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Jonathan Kalmakoff and Greg Nesteroff
Mar 18, 202418 min read
The carriages of Peter (Lordly) Verigin
Peter V. Verigin often travelled between Doukhobor settlements on horse-drawn carriages, carts, and sleighs. But whatever became of them?
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Greg Nesteroff
Nov 18, 20205 min read
Grand Forks’ North Fork bridges
Several different bridges have crossed the North Fork of the Kettle River since 1894.
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Greg Nesteroff
Feb 2, 202013 min read
Taffy Jack
Around 1995, Nelson’s Heritage Inn renamed its basement lounge Taffy Jack’s. This was an interesting choice, for while Taffy Jack was a...
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Greg Nesteroff
Sep 7, 20192 min read
Homing pigs and other oddities
A few strange stories worth sharing. The following appeared in the Nelson Daily News, of Jan. 14, 1914, under the headline “Pigs show...
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Greg Nesteroff
Apr 11, 20192 min read
Elephants on the Santa Rosa Pass
In 1956, local Greyhound driver Max Carne was taking his bus over the old Santa Rosa Pass between Rossland and Grand Forks — a gravel...
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Greg Nesteroff
Mar 17, 201916 min read
10 West Kootenay Boundary drive-in theatres
Is anything more nostalgic (at least to certain generations) than a drive-in theatre? From 1947 to 2003, at least 10 of them operated in...
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Greg Nesteroff
Feb 28, 20191 min read
Phantom signs: Grand Forks Furniture & Hardware
One of the more venerable Boundary commercial institutions was Grand Forks Furniture & Hardware at 358 Market Ave. The business has been...
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Greg Nesteroff
Jan 25, 201919 min read
Gun play at Grand Forks
Grand Forks police chief Harry Sheads was involved in shootouts in 1899 and 1900. What happened before and after was incredibly weird.
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Greg Nesteroff
Apr 25, 20186 min read
Electric cars of Kootenay/Boundary: Grand Forks, 1905
First of five parts Was the first automobile ever seen in this region electric? With the current push to better accommodate electric...
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Greg Nesteroff
Apr 18, 20181 min read
Phantom signs: Grand Forks Gazette
Hand-painted signs on the north and south sides of the Grand Forks Gazette building at 7330 2nd St. advertise both its current and former...
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Greg Nesteroff
Jan 18, 20181 min read
Rossland/Greenwood syphon nets $1,700
A clear syphon from the Lion Bottling Works of Rossland and Greenwood (pictured below) sold on eBay this afternoon for $1,382 US, which...
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