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
- 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
- Dec 1, 2020
- 3 min
Pete Seeger in Trail
Folk singer Pete Seeger said he once performed a concert in Trail. But when?
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Greg Nesteroff
- Nov 25, 2020
- 15 min
Gil Evans in Nelson
A man Miles Davis called “the greatest musician in the world” briefly went to school in Nelson.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Apr 12, 2020
- 6 min
Nellie McClung in Nelson
In 1937, prominent suffragette Nellie McClung visited Nelson. She wrote about it in her book More Leaves from Lantern Lane, a collection...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Mar 6, 2020
- 2 min
Victoria Hopper in Trail
1930s stage and film actress Victoria Hopper (1909-2007) spent part of her childhood in Trail. Although the city has done an excellent...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Nov 30, 2019
- 3 min
The Man of a Thousand Faces in Nelson
It’s sort of well known that before earning stardom as Frankenstein’s monster, Boris Karloff performed on the stage in Nelson. But it has...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Jan 10, 2019
- 2 min
Clark Gable in Kuskonook?
Helena White’s 1984 booklet, Sixty Bloomin’ Years: A History of Creston, British Columbia contains this statement on page 21: “Moviegoers...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Jul 21, 2018
- 2 min
Thomas Edison in Nelson
Inventor Thomas Edison (seen below in a Wikipedia photo) passed through Nelson 110 years ago. While his visit was fleeting, he told a...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Jul 13, 2018
- 10 min
Holy Grails of Kootenay history
Many’s the time I’ve come across something historically interesting in a newspaper only to: a) Fail to fully appreciate its significance...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Jun 13, 2018
- 7 min
William Randolph Hearst in West Kootenay
Did William Randolph Hearst (pictured below in a photo from Wikipedia), the larger-than-life American newspaper publisher who invented...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Mar 15, 2018
- 3 min
Bill Miner’s Nelson double
Notorious train robber Bill Miner had a lookalike in Nelson. This story appeared in the Nelson Daily News on Nov. 16, 1911 and was...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Mar 14, 2018
- 3 min
Bing Crosby in the Kootenay
Did crooner Bing Crosby (pictured below in a Wikpedia photo) hang out in the West Kootenay before stardom? There are several suggestions...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Mar 8, 2018
- 3 min
Jack London in the Kootenay
Did novelist Jack London once work in a tie camp at Lardeau? Jack London (Wikipedia/Little Pilgrimages, p. 235) The author is best known...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Dec 30, 2017
- 2 min
Nelson’s Disney imposter
In 1950, a man registered himself in a Vancouver hotel as Walt Disney. He certainly looked like the famed cartoonist. On that basis, he...
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