THE KÜTNE READER

Most West Kootenay/Boundary towns have an obvious primary commercial thoroughfare. However, it’s not always the one originally intended.

The two things Tom Murphy was best known for happened within three months of each other: fighting Nelson’s deadliest fire and an epic swim.

Three spectacular slides give us a glimpse of downtown Trail buildings and businesses more than 60 years ago.

Grohman Narrows Park has been many things, including a Doukhobor ranch and the site of a First Nations battle.

A couple of postcards sold on eBay, both mailed in 1908 to a Miss Kitty Hope of Sandon. Who was she?

Sandon produced a Hall of Fame NHL goaltender. But Tiny Thompson’s relationship with his birthplace has not been explored — until now.

Nelson once had a floating dance pavilion and a large clubhouse for the boat club, both at the foot of Josephine Street.

Homes at 801 Victoria St., 1498 Cedar Ave., and 1560 Bay Ave. were covered up by commercial storefronts, but continue to peek out overtop.

The story behind a charming painting created more than 75 years ago. At least two people who were there that day are still around.

The little-known story of how Prairie Doukhobor radicals attempted to settle in British Columbia in 1902.

In the 1930s, a Kaslo resident claimed to be the first — and for a time, only — woman in Canada digging graves.

Folk singer Pete Seeger said he once performed a concert in Trail. But when?

A man Miles Davis called “the greatest musician in the world” briefly went to school in Nelson.

Several different bridges have crossed the North Fork of the Kettle River since 1894.

While Trail has had several famous hotels, here is a list of some others that didn't receive nearly the same attention.

New discoveries reveal that Doukhobors were finding their way to British Columbia several years before a mass migration began in 1908.

The full story of the former Doukhobor headquarters in Nelson.

A look at the development of Ainsworth Hot Springs resort from the 1930s to the '60s as seen through ephemera.

Did former Montreal Wanderers goalie Art Boyce (aka Boyes) play for Nelson in 1917? Spoiler: no. It’s a case of mistaken identity.

Names scratched on bricks outside the Sandon museum are some of the few reminders of the town's days as a Japanese-Canadian internment camp.