Sandon token fetches $610 at auction
The cachet associated with the ghost town of Sandon probably drove up the auction price of a trade token from the Hotel Reco.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Nov 21
- 1 min
The thing under the Trail bridge
A stone and mortar structure sits beneath Trail’s Victoria Street bridge. What the heck is it?
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Greg Nesteroff
- Nov 13
- 4 min
Then & Now: The Kinnaird Hall
The first heritage building identified in Kinnaird, the community hall was built in 1944 and saved from demolition by the Carpenters Union.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Nov 6
- 6 min
Seth Martin’s mask
Exactly when did legendary Trail Smoke Eaters goaltender start wearing a mask? And was it before or after Jacques Plante did the same thing?
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Greg Nesteroff
- Oct 30
- 3 min
The phantom miner of Crawford Bay
A ghost story from a local mine, presented for the first time in 121 years.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Oct 25
- 2 min
Trail’s Elma Hotel
Where was the Elma Hotel in Trail? And who was Elma?
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Greg Nesteroff
- Oct 9
- 4 min
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.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Sep 26
- 3 min
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
- Aug 2
- 7 min
The night the Newmarket burned
When fire destroyed the Newmarket Hotel in October 1973, New Denver lost its greatest heritage building, constructed 80 years earlier.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Jul 25
- 4 min
A mystery monogram and an ancient arboreal autograph
In 1891, a man blazed his name onto a cedar tree. In 1899, someone scratched their initials on a rock face. Both remain to make us wonder.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Jun 27
- 3 min
East Trail vs. Trail East
Here’s something that’s not confusing at all: the area across the Columbia River from Trail used to be split into East Trail and Trail East.
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Greg Nesteroff
- May 24
- 7 min
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
- Apr 17
- 6 min
Seeking a different way of life
Seventy years ago this month, a group of American Quakers arrived in the Kootenays, looking for a new home.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Mar 31
- 5 min
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
- Feb 20
- 9 min
Fun with the 2021 census
It’s fascinating to see what changes the 2021 census captured compared to 2016, particularly in the West Kootenay/Boundary.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Feb 6
- 6 min
Leonard Cheshire’s vet colony
Britain’s most celebrated bomber pilot planned to start a veterans commune at New Denver in 1947.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Jan 28
- 6 min
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, 2021
- 7 min
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, 2021
- 4 min
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, 2021
- 4 min
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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