THE KÜTNE READER

An envelope that sold on eBay for an eye-popping price has a connection to a man convicted of bank robbery and embezzlement.

Lighthouses on the Arrow Lakes? Yes, they existed! But nothing has been written about them until now. This post illuminates the subject.

Larry Kwong was the first Chinese Canadian to play senior hockey in the Kootenays. But he was not the only one.

Peter V. Verigin often travelled between Doukhobor settlements on horse-drawn carriages, carts, and sleighs. But whatever became of them?

Rare slides reveal some interesting views of the Boundary on a summer’s day. With a digression about the Grand Forks-Bossburg stage lines.

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.

Three images sold online tell the story of transportation in the area.

South Slocan has taken it on the chin in the last 20 years, having lost 10 heritage buildings, although an equal number still stand.

South Slocan’s biggest heritage building was torn down in December. Part of it dated to 1918.

Before Evel Knievel was a motorcycle stuntman, he was Bob Knievel, hockey player.

Nelson has but one street named after itself, Nelson Avenue. But Trail has had four different streets and avenues named Nelson.

A ghost story from 1911 that has never been reprinted: how a phantom helped a prospector discover a valuable nugget.

The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League’s beginnings have long been mired in confusion. The league’s own website is wrong.

A 113-year-old school bell is expected to be returned soon to a prominent place in Salmo. But what happened to its plaque?

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?

In June 2018, the Salmo Valley Historical Society got a peek inside the Salmo Hotel, including the second floor and basement.

Was the Salmo Hotel built in 1896? 1912? 1932? 1981? Find out here and a whole lot more.

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.