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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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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Greg Nesteroff
- Mar 31, 2022
- 5 min
Little-known Nelson heritage buildings: The Nelson House annex
The last remaining portion of an early Nelson hotel is still standing in the middle of downtown.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Jun 29, 2021
- 11 min
Pioneer women of West Kootenay: Martha Collins
Martha Collins was a pioneer prospector and hotel keeper whose name was once known in every mining camp in the west.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Nov 9, 2020
- 13 min
8 lesser-known Trail hotels
While Trail has had several famous hotels, here is a list of some others that didn't receive nearly the same attention.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Sep 13, 2019
- 2 min
Then & Now: The Arlington Hotel
Here is another photo from a series of negatives I recently purchased showing Trail in 1953. Pictured is the intersection of Bay and...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Mar 23, 2019
- 17 min
The hotels of Pilot Bay
This week, a rare envelope from the Hotel Pilot Bay, postmarked 1897, sold on eBay for $115 US. Making it all the more appealing, it was...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Nov 22, 2018
- 4 min
The hotel murals of Jack Lines
One of West Kootenay’s least known attractions is an amazing map of the Kootenays and Okanagan in the pub of the Salmo Hotel, created in...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Jul 27, 2018
- 2 min
Lost buildings: Silver Ledge Hotel
Although I’m rarely on the cutting edge of technology, I was the first person I knew to own a digital camera, purchased directly from...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Jun 10, 2018
- 8 min
The first Fruitvale Hotel
You’d think if fire destroyed a town’s business district, the date would be well documented. Not in Fruitvale’s case. Much of the town...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Mar 30, 2018
- 12 min
Hyde, Titsworth, and the Silver King Hotel
A few months ago I was forwarded this tattered but terrific photo, previously unseen (at least by me). It shows the Silver King Hotel and...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Mar 12, 2018
- 1 min
Lost buildings: Last call at Trail’s Union Hotel
The City of Trail bought the Union Hotel (pictured below) and a neighbouring building last year with plans to tear them down and sell the...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Jan 15, 2018
- 3 min
The New Zealand Hotel(s)
Jada Regis of the Northport Historical Society recently came across a gunnysack full of old paper from the Kendrick store and Northport...
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