THE KÜTNE READER

Was a cabin at Retallack once a school? Or a hideout for armed robbers?

A rare Christmas seal inflated the price of an envelope from a Trail hotel.

There is no doubt what Trout Lake’s oldest building is. But what about the runner-up?

How a set of lost keys were found inside a fish and returned to their owner.

A rare photo shows us one of the West Kootenay’s oldest buildings when it was brand new.

Was a respected chief engineer on an Arrow Lakes sternwheeler also an opium smuggler?

I bought this photo of the 1909 Gerrard football (soccer) team on eBay last month for a song. (One song = $8 US.) The seller was in...

Can a billboard be considered a heritage site? There’s been one at the same location in Trail for over 80 years.

The story of a rare jam tin from an obscure company that operated on the East Shore of Kootenay Lake in 1909.

An envelope that sold on eBay for an eye-popping price has a connection to a man convicted of bank robbery and embezzlement.

Lighthouses on the Arrow Lakes? Yes, they existed! But nothing has been written about them until now. This post illuminates the subject.

Larry Kwong was the first Chinese Canadian to play senior hockey in the Kootenays. But he was not the only one.

Peter V. Verigin often travelled between Doukhobor settlements on horse-drawn carriages, carts, and sleighs. But whatever became of them?

Rare slides reveal some interesting views of the Boundary on a summer’s day. With a digression about the Grand Forks-Bossburg stage lines.

Intriguing links exist between Nelson and New Brunswick, involving some of its most prominent early settlers.

The West Kootenay connection to a famous but divisive fishing lure.

Three images sold online tell the story of transportation in the area.

South Slocan has taken it on the chin in the last 20 years, having lost 10 heritage buildings, although an equal number still stand.

South Slocan’s biggest heritage building was torn down in December. Part of it dated to 1918.

Before Evel Knievel was a motorcycle stuntman, he was Bob Knievel, hockey player.