The carriages of Peter (Lordly) Verigin
Peter V. Verigin often travelled between Doukhobor settlements on horse-drawn carriages, carts, and sleighs. But whatever became of them?
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Greg Nesteroff
Mar 104 min read
Greenwood and Phoenix, August 1958
Rare slides reveal some interesting views of the Boundary on a summer’s day. With a digression about the Grand Forks-Bossburg stage lines.
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Frances Welwood
Mar 88 min read
The Nelson-Fredericton connection
Intriguing links exist between Nelson and New Brunswick, involving some of its most prominent early settlers.
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Michael A. Cone
Mar 510 min read
The legendary Jack Lloyd: Effective, controversial, and enduring
The West Kootenay connection to a famous but divisive fishing lure.
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Greg Nesteroff
Mar 44 min read
Castlegar and Robson by train, plane, auto, and ferry
Three images sold online tell the story of transportation in the area.
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Greg Nesteroff
Feb 2648 min read
South Slocan heritage sites
South Slocan has taken it on the chin in the last 20 years, having lost 10 heritage buildings, although an equal number still stand.
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Greg Nesteroff
Jan 2719 min read
Lost buildings: South Slocan schoolhouse
South Slocan’s biggest heritage building was torn down in December. Part of it dated to 1918.
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Greg Nesteroff
Dec 18, 202311 min read
Evel Knievel’s Kootenay connection
Before Evel Knievel was a motorcycle stuntman, he was Bob Knievel, hockey player.
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Greg Nesteroff
Nov 27, 20232 min read
4 streets in Trail named Nelson
Nelson has but one street named after itself, Nelson Avenue. But Trail has had four different streets and avenues named Nelson.
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Greg Nesteroff
Oct 29, 20232 min read
Ainsworth’s helpful ghost
A ghost story from 1911 that has never been reprinted: how a phantom helped a prospector discover a valuable nugget.
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Greg Nesteroff
Oct 24, 20235 min read
How old is the KIJHL, anyway?
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League’s beginnings have long been mired in confusion. The league’s own website is wrong.
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Greg Nesteroff
Oct 2, 20235 min read
Salmo’s school bell
A 113-year-old school bell is expected to be returned soon to a prominent place in Salmo. But what happened to its plaque?
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Greg Nesteroff
Oct 1, 20235 min read
The lost Rossland ski medal
In the 1960s, a medal from the 1900 Rossland Winter Carnival was found north of Oslo. Also: how did Ferguson get designated a heritage site?
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Greg Nesteroff
Sep 25, 20232 min read
Inside the Salmo Hotel
In June 2018, the Salmo Valley Historical Society got a peek inside the Salmo Hotel, including the second floor and basement.
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Greg Nesteroff
Sep 21, 202315 min read
How old is the Salmo Hotel, anyway?
Was the Salmo Hotel built in 1896? 1912? 1932? 1981? Find out here and a whole lot more.
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Greg Nesteroff
Sep 7, 202312 min read
Wandering hotel bars of West Kootenay
What happened to the bars from the Reco, Sandon, and Hume hotels?
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Greg Nesteroff
Sep 3, 20235 min read
The riddle of Davies and Seventh
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.
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Greg Nesteroff
Sep 1, 202310 min read
What West Kootenay owes to Montana
Trail and Butte share certain nomenclature. The same guy built both of their smelters. And they have other ties too.
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Greg Nesteroff
Aug 6, 20233 min read
Bobby McFerrin in Nelson
The singer-songwriter behind Don’t Worry Be Happy spent at least one month of his youth in Nelson.
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Greg Nesteroff
Jul 3, 20234 min read
3 outstanding questions finally answered
When was the Salmo bridge built? When was Rivervale named? Why doesn’t Nelson have a Robert Hampton Gray school? At last we have answers.
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