Holiday greetings from the Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History!
Wishing all of you a wonderful and safe holiday season! Click the image below to enjoy our December 2021 Newsletter. Thank you for supporting the Institute!!...
2022 Historical Desk Calendar
Seasons Greetings The Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History's 2022 Historical Desk Calendar is here. Enjoy 12 months of spectacular Basin images curated by the Institute. To order a copy, please email info@basininstitute.org and inquire about details. Calendars are $15 each, and a limited number are available. We are...
South Country Web Exhibit
The Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History is proud to present our latest installation, a web exhibit chronicling the Triangle Women's Institute from Grasmere B.C. and its origins in the South Country. This project was sponsored by the Columbia Basin Trust, Heritage BC, and the RDEK. Special thanks to creators Erin...
Establishing a town
Cranbrook Postcard Album Collection No. 0019.0189 ca. 1910 - Kootenay River and the Rockies from Wardner, B.C - Image courtesy of the Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History. In his memoirs, 'Jim Wardner, by himself 1900,' Jim writes of the experience of establishing Wardner B.C. "I met Capt. F.P. Armstrong on the Canadian...
History and founding of Wardner
Collection No. 0039.0195: Wardner B.C. and Kootenay River, ca. 1908 - Image courtesy of the Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History The abundant minerals in the southern end of the East Kootenays and its proximity to Crowsnest, Elk Valley, and Flathead (over 500 million tonnes of coal have been produced since 1898) made...
