Little-known Nelson heritage buildings: The Nelson House annex
The last remaining portion of an early Nelson hotel is still standing in the middle of downtown.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Feb 20, 2022
- 9 min
Fun with the 2021 census
It’s fascinating to see what changes the 2021 census captured compared to 2016, particularly in the West Kootenay/Boundary.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Feb 6, 2022
- 6 min
Leonard Cheshire’s vet colony
Britain’s most celebrated bomber pilot planned to start a veterans commune at New Denver in 1947.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Jan 28, 2022
- 6 min
Nelson’s smallest commercial block
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?
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Greg Nesteroff
- Dec 12, 2021
- 7 min
Fire alarm box No. 25
Fire alarm boxes were part of Nelson’s urban landscape from 1903-80, but they were frequently mistaken for mailboxes.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Dec 1, 2021
- 4 min
Mysteries of the Chamber of Mines
When was the Chamber of Mines building in Nelson built? And what's up with the date on the tile in the sidewalk?
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Greg Nesteroff
- Oct 28, 2021
- 4 min
Lost buildings: The Defeo home
You would never guess that there was once a good-size home and extensive gardens at 75 Government Road in Nelson.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Oct 25, 2021
- 13 min
Letters from the End of Track
Five envelopes mailed in 1885 by a CPR camp cook working near present-day Revelstoke have sold at auction for nearly $7,000.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Oct 5, 2021
- 4 min
Reminders of the Nelson Iron Works
Keep your head down and you might spot the handiwork of an iron foundry that went out of business 80 years ago.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Sep 28, 2021
- 2 min
Lost buildings: The Yahk lock-up
Here are two photos of the old Yahk police station/lock-up that I took on Aug. 11, 2004. This building has long since disappeared.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Sep 22, 2021
- 4 min
Architectural clones: British American service stations
A derelict gas station at Wynndel has a fully-restored twin in Newtonville, Ont.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Sep 20, 2021
- 3 min
5 doctored West Kootenay postcards
Long before Photoshop, postcard publishers were using airbrushes and other tools to alter images.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Sep 14, 2021
- 8 min
Fake news, 1890: The $10,000 wedding proposal
A Kootenay teacher was once offered a small fortune by a bride-to-be in Minnesota, sight unseen. Who was he and what happened?
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Greg Nesteroff
- Aug 27, 2021
- 7 min
Architectural clones: The Nelson and Revelstoke courthouses
The first purpose-built courthouses in Nelson and Revelstoke looked nearly identical, a matter of some architectural intrigue.
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Jonathan Kalmakoff and Greg Nesteroff
- Aug 4, 2021
- 14 min
Doukhobors at Procter and Sunshine Bay
The 1918 and 1919 civic directories listed a Doukhobor beekeeping colony at Procter. Who were they?
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Greg Nesteroff
- Aug 4, 2021
- 6 min
Ainsworth, 1915-16
A terrific, rare postcard of Ainsworth sold last month on eBay. Here’s a closer look at some of the buildings depicted.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Jul 29, 2021
- 5 min
Back alley brick buildings
A walk down some Trail and Nelson alleys reveals surprises in brick.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Jul 13, 2021
- 19 min
The Ottawa Silver Mining and Milling mill
Concrete ruins adjacent to the Springer Creek campground in Slocan are from an unusual intersection of mining and Japanese-Canadian history.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Jun 29, 2021
- 11 min
Pioneer women of West Kootenay: Martha Collins
Martha Collins was a pioneer prospector and hotel keeper whose name was once known in every mining camp in the west.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Jun 16, 2021
- 4 min
Beavervale and other oddities
The search for Beavervale, Kelleys school, and the Warfield Police Department.
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