Salmo’s school bell
A 113-year-old school bell is expected to be returned soon to a prominent place in Salmo. But what happened to its plaque?
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Greg Nesteroff
Sep 25, 20232 min read
Inside the Salmo Hotel
In June 2018, the Salmo Valley Historical Society got a peek inside the Salmo Hotel, including the second floor and basement.
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Greg Nesteroff
Sep 21, 202315 min read
How old is the Salmo Hotel, anyway?
Was the Salmo Hotel built in 1896? 1912? 1932? 1981? Find out here and a whole lot more.
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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 26, 20224 min read
The Sheep Creek boulder
One day in Sheep Creek, a giant boulder came crashing down the mountainside, flattening the front end of a car and hitting a house.
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Greg Nesteroff
Jun 29, 202111 min read
Pioneer women of West Kootenay: Martha Collins
Martha Collins was a pioneer prospector and hotel keeper whose name was once known in every mining camp in the west.
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Greg Nesteroff
May 13, 20213 min read
Tales old envelopes tell
Several envelopes that sold at auction have intriguing connections to West Kootenay Japanese-Canadian, Chinese Canadian, and mining history.
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Greg Nesteroff
Aug 7, 20206 min read
Salmo’s monster bridge
In 1910, a remarkable curved bridge was built at Salmo across a slough formed by the Salmo River.
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Greg Nesteroff
Mar 14, 20197 min read
Murder at Salmo, 1893
Salmo first came to prominence as the result of a bar room murder in 1893. The town — then little more than a cluster of shacks — was...
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Greg Nesteroff
Nov 22, 20184 min read
The hotel murals of Jack Lines
One of West Kootenay’s least known attractions is an amazing map of the Kootenays and Okanagan in the pub of the Salmo Hotel, created in...
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Greg Nesteroff
Oct 17, 20183 min read
Lester Patrick’s Slocan tryout
I recently came across a charming anecdote about hockey legend Lester Patrick in West Kootenay that I had never seen before — and in fact...
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Greg Nesteroff
Aug 12, 20182 min read
The Mayo clinic’s millionth patient
Is being a hospital’s one millionth patient an honour? It was in January 1938, when Florence Lumsden of Salmo registered at the Mayo...
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Greg Nesteroff
Apr 19, 20182 min read
Kootenay poles for Yankee stadium?
At a presentation on the history of Slocan Valley sawmills in November 2016, a forester suggested the poles for the original light stands...
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Greg Nesteroff
Apr 12, 201814 min read
Overwaitea in West Kootenay/Boundary
One of the most venerable and unique made-in-BC business names ceased to exist on March 22, 2018 after 103 years. The last Overwaitea...
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Greg Nesteroff
Mar 9, 20182 min read
Baker Streets of the Kootenays
When he wasn’t out sleuthing, Sherlock Holmes lived at 221B Baker Street in London. According to Wikipedia, at the time Sir Arthur Conan...
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Greg Nesteroff
Feb 4, 20186 min read
Letters from the Salmo River, 1893
In 1893, a prospector named Baxter wrote two letters to the Northwest Mining Review of Spokane from the Salmo River (then called the...
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Greg Nesteroff
Feb 4, 20189 min read
Death on the Dewdney Trail
In 1989, Donna Bishop and Joan Field produced a report for the Salmo Arts and Museum Society entitled Dewdney Trail 1865. They wrote the...
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