THE KÜTNE READER

Visitors to Valhalla Provincial Park will be familiar with Drinnan Peak, Pass and Lake. Not many know the story of the man behind the name.

Maintaining the telegraph service between Nelson and Kootenay Landing between 1898 and 1930 was not for the faint of heart.

Here are 15 buildings and one bridge that may not be around much longer.

Here are over 65 more buildings that were demolished, burned, or otherwise lost since 2000 that I failed to photograph.

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.