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Lost Kootenays has been found
Kootenays history is a popular topic, based upon the phenomenal success of Lost Kootenays, a social media and publishing endeavour.
Lost Kootenays, the social media page founded by Creston resident Zac Odin, currently has more than 56,000 followers on Facebook who enjoy daily posts of heritage/historical images related to the Kootenays as well as adjacent regions. Images are posted often with requests for information from the public and mysteries can be solved.
That led to the release late last year of Lost Kootenays: A History in Pictures, which was quickly certified as a National Best Seller for authors Eric Brighton and Greg Nesteroff and publisher MacIntyre-Purcell Publishing Inc. of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
The 128-page book opens with a timeline of Kootenay history and flows into fascinating photographic and written information of all communities in the Kootenays – big and small and many no longer around.
An 1897 (or later) horse race in downtown Kaslo; Sandon circa 1895; the Commercial Motel in Yahk circa 1919-24; Moyie circa 1904; Cranbrook’s Gyro swimming pool circa 1940s; Galbraith’s Ferry, 1868; Chief Isadore, circa 1887; Sullivan Mine, Kimberley circa 1910s; a massive log jam on the Bull River circa 1910-14; the Dewdney Trail Bridge near Elko in 1898; the Great Fernie fire of 1904; Invermere circa 1910; a Chinese work crew on the construction of the Canal at Canal Flats in 1887; Sinclair Canyon at Radium Hot Springs circa 1922 or later; a pack train in Golden circa 1890s – a small sample of the 130 images with descriptions that make for a nicely rounded look at the history of our region.
“As a child of the Kootenays, I am always seeking to know and understand the place where I have always lived, its history, its ecology, its people. This book is a treasure house full of amazing historical photos and carefully researched history,” said Luanne Armstrong, award-winning author of A Bright and Steady Flame.
It’s all made for a rousing success.
“I am happy to see that our book is still number one in two different categories at Amazon.ca! I am surprised that they have not yet sold out as our publisher’s warehouse is empty and we are sold out in most stores, etc.,” Eric Brighton recently noted on Lost Kootenays.
“Thank-you to everyone who took the time to review our book at Amazon.ca as we now have 155 mostly five star reviews! Greg and I are extremely grateful for your amazing support of our book!”
Ian Cobb/e-KNOW
