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How many heritage sites does Nelson have?
Nelson is widely acknowledged as having many heritage buildings and sites. But how many exactly? The answer is complicated.
Greg Nesteroff
Mar 216 min read
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What remains of the first Kaslo Hotel
Part of the original Kaslo Hotel is hiding in plain sight. This post explains why it has been obscured.
Greg Nesteroff
Mar 148 min read
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Why Highway 23 isn’t (and other Nakusp navigation nuisances)
Several highways and streets in and around Nakusp have vexed mapmakers.
Kyle Kusch
Mar 914 min read
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Johnny Cash and the Rockabillies in Trail
Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Wanda Jackson all performed in Trail as part of the same show in 1957.
Greg Nesteroff
Feb 129 min read
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Mountains, man, myth: The story of Bill Drinnan
Visitors to Valhalla Provincial Park will be familiar with Drinnan Peak, Pass and Lake. Not many know the story of the man behind the name.
Anitra Minette Winje
Feb 416 min read
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Maintaining the wire: The story of a forgotten telegraph line
Maintaining the telegraph service between Nelson and Kootenay Landing between 1898 and 1930 was not for the faint of heart.
Michael A. Cone
Feb 111 min read
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12 endangered structures of West Kootenay/Boundary
Here are 11 buildings and one bridge that are still standing but may not be around much longer.
Greg Nesteroff
Jan 157 min read
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More lost West Kootenay/Boundary buildings of the last 25 years
Here are over 65 more buildings that were demolished, burned, or otherwise lost since 2000 that I failed to photograph.
Greg Nesteroff
Jan 827 min read
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Lost West Kootenay/Boundary buildings of the last 25 years
An annotated gallery of photos I’ve taken since 2000 of buildings that no longer exist.
Greg Nesteroff
Jan 126 min read
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9 comments


The evolution of Trail hockey uniforms
The Trail Smoke Eaters’ famous logo has seen far more changes in the last 90 years than you think. So have their sweaters.
Greg Nesteroff
Dec 18, 202424 min read
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Bridges of the Pend d’Oreille
Four bridges have crossed the Canadian side of the Pend d’Oreille River, two of which still stand. Others were proposed.
Greg Nesteroff
Dec 10, 202417 min read
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Lost buildings: Silverton’s movie theatre
Silverton had its own moviehouse? Yes, indeed! Here is what I have been able to scrape together about it and the man who ran it.
Greg Nesteroff
Dec 1, 20244 min read
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Slocan City Miners’ Union ribbon sells for $1,003
The Western Federation of Miners had at least 22 locals in the Kootenay-Boundary, whose ribbons are highly coveted by collectors.
Greg Nesteroff
Nov 14, 20244 min read
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Lost buildings: Revisiting Trail’s Rio Theatre
Another look at East Trail’s short-lived moviehouse, its proprietor, and the disasters it faced.
Greg Nesteroff
Nov 8, 202410 min read
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Rare Nelson gas works photo sells for $305
A rare photo shows a piece of Nelson industrial heritage under construction in 1900.
Greg Nesteroff
Oct 31, 20246 min read
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The Coffee Creek coffeehouse
What happened to the coffeehouse and resort that existed at Coffee Creek in the late 1940s and early 1950s?
Greg Nesteroff
Oct 10, 20248 min read
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Notre Dame’s ski team experiment
Sixty years ago, the Canadian Alpine Ski Association and Notre Dame University embarked on what was dubbed the “Education Plus...
Greg Nesteroff
Sep 18, 20247 min read
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3 lost Northport buildings
Three little-known Northport buildings that have disappeared since 2007 each had intriguing stories.
Greg Nesteroff
Sep 4, 20246 min read
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Call the Vallican midwife
How is it that so many people were born in Vallican between 1923 and 1942? The answer is Nellie Innes.
Greg Nesteroff
Aug 29, 20247 min read
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Riddle of the Retallack schoolhouse
Was a cabin at Retallack once a school? Or a hideout for armed robbers?
Greg Nesteroff
Aug 19, 202421 min read
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