke Eaters goaltender start wearing a mask? And was it before or after Jacques Plante did the same thing?
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Greg Nesteroff
- Oct 30, 2022
- 3 min
The phantom miner of Crawford Bay
A ghost story from a local mine, presented for the first time in 121 years.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Oct 25, 2022
- 2 min
Trail’s Elma Hotel
Where was the Elma Hotel in Trail? And who was Elma?
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Greg Nesteroff
- Oct 9, 2022
- 4 min
Pickles the driving dog and other oddities
A few curious things: a dog behind the wheel, a basketball team named the Comincos, and Yale University helps tear down buildings in Trail.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Sep 26, 2022
- 4 min
The Sheep Creek boulder
One day in Sheep Creek, a giant boulder came crashing down the mountainside, flattening the front end of a car and hitting a house.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Aug 2, 2022
- 7 min
The night the Newmarket Hotel burned
When fire destroyed the Newmarket Hotel in October 1973, New Denver lost its greatest heritage building, constructed 80 years earlier.
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