Travelogue. Scenic and recreational attractions of the West Kootenay area. Includes sequences on Arrow, Christina and Kootenay lakes; mining history, abandoned mine workings, old hotels and ghost towns, including Sandon; Hugh Keenleyside dam (and boat lock there); boating, fishing and water-skiing; Duck Lake wildfowl sanctuary; Meadow Creek kokanee spawning channel; "house of bottles" tourist attraction; Ainsworth Hot Springs; the retired sternwheeler S.S. "Moyie" at Kaslo; the Balfour-Kootenay Bay car ferry; mining museum at Rossland; parade honouring champion skier Nancy Greene, who is seen winning the ladies' slalom in the Du Maurier International at Red Mountain; Trail, including Cominco smelter; Phoenix open-pit mine; Doukhobor village museum and tomb of Peter Veregin; trail riding on the Dewdney Trail; various facilities for visitors.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1966-02-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Major Robert H. Green recalls his childhood in Kaslo and his father, Robert Francis Green. He begins by discussing his father's early background in Canada. He describes the Green Brother's store; Illecillewaet; Robson; Ainsworth; Kaslo. He offers recollections of Kaslo in 1893; the flood on Kootenay Lake in 1893; more about the town itself and the Green brothers' store and brief mention of the Kaslo and Slocan Railway. Then he offers childhood memories of Kaslo and how his father entered politics. He discusses Sir Richard McBride; his memories as a child of Victoria in 1904; his cousin Howard Green; his father in both provincial and federal politics; and several characters that he recalls. [TRACK 2: blank.]

The item is a video travelogue. Scenery and attractions of the West Kootenay region: Crowsnest Pass, the Kootenay Lake ferry, boating, fishing, the Glass House, Nakusp or Ainsworth hot springs, the retired sternwheeler S.S. "Moyie", golfing, Nelson curling bonspiel, caving, rodeo, spawning salmon, the Doukhobors, Fruitvale international dog show, miner's museum and Golden City Days Festival at Rossland, Wildlife Centre & Bird Sanctuary at Creston, hiking and skiing in the Valhalla Range. Other locales include Castlegar, Christina Lake, Grand Forks, Trail.

Travelogue. Scenery and attractions of the West Kootenay region: Crowsnest Pass, the Kootenay Lake ferry, boating, fishing, the Glass House, Nakusp or Ainsworth hot springs, the retired sternwheeler S.S. "Moyie", golfing, Nelson curling bonspiel, caving, rodeo, spawning salmon, the Doukhobors, Fruitvale international dog show, miner's museum and Golden City Days Festival at Rossland, Wildlife Centre & Bird Sanctuary at Creston, hiking and skiing in the Valhalla Range. Other locales include Castlegar, Christina Lake, Grand Forks, Trail.

SUMMARY: "The Bush and the Salon" was a CBC radio series that recreated early Canadian life from letters, diaries and other sources. This episode, "She'll Be Comin' Around the Mountain - Or Will She?", recount;s two stories of yesteryear -- true tales of miners, gentlemen and other hard cases of the pioneer days in BC, as told by the distinguished poet and playwright George Ryga, with Ed McNamara as The Chronicler. Part 1, "I, Robert Tecumseh Lowery", takes place around 1892 in the Slocan region of BC, and features R.T. Lowery, the well-known pioneer newspaperman of the Kootenays. Part 2, "The Noble Five", tells the true tale of five prospectors in Ainsworth -- Jack Seton, Bill Hennessey, John Hennessey, Frank Flint, and Jack McQuiglin -- who find a lode of silver, thus creating the notion of the ;"Silvery Slocan". Other actors include Jack Anthony, Lillian Carlson, Michael Collins, Joseph Golland, Douglas Masters, Allen Lyselles, Robert Clothier, Ted Stidder, Blair Shackels, Joe Austin, Bill ;Reiter, and Roger Dressler. This is the first of three programs featuring the work of George Ryga.;

CALL NUMBER: T0934:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-09-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Harry Mawdsley talks about life in the Kootenay Lake region prior to 1900. He describes his family background and how he came to Crawford Bay in 1895. He discusses steamers; Crawford Bay in 1895; packing from Crawford Bay; trails; more about packing and adventures while packing; Silver Hill Mine; ore shipped to Nelson; Pilot Bay and Marysville smelters; lead and zinc separation; Pilot Bay and Crawford Bay settlement, and Gray Creek. TRACK 2: He continues with more on Silver Hill Mine and Rainville; parties; bringing in the first plough to Crawford Bay; his father-in-law, Alfred McClellan, at Pilot Bay; the sinking of the "Ainsworth"; races between the CPR and GN boats; Jean Montreuil; Dave Clarke; Morice; the railroad; the "Kuskanook"; more about the railroad; and grizzly hunting near Crawford Bay.

CALL NUMBER: T0934:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-09-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Mawdsley describes an incident while packing on St. Mary's trail; Charlie Sherwin; Ainsworth; practical jokes; hotels; mining; Nelson; Kaslo; Slocan; Fort Steele; St. Eugene Mission; more; about Fort Steele; CPR boats in the East Kootenays. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-09-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. David Sutcliffe discusses the Kootenay Lake steamers including the "Nasookin" and the "Kootenay". He describes the competition between the two companies; shipping horses on the "Nasookin"; Kootenay Landing; the tug boats; passenger service; mail delivery; freight; the "Kokanee" running aground near Riondel; social life and customs: the chivaree; the maiden voyage of the "Nasookin"; ;a boat called the "International"; the Bluebell Mine in 1910; problems with a new pump system; the shafts; use of candles and lime dust. TRACK 2: Mr. Sutcliffe continues by describing the Pilot Bay, Smelter and Galena Bay. Then he returns to discussing steamers such as the "International" and the "Alberta". He came to Riondel to work on a fruit farm in 1910. He describes the mine mill; Pilot Bay; independent miners; the beginnings of Riondel; the name 'Bluebell' was given by David Douglas in 1834; early history of the Bluebell Mine to 1905; Riondel in 1910; an anecdote about Ainsworth BC; working conditions; the Kirby Mine; more anecdotes; more about Riondel; nationalities of the miners; and more about the Kirby Mine.

The item is a composite print of a travelogue film made in 1981-1982. It features the scenery and attractions of the West Kootenay region: Crowsnest Pass, the Kootenay Lake ferry, boating, fishing, the Glass House, Nakusp or Ainsworth hot springs, the retired sternwheeler S.S. "Moyie", golfing, Nelson curling bonspiel, caving, rodeo, spawning salmon, the Doukhobors, Fruitvale international dog show, miner's museum and Golden City Days Festival at Rossland, Wildlife Centre & Bird Sanctuary at Creston, hiking and skiing in the Valhalla Range. Other locales include Castlegar, Christina Lake, Grand Forks and Trail.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-05-19 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Elizabeth Giegerich relates memories of early Ainsworth and Kaslo. Her father, Henry Giegerich, moved his family to Ainsworth Hot Springs from Montana in 1891. Elizabeth's younger sister was the first white child born in Ainsworth. Her father was a storekeeper in Ainsworth and later at Kaslo. She discusses many events including town fires, the celebrations, Queen Victoria's Jubilee, sports, social life, George Kane and John Kean, prospecting, early settlers, and the effects of World War I. [TRACK 2: blank.]

PERIOD COVERED: 1908 - [no date] RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-04-08 SUMMARY: In an interview with Becky Thomas and Joan Adams, Clara Graham discusses teaching in one room schools in British Columbia. Mrs. Graham taught in the following British Columbia communities: Castlegar, Windermere, Webster, Nicholson, Yale, Ainsworth and Kingsgate.

Series consists of a notebook containing various specifications, tenders, estimates, and costs of such projects as the Delta Dyke, the subdivision of Kootenay and Columbia cities, Victoria Electric Tramway, the Nelson and Fort Shepperd Railway, Vancouver Water Works, Ainsworth Water Works, Kootenay Reclamation Works; also contains notes on various aspects of engineering such as "weights of bridges" and "strains in 150' and 250' spans."