THE KÜTNE READER

The cachet associated with the ghost town of Sandon probably drove up the auction price of a trade token from the Hotel Reco.

A stone and mortar structure sits beneath Trail’s Victoria Street bridge. What the heck is it?

The first heritage building identified in Kinnaird, the community hall was built in 1944 and saved from demolition by the Carpenters Union.

Exactly when did legendary Trail Smoke Eaters goaltender start wearing a mask? And was it before or after Jacques Plante did the same thing?

A ghost story from a local mine, presented for the first time in 121 years.

Where was the Elma Hotel in Trail? And who was Elma?

A few curious things: a dog behind the wheel, a basketball team named the Comincos, and Yale University helps tear down buildings in Trail.

One day in Sheep Creek, a giant boulder came crashing down the mountainside, flattening the front end of a car and hitting a house.

When fire destroyed the Newmarket Hotel in October 1973, New Denver lost its greatest heritage building, constructed 80 years earlier.

In 1891, a man blazed his name onto a cedar tree. In 1899, someone scratched their initials on a rock face. Both remain to make us wonder.

Here’s something that’s not confusing at all: the area across the Columbia River from Trail used to be split into East Trail and Trail East.

From 1927 to 1934, Nelson’s senior men’s hockey team changed names four times. Why? Finding out is proving more challenging than I expected.

Seventy years ago this month, a group of American Quakers arrived in the Kootenays, looking for a new home.

The last remaining portion of an early Nelson hotel is still standing in the middle of downtown.

It’s fascinating to see what changes the 2021 census captured compared to 2016, particularly in the West Kootenay/Boundary.

Britain’s most celebrated bomber pilot planned to start a veterans commune at New Denver in 1947.

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?

Fire alarm boxes were part of Nelson’s urban landscape from 1903-80, but they were frequently mistaken for mailboxes.

When was the Chamber of Mines building in Nelson built? And what's up with the date on the tile in the sidewalk?

You would never guess that there was once a good-size home and extensive gardens at 75 Government Road in Nelson.