Nelson 6/6

Jan 26, 20186 min read

Antlered monarchs and flim-flam artists: letters from Nelson, 1905-06

Last year I bought three letters on eBay mailed in 1905-06 by Alexander Howard McIntyre from Nelson to his family in Middleville, Lanark...

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Jan 19, 20182 min read

Nelson from the air, 1961

Below is an ad that appeared in Trade and Commerce magazine in March 1962. It’s a fascinating aerial photo of Nelson from an unusual...

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Jan 14, 20189 min read

Nelson’s last brothel

Only one building from Nelson’s red light district survives: 601 Lake Street (pictured below in the fall of 2017), now home to Full...

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Jan 11, 20182 min read

The grand old lady of the Nelson Daily News

When the Nelson Daily News celebrated its 50th anniversary in April 1952, they printed a special supplement that included mugshots of all...

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Jan 5, 20183 min read

Art Waldie (1923-2017)

The man who carved the signs seen below (or at least their original iteration) has died at 94. According to his obituary, Art Waldie was...

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Jan 3, 20181 min read

Lois Arnesen (1928-2017)

I was sorry to hear of the passing of Nelson’s Lois Arnesen (pictured below) on New Year’s Eve. I wrote a profile of Lois in 2012 for the...

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Dec 30, 20172 min read

Nelson’s Disney imposter

In 1950, a man registered himself in a Vancouver hotel as Walt Disney. He certainly looked like the famed cartoonist. On that basis, he...

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