Greg NesteroffDec 7, 20203 minMaggie Bond, gravediggerIn the 1930s, a Kaslo resident claimed to be the first — and for a time, only — woman in Canada digging graves.
Greg NesteroffJun 30, 20204 minThe Abbott mine gravesIt was the end of the work day at the Abbott mine on Jan. 8, 1896. The property was at the head of Healy Creek, near Trout Lake, on the...
Greg NesteroffMar 14, 20197 minMurder at Salmo, 1893Salmo first came to prominence as the result of a bar room murder in 1893. The town — then little more than a cluster of shacks — was...
Greg NesteroffFeb 28, 20197 minA Japanese-Canadian soldier’s graveThe most unusual military grave in the Nelson cemetery is the one seen below, which belongs to Usaku Shibuta, who died at the Balfour...