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Greg Nesteroff
Oct 316 min read
Rare Nelson gas works photo sells for $305
A rare photo shows a piece of Nelson industrial heritage under construction in 1900.
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Greg Nesteroff
Sep 187 min read
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...
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Jonathan Kalmakoff and Greg Nesteroff
Mar 1818 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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Frances Welwood
Mar 88 min read
The Nelson-Fredericton connection
Intriguing links exist between Nelson and New Brunswick, involving some of its most prominent early settlers.
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Michael A. Cone
Mar 510 min read
The legendary Jack Lloyd: Effective, controversial, and enduring
The West Kootenay connection to a famous but divisive fishing lure.
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Greg Nesteroff
Nov 27, 20232 min read
4 streets in Trail named Nelson
Nelson has but one street named after itself, Nelson Avenue. But Trail has had four different streets and avenues named Nelson.
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Greg Nesteroff
Sep 7, 202312 min read
Wandering hotel bars of West Kootenay
What happened to the bars from the Reco, Sandon, and Hume hotels?
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Greg Nesteroff
Sep 3, 20235 min read
The riddle of Davies and Seventh
You'd never guess it today, but from 1950 to the mid-1970s, the corner of Davies and Seventh in Nelson was a busy commercial crossroads.
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Greg Nesteroff
Aug 6, 20233 min read
Bobby McFerrin in Nelson
The singer-songwriter behind Don’t Worry Be Happy spent at least one month of his youth in Nelson.
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Michael A. Cone
May 6, 20236 min read
The Nelson boathouse fire of 1915
Intrigued by a photo of the charred remains of boathouses in Nelson, Michael Cone tracks down what happened.
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Greg Nesteroff
Apr 8, 20234 min read
Finding the dates on Wait’s
Exactly when did Nelson’s iconic coffee shop and newsstand open? And when did it move to its longtime location?
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Greg Nesteroff
Apr 2, 20237 min read
In search of Sheriff Tuck’s lost library
For a few years, the largest library in Nelson was in the courthouse basement. Where did it go?
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Michael A. Cone
Feb 12, 20236 min read
Remembering Luna Park
Michael Cone writes of a forgotten picnic mecca and home of world champions across the lake from Nelson.
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Greg Nesteroff
May 24, 20227 min read
Kokanees, Red Wings, Maple Leafs, and MRKs
From 1927 to 1934, Nelson’s senior men’s hockey team changed names four times. Why? Finding out is proving more challenging than I expected.
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Greg Nesteroff
Mar 31, 20225 min read
Little-known Nelson heritage buildings: The Nelson House annex
The last remaining portion of an early Nelson hotel is still standing in the middle of downtown.
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Greg Nesteroff
Jan 28, 20226 min read
Nelson’s smallest commercial block
In 1922, J.E. Annable built a store on Baker Street that was only six feet wide. What was in it and what happened to it?
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Greg Nesteroff
Dec 12, 20217 min read
Fire alarm box No. 25
Fire alarm boxes were part of Nelson’s urban landscape from 1903-80, but they were frequently mistaken for mailboxes.
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Greg Nesteroff
Dec 1, 20214 min read
Mysteries of the Chamber of Mines
When was the Chamber of Mines building in Nelson built? And what's up with the date on the tile in the sidewalk?
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Greg Nesteroff
Oct 28, 20214 min read
Lost buildings: The Defeo home
You would never guess that there was once a good-size home and extensive gardens at 75 Government Road in Nelson.
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Greg Nesteroff
Oct 5, 20214 min read
Reminders of the Nelson Iron Works
Keep your head down and you might spot the handiwork of an iron foundry that went out of business 80 years ago.
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