Connecting the Kootenays chronicles the history of the Kootenay Lake ferry service from its modest beginnings in 1921 through to its 100th anniversary in 2020. -- From back cover
Contents
The Great Trunk Road (1908-1921) ; The Canadian Pacific Railway Fills the Gap (1884-1913) ; The Nasookin: Queen of Kootenay Lake (1913-1930) ; Nelson to Kuskanook: A Trip to Remember (1921-1930) ; The Provinical Government Steps In (1931) ; The Great Depression and the Second World War (1931-1947) ; Saying Goodbye to the Nasookin (1947-1956) ; A New Ferry and a New Route (1947-1954) ; The Auxiliary Ferry: The Balfour (1954) ; Growing Pains for the Two-Ferry Service and the Opening of the "Skyway" (1955-1963) ; Labour Strife, Major Rebuilds and Looking beyond the New Millennium (1964-1999) ; The Osprey 2000, Privitization and Facing Challenges Ahead (2000-2020)
Five Boat Club Badges with green and black ribbons. (a) gold coloured name plate, 5.0x1.7, blank loose leaf paper in name slot, straight pin on back. Green and black ribbon extending from name plate. (b) "Ex-committee", 10.5x4.9, same as (a) (c) name slot blank, same as (a) (d) "Judge", 10.6x4…
Five Boat Club Badges with green and black ribbons. (a) gold coloured name plate, 5.0x1.7, blank loose leaf paper in name slot, straight pin on back. Green and black ribbon extending from name plate. (b) "Ex-committee", 10.5x4.9, same as (a) (c) name slot blank, same as (a) (d) "Judge", 10.6x4.9, same as (a) (e) "Treasurer", same as (a) except bottom edge of ribbons are not arrow cut.
Square, wrought iron trivet frame with four corner legs. Legs set into corner support ceramic platform which is white clay painted with a sailing ship. Scuffing and staining on surface from use, otherwise good. Cast into bottom of plate "69 R" and pencilled"980".
Square, wrought iron trivet frame with four corner legs. Legs set into corner support ceramic platform which is white clay painted with a sailing ship. Scuffing and staining on surface from use, otherwise good. Cast into bottom of plate "69 R" and pencilled"980".
A wooden block with a metal plate affixed to it. The plate is engraved in reverser with the image of a boat sit dry dock with two workers in bottom left corner near saw horses working on the boat. Third man sits trc working on boat. A small boat sits to right of large boat. Line work is thick and w…
A wooden block with a metal plate affixed to it. The plate is engraved in reverser with the image of a boat sit dry dock with two workers in bottom left corner near saw horses working on the boat. Third man sits trc working on boat. A small boat sits to right of large boat. Line work is thick and well defined with little feature or details. Corresponds to several sketches and watercolours by Peter Whyte: WyP.03.096; WyP.03.299; WyP.04.09 a-j; WyP.05.01. Some ink residue on wood.
Two different sized, miniature canoe paddles carved from one piece of wood and varnished. Long propeller shaped blade tapers into a round stem approximately the same length. Stem flattens at end into fan shaped handle grip. Oval decal on blade of each has red centre, "The Peterborough Canoe Reg’d …
Two different sized, miniature canoe paddles carved from one piece of wood and varnished. Long propeller shaped blade tapers into a round stem approximately the same length. Stem flattens at end into fan shaped handle grip. Oval decal on blade of each has red centre, "The Peterborough Canoe Reg’d Trade Mark", encircled by a gold band, "Peterborough Canoe Co. Ltd. Peterborough, Canada".
“The ‘oriental’ mood of this ketch derives from the placement of the six sailboats. -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
“The ‘oriental’ mood of this ketch derives from the placement of the six sailboats. -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
A pencil drawing of a boat launch on the right that descends into water, with boats and a bridge in the distance. To the left, a city boardwalk that runs parallel to the water. There are humans and lamp posts along the edge of the boardwalk, with trees and a spired dome and other buildings in skyli…
A pencil drawing of a boat launch on the right that descends into water, with boats and a bridge in the distance. To the left, a city boardwalk that runs parallel to the water. There are humans and lamp posts along the edge of the boardwalk, with trees and a spired dome and other buildings in skyline.
Scene of a boat blue/rusting in colour with waves exploding up around its sides reaching twice the height of the boat in the air - the sky is a pale grey colour.“Collings used cold colours in this starkly observed drama. The air is filled with pale puffs of explosives while white jets of water burs…
Scene of a boat blue/rusting in colour with waves exploding up around its sides reaching twice the height of the boat in the air - the sky is a pale grey colour.“Collings used cold colours in this starkly observed drama. The air is filled with pale puffs of explosives while white jets of water burst from what appears to be a fire boat.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath