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The carriages of Peter (Lordly) Verigin
Peter V. Verigin often travelled between Doukhobor settlements on horse-drawn carriages, carts, and sleighs. But whatever became of them?
Jonathan Kalmakoff and Greg Nesteroff
Mar 18, 202418 min read


Doukhobors at Procter and Sunshine Bay
The 1918 and 1919 civic directories listed a Doukhobor beekeeping colony at Procter. Who were they?
Jonathan Kalmakoff and Greg Nesteroff
Aug 4, 202114 min read


A place called Skalistoye
Grohman Narrows Park has been many things, including a Doukhobor ranch and the site of a First Nations battle.
Jonathan Kalmakoff and Greg Nesteroff
Apr 1, 202121 min read


Paradise denied
The little-known story of how Prairie Doukhobor radicals attempted to settle in British Columbia in 1902.
Jonathan Kalmakoff and Greg Nesteroff
Dec 11, 20208 min read


Pete Seeger in Trail
Folk singer Pete Seeger said he once performed a concert in Trail. But when?
Greg Nesteroff
Dec 1, 20203 min read


West Kootenay Boundary’s first Doukhobors
New discoveries reveal that Doukhobors were finding their way to British Columbia several years before a mass migration began in 1908.
Jonathan Kalmakoff and Greg Nesteroff
Oct 22, 20205 min read


Little-known Nelson heritage buildings: 120 Vernon St.
The full story of the former Doukhobor headquarters in Nelson.
Greg Nesteroff
Oct 13, 202016 min read


Peter (Lordly) Verigin’s lost prayer site
In July 2000, I visited Verigin’s Tomb (later renamed Verigin Memorial Park) at Brilliant, the burial site of Doukhobor leader Peter...
Greg Nesteroff
Jun 21, 20197 min read


The mysterious Metro Grishen
A rare picture has turned up of a man suspected of involvement in the 1924 train explosion that killed Peter (Lordly) Verigin.
Greg Nesteroff
Oct 20, 20184 min read


The Farron monument
I previously wrote about some strange circumstances surrounding the death of Doukhobor leader Peter V. Verigin in a train explosion near...
Greg Nesteroff
Jul 9, 20188 min read


15 curious things about Peter (Lordly) Verigin’s death
The death of Doukhobor leader Peter (Lordly) Verigin in a train explosion between Castlegar and Grand Forks on Oct. 29, 1924 is the West...
Greg Nesteroff
Jun 17, 201813 min read


Hills Community Hall
This little building in Hills, on the east side of Highway 6, began life in October 1934 as the Hunter Siding school. An earlier Hunter...
Greg Nesteroff
Feb 13, 20185 min read
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