May 2009

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Another New Addition – Elephants On Baker Street

The Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History is very happy to annouce another new site in its growing collection of Columbia Basin history sites.  On May 20th, 2009, “The Great Cranbrook Elephant Hunt” was launched.  This site examines the conditions leading up to the 1926 elephant stampede in Cranbrook, looking at stampedes in Edmonton and [...]

New Web Site Launched

On the 17th of May the Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History launched a new site commemorating Cranbrook and District’s involvement in World War I.  “In Memoriam – Cranbrook’s Cenotaph” looks at the impacts of WW I on the Cranbrook region, and what the returning soldiers did to advance their own causes. The site presents [...]