1. The
Crowsnest Pass Railway Route
This comprehensive website presents the history of the
Crowsnest Pass Railway Route and includes special sections on Kaslo's S.S. Moyie,
the restored railway lake steamer, and The Canadian Museum of Rail Travel
in Cranbrook, with its restored great trains of Canada.
The site contains many original photos, maps and
pamphlets..some never published before!
Crowsnest.bc.ca
2. Fort Steele
Heritage Town - History and Themes
This module of the Fort Steele Heritage Town Website
interprets five themes that tell this region's story, particularly as it relates to the
restored gold rush town.
The themes are Kootenay Gold Rush, North-West Mounted
Police, Victorian Life, Railroading and Agriculture.
FortSteele.bc.ca
3. Revelstoke
History
An informative and interesting capsulization of the history
of Revelstoke and area, complete with an on-line store featuring further historical
readings.
RevelstokeCC.bc.ca/history-start.htm
4. Halcyon Hot
Springs History
The Arrow Lakes Historical Society provides this
entertaining account of the history of Halcyon Hot Springs, originally opened in 1894, and
closing with the fire of 1955, which saw the Hotel burned to the ground.
In March of 1999 the Halcyon Hot Springs Resort was
reopened after 44 years with chalets, campsites and plans for a 80 room lodge.
Halcyon-HotSprings.com/history.htm
5. S.S. Moyie
History
The sternwheeler S.S. Moyie, a National Historic site in the Village of
Kaslo, British Columbia, is one of the most significant preserved steam passenger vessels
in North America.
This brief history contains good clickable historic photos including a
great shot of the Moyie steaming down Kootenay Lake.
KLHS.bc.ca/history.htm
6. Nelson History
An interesting account of the history of the City of Nelson - "The
Queen City".
Also includes a section on "Gunpowder Gertie"
and historical photographs of sternwheelers of Kootenay Lake.
DiscoverNelson.com/history/index.html
7. Nakusp and
Nakusp Hot Springs History
A quick, easy and interesting history of both Nakusp and the Nakusp Hot
Springs. This site has some wonderful old photos, all clickable for enlargement.
NakuspHotSprings.com
8. Sandon History
The Sandon Historical Society presents a visit to Sandon, the capital City
of the Silvery Slocan, known in the 1890's as the Monte Carlo of North America.
This mining and social history provides a fantastic amount of information and great photos
too.
SlocanLake.com/sandon
9. Royal Alexandra
Cafe
We've included this site on the sumptuous Royal Alexandra Cafe, the
favorite banquet hall of the famous Canadian Pacific Hotel 'Royal Alex'
of Winnipeg, not only because of what it was, but also what it has become!
Crowsnest.bc.ca/alexandra/alexandra04.html
10.
Crowsnest Highway History
The Crowsnest
Highway #3 is Western Canada's Old Road to the coast and is the
Kootenay
Rockies' southern route across the region. It is 1,800 kilometres in length, travelling from Hope, British Columbia to
Medicine Hat, Alberta.
Crowsnest-Highway.ca
11.
St. Eugene Mission
The St.
Eugene Mission was established in the late nineteenth century by
Father Coccolla. This historic building was an Indian
Residential School.
The
former school has been transformed into a resort which includes an
Interpretive Centre and an Arts and Crafts Cooperative. The
Centre provides visitors with an aboriginal perspective of the area,
its history and its people, and also provides guided excursions in
the traditional territory of the Ktunaxa.
Kktc.bc.ca
