THE KÜTNE READER

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.

When was the Chamber of Mines building in Nelson built? And what's up with the date on the tile in the sidewalk?

You would never guess that there was once a good-size home and extensive gardens at 75 Government Road in Nelson.

Keep your head down and you might spot the handiwork of an iron foundry that went out of business 80 years ago.

Long before Photoshop, postcard publishers were using airbrushes and other tools to alter images.

The first purpose-built courthouses in Nelson and Revelstoke looked nearly identical, a matter of some architectural intrigue.

A walk down some Trail and Nelson alleys reveals surprises in brick.

Photos of the destruction caused by the Nelson fire bug of 1911-12 have improbably turned up.

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.

Grohman Narrows Park has been many things, including a Doukhobor ranch and the site of a First Nations battle.

Nelson once had a floating dance pavilion and a large clubhouse for the boat club, both at the foot of Josephine Street.

A man Miles Davis called “the greatest musician in the world” briefly went to school in Nelson.