THE KÜTNE READER

An annotated gallery of photos I’ve taken since 2000 of buildings that no longer exist.

The Trail Smoke Eaters’ famous logo has seen far more changes in the last 90 years than you think. So have their sweaters.

Four bridges have crossed the Canadian side of the Pend d’Oreille River, two of which still stand. Others were proposed.

Silverton had its own moviehouse? Yes, indeed! Here is what I have been able to scrape together about it and the man who ran it.

The Western Federation of Miners had at least 22 locals in the Kootenay-Boundary, whose ribbons are highly coveted by collectors.

Another look at East Trail’s short-lived moviehouse, its proprietor, and the disasters it faced.

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

What happened to the coffeehouse and resort that existed at Coffee Creek in the late 1940s and early 1950s?

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

Three little-known Northport buildings that have disappeared since 2007 each had intriguing stories.

How is it that so many people were born in Vallican between 1923 and 1942? The answer is Nellie Innes.

Was a cabin at Retallack once a school? Or a hideout for armed robbers?

A rare Christmas seal inflated the price of an envelope from a Trail hotel.

There is no doubt what Trout Lake’s oldest building is. But what about the runner-up?

How a set of lost keys were found inside a fish and returned to their owner.

A rare photo shows us one of the West Kootenay’s oldest buildings when it was brand new.

Was a respected chief engineer on an Arrow Lakes sternwheeler also an opium smuggler?

I bought this photo of the 1909 Gerrard football (soccer) team on eBay last month for a song. (One song = $8 US.) The seller was in...

Can a billboard be considered a heritage site? There’s been one at the same location in Trail for over 80 years.

The story of a rare jam tin from an obscure company that operated on the East Shore of Kootenay Lake in 1909.