Notes on the nature of Dams
By CBIRH Student Intern Sasha Buckley Hello everyone. It's your favourite student intern, Sasha. Today, we have a dam, the Corra Linn Dam, to be exact (Collection no. 0047.0408). You're probably all wondering what a dam does (you probably already know). A dam, in this case, lets water through. You might be confused as to what...
Loggers at Mineral Lake
Collection no. 0523.0291 c. 1950, Kootenay Spruce Mills at Mineral Lake - Image courtesy of the Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History (CBIRH) By Sasha Buckley, CBIRH Student Intern (MBSS Student) Hello, it's your favourite student intern. Today we're talking about loggers because the thought came to mind, and the image...
The Dam Song
Columbia River Treaty Downstream Benefits AnnouncementCastlegar, B.C.March 19, 1995 By Joe Irving and Skip Fraser https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=_iA-QSGr1Bg&feature=share There's seven wonders in the words the ancient stories tell of Babel's Tower an' the Sphinx an' monuments that fell,But monumental wonders are common...
The Great Fire of Fernie
Collection No. 0039.0275 by J.Fred Spalding - Victoria Avenue, two days after Fernie's Aug. 1, 1908 fire. Image courtesy of the Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History By MBSS Student Intern Sasha Buckley This is a picture of the town of Fernie minus 95% of the city of Fernie. This particular photo was taken after the ...
Collection No. 0018.0005 - Image courtesy of the Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History The Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History (CBIRH) proudly presents our 2022-07-25 CBIRH Website Transformation RFP to the public. We are now accepting bids from across the province of British Columbia and locally to execute ...
