THE KÜTNE READER

Bits of three buildings that burned in Nelson in 1972 and 1976 are still with us, but you have to know what you’re looking at.

A 145-year-old beautiful chalice tells stories but also holds mysteries, as explained in this guest post. 

For a period in the 1910s and ‘20s, if you wanted to rent transportation, you’d head to the nearest livery stable and be asked: “What’ll it be, horse or auto?”

In 1962, plans were unveiled to build a three-storey addition to Nelson’s Hume Hotel.

A roundup of unusual stories, including a long-haired mail carrier, and a couple who married in their mid-80s.

Hundreds of people pass by it every day. Few know what it is.

If the greatest name in jazz history performed at the Civic Arena, how many people would turn up?

Nelson is widely acknowledged as having many heritage buildings and sites. But how many exactly? The answer is complicated.

A rare photo shows a piece of Nelson industrial heritage under construction in 1900.

Sixty years ago, the Canadian Alpine Ski Association and Notre Dame University embarked on what was dubbed the “Education Plus...

Peter V. Verigin often travelled between Doukhobor settlements on horse-drawn carriages, carts, and sleighs. But whatever became of them?

Intriguing links exist between Nelson and New Brunswick, involving some of its most prominent early settlers.

The West Kootenay connection to a famous but divisive fishing lure.

Nelson has but one street named after itself, Nelson Avenue. But Trail has had four different streets and avenues named Nelson.

What happened to the bars from the Reco, Sandon, and Hume hotels?

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.

The singer-songwriter behind Don’t Worry Be Happy spent at least one month of his youth in Nelson.

Intrigued by a photo of the charred remains of boathouses in Nelson, Michael Cone tracks down what happened.

Exactly when did Nelson’s iconic coffee shop and newsstand open? And when did it move to its longtime location?

For a few years, the largest library in Nelson was in the courthouse basement. Where did it go?