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Greg Nesteroff
Sep 46 min read
3 lost Northport buildings
Three little-known Northport buildings that have disappeared since 2007 each had intriguing stories.
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Greg Nesteroff
Jul 3, 20234 min read
3 outstanding questions finally answered
When was the Salmo bridge built? When was Rivervale named? Why doesn’t Nelson have a Robert Hampton Gray school? At last we have answers.
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Greg Nesteroff
Sep 20, 20213 min read
5 doctored West Kootenay postcards
Long before Photoshop, postcard publishers were using airbrushes and other tools to alter images.
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Greg Nesteroff
Nov 9, 202014 min read
8 lesser-known Trail hotels
While Trail has had several famous hotels, here is a list of some others that didn't receive nearly the same attention.
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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 2, 20199 min read
4 questions answered and 4 still outstanding
Here’s a list of local historical questions I wish I could answer and some others I have recently been able to find answers to. 1) What...
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Greg Nesteroff
Dec 24, 20186 min read
5 phantom cemeteries
Of the 100 or so cemeteries in West Kootenay/Boundary, two dozen can no longer be visited because they were either flooded out, exhumed,...
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Greg Nesteroff
Sep 22, 20185 min read
5 BC premiers named John with West Kootenay ties
Here’s the oddest list I’ve come up with yet. Five guys who a) were premier of BC, b) had some connection to our area, and c) were named...
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Greg Nesteroff
Jun 6, 20189 min read
18 West Kootenay/Boundary schools named after people
There was a time (primarily in the 1950s) where it was common practice to honour individuals (usually trustees and other politicians) by...
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Greg Nesteroff
Apr 24, 20185 min read
7 oddities in West Kootenay/Boundary directories
Like anything else, phone books and civic directories are obviously prone to mistakes. Still, I wonder how some of the following...
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Greg Nesteroff
Feb 19, 20189 min read
3 little-known Nelson heritage buildings
Nelson boasts about 350 heritage buildings — commercial, residential, and institutional — based on those listed in 1981 in Nelson: A...
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Greg Nesteroff
Feb 10, 201811 min read
6 Kootenay sites connected to Hockey’s Royal Family
From 1907 to 1911, members of the Patrick family lived in Nelson while operating a lumber company that owned timber limits in the Slocan...
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Greg Nesteroff
Feb 1, 20185 min read
7 men who were mayor of Sandon (and 3 who weren’t)
During its 22 years as a bona fide city, Sandon had seven mayors — and four receivers. Sandon city hall was built in 1900 following a...
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Greg Nesteroff
Feb 1, 20182 min read
3 ways Waneta didn’t get its name
I’ve long written a weekly series for the local Black Press newspapers about West Kootenay/Boundary place names. In my installment on...
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