When did traffic lights appear in West Kootenay? That is, of the red-amber-green variety. We can pinpoint the exact date.

A prolific artist whose work is well known on New York’s Long Island also created landscapes of West Kootenay mining towns in the mid-1890s.

This postcard view of Creston, taken between 1942 and 1947, appeals to me immensely for several reasons.