Projects

The Triangle Women's Institute Panel Project

Image Bank

Search and browse over 90,000 historical resources

There are tens of thousands of photographic resources associated with the Canadian Columbia Basin. Now with the help of our historians, digital archivists, and communications specialists there is a platform that allows general interest viewers and researchers of all levels to enjoy them.

Time Capsules

Time to Set the Record Straight

Scientists have jousted over concepts of time and relativity for a good long while. Perhaps it's necessary that the discussion be turned over to humanists and historians. Instead of experiments, we have community experience to prove this point!

Interpretative Panels

Making History Public

The Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History has a very simple mission. We want to make history interesting and available to the public. To that end we have developed our heritage interpretation panel project.

Storytelling Festival: Word in the Basin

A Festival of Narration for the Columbia Basin

Have you ever wondered why some people who talk to themselves look so happy? We have a theory...it's because they're whispering great stories under their breath as they putter along. Life's trials and tribulations get spun into something more manageable and compelling. In story form, things aren't quite as perplexing!

Collections

Making History Public

The Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History has a very simple mission. We want to make history interesting and available to the public. To that end we have developed our heritage interpretation panel project.

Research

Fostering research on the natural and human history of the Columbia Basin

We believe that by knowing ourselves and our landscape better, we will understand the impact of events occurring outside the Basin as well as those within. The members of the Columbia Basin Institute are constantly working to encourage new fields of inquiry and to make available the raw materials to support the inquiries.