4 streets in Trail named Nelson
Nelson has but one street named after itself, Nelson Avenue. But Trail has had four different streets and avenues named Nelson.
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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
- Sep 3
- 5 min
The riddle of Davies and Seventh
You'd never guess it today, but from 1950 to the mid-1970s, the corner of Davies and Seventh in Nelson was a busy commercial crossroads.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Aug 6
- 3 min
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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Michael A. Cone
- May 6
- 6 min
The Nelson boathouse fire of 1915
Intrigued by a photo of the charred remains of boathouses in Nelson, Michael Cone tracks down what happened.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Apr 8
- 3 min
Finding the dates on Wait’s
Exactly when did Nelson’s iconic coffee shop and newsstand open? And when did it move to its longtime location?
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Greg Nesteroff
- Apr 2
- 7 min
In search of Sheriff Tuck’s lost library
For a few years, the largest library in Nelson was in the courthouse basement. Where did it go?
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Michael A. Cone
- Feb 12
- 6 min
Remembering Luna Park
Michael Cone writes of a forgotten picnic mecca and home of world champions across the lake from Nelson.
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Greg Nesteroff
- May 24, 2022
- 7 min
Kokanees, Red Wings, Maple Leafs, and MRKs
From 1927 to 1934, Nelson’s senior men’s hockey team changed names four times. Why? Finding out is proving more challenging than I expected.
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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
- Jan 28, 2022
- 6 min
Nelson’s smallest commercial block
In 1922, J.E. Annable built a store on Baker Street that was only six feet wide. What was in it and what happened to it?
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Greg Nesteroff
- Dec 12, 2021
- 7 min
Fire alarm box No. 25
Fire alarm boxes were part of Nelson’s urban landscape from 1903-80, but they were frequently mistaken for mailboxes.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Dec 1, 2021
- 4 min
Mysteries of the Chamber of Mines
When was the Chamber of Mines building in Nelson built? And what's up with the date on the tile in the sidewalk?
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Greg Nesteroff
- Oct 28, 2021
- 4 min
Lost buildings: The Defeo home
You would never guess that there was once a good-size home and extensive gardens at 75 Government Road in Nelson.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Oct 5, 2021
- 4 min
Reminders of the Nelson Iron Works
Keep your head down and you might spot the handiwork of an iron foundry that went out of business 80 years ago.
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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
- Aug 27, 2021
- 7 min
Architectural clones: The Nelson and Revelstoke courthouses
The first purpose-built courthouses in Nelson and Revelstoke looked nearly identical, a matter of some architectural intrigue.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Jul 29, 2021
- 5 min
Back alley brick buildings
A walk down some Trail and Nelson alleys reveals surprises in brick.
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Greg Nesteroff
- May 20, 2021
- 5 min
What the Nelson fire bug wrought
Photos of the destruction caused by the Nelson fire bug of 1911-12 have improbably turned up.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Apr 28, 2021
- 4 min
Tom Murphy (1932-2021)
The two things Tom Murphy was best known for happened within three months of each other: fighting Nelson’s deadliest fire and an epic swim.
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