3 outstanding questions finally answered
When was the Salmo bridge built? When was Rivervale named? Why doesn’t Nelson have a Robert Hampton Gray school? At last we have answers.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Sep 20, 2021
- 3 min
5 doctored West Kootenay postcards
Long before Photoshop, postcard publishers were using airbrushes and other tools to alter images.
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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
- Mar 17, 2019
- 14 min
10 West Kootenay Boundary drive-in theatres
Is anything more nostalgic (at least to certain generations) than a drive-in theatre? From 1947 to 2003, at least 10 of them operated in...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Feb 2, 2019
- 7 min
5 things I’d like to know
Here’s a list of local historical questions I wish I could answer. 1) What happened to the Nelson firebug? In 1911-12, Nelson’s fire...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Dec 24, 2018
- 6 min
5 phantom cemeteries
Of the 100 or so cemeteries in West Kootenay/Boundary, two dozen can no longer be visited because they were either flooded out, exhumed,...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Sep 22, 2018
- 4 min
5 BC premiers named John with West Kootenay ties
Here’s the oddest list I’ve come up with yet. Five guys who a) were premier of BC, b) had some connection to our area, and c) were named...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Jun 6, 2018
- 8 min
18 West Kootenay/Boundary schools named after people
There was a time (primarily in the 1950s) where it was common practice to honour individuals (usually trustees and other politicians) by...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Apr 24, 2018
- 5 min
7 oddities in West Kootenay/Boundary directories
Like anything else, phone books and civic directories are obviously prone to mistakes. Still, I wonder how some of the following...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Feb 19, 2018
- 9 min
3 little-known Nelson heritage buildings
Nelson boasts about 350 heritage buildings — commercial, residential, and institutional — based on those listed in 1981 in Nelson: A...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Feb 10, 2018
- 10 min
6 Kootenay sites connected to Hockey’s Royal Family
From 1907 to 1911, members of the Patrick family lived in Nelson while operating a lumber company that owned timber limits in the Slocan...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Feb 1, 2018
- 5 min
7 men who were mayor of Sandon (and 3 who weren’t)
During its 22 years as a bona fide city, Sandon had seven mayors — and four receivers. Sandon city hall was built in 1900 following a...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Feb 1, 2018
- 2 min
3 ways Waneta didn’t get its name
I’ve long written a weekly series for the local Black Press newspapers about West Kootenay/Boundary place names. In my installment on...
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