THE KÜTNE READER

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?

Michael Cone writes of a forgotten picnic mecca and home of world champions across the lake from Nelson.

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.

The last remaining portion of an early Nelson hotel is still standing in the middle of downtown.

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?

Fire alarm boxes were part of Nelson’s urban landscape from 1903-80, but they were frequently mistaken for mailboxes.