Revelstoke

Oct 9, 20224 min read

Pickles the driving dog and other oddities

A few curious things: a dog behind the wheel, a basketball team named the Comincos, and Yale University helps tear down buildings in Trail.

392 views0 comments

Oct 25, 202113 min read

Letters from the End of Track

Five envelopes mailed in 1885 by a CPR camp cook working near present-day Revelstoke have sold at auction for nearly $7,000.

1,077 views0 comments

Sep 14, 20218 min read

Fake news, 1890: The $10,000 wedding proposal

A Kootenay teacher was once offered a small fortune by a bride-to-be in Minnesota, sight unseen. Who was he and what happened?

484 views2 comments

Aug 27, 20217 min read

Architectural clones: The Nelson and Revelstoke courthouses

The first purpose-built courthouses in Nelson and Revelstoke looked nearly identical, a matter of some architectural intrigue.

935 views8 comments

Dec 16, 20188 min read

Pioneer women of West Kootenay: Ralphia Weir Stitt McLean Borrow

I’m not sure who the first woman to work for a West Kootenay/Boundary newspaper was, but it may have been Harriet Haire Smith, a daughter...

354 views0 comments

Jan 2, 20183 min read

Japanese-Canadian pioneers of West Kootenay: Yodo Fujii

Long before Japanese Canadians were interned in the West Kootenay during the Second World War, a small number already lived here. They...

195 views0 comments

THE KÜTNE READER