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Gold Trails and Ghost Towns Video

Gold Trails and Ghost Towns is a historical documentary show first produced for Canadian syndication, created and produced by Kelowna television station CHBC-TV and hosted by Mike Roberts with historian storyteller Bill Barlee. Mike and Bill discussed history of the old West by prospectors around 1900 in British Columbia. Ymir…

The Quartz Creek Miner

The Quartz Creek Miner is a 16 page newspaper put together to celebrate Ymir’s 101 Reunion (August 1, 1998). There are a number of download options: Large format (23 Megabytes) 16 page pdf document for people who want to print the document out Smaller format (8.9 Megabytes) 16 page pdf…

Ymir BC 1899 – Wrigley’s BC Directory Vancouver BC

AIKMAN, T. mgr W.K.B. Co., 2nd Ave. ATKINSON, T.H. druggist,corner of 1st Ave. and Willow BACOM,R.W. hardware 1st Ave. BEANDOIN, J.G. owner Vancouver Hotel Restaurant 2nd Ave. BLANCHFIELD, W. mining overseer Ymir Development Corp., 1st Ave. BLUE, Louis sawmill owner BOYER, Joe part proprietor Vancouver Hotel 2nd Ave. BOYER, O.…

A Brief History of Mining in Ymir

by George Murray Ymir miner and local historian About 1885, the placer gold mining on the Pend d’Oreille River was coming to a close. The placer miners in this area started to look for other st-reams that might produce the precious metal. They started moving north up the Salmon River…

Notes on Ymir

by Joe Dunn dictated to Rae Thomas (original donated by Doris Thomas) In 1893, Ymir was called Quartz Creek. The southern part of Ymir was built first, along what was known as Quartz Creek. In 1893, the Fort Shepherd and Nelson Railroad came through Ymir. They opened up a town…

History

The History of Ymir Notes on Ymir by Joe Dunn A Brief History Of Mining in Ymir by George Murray A Video about the Gold Mines in Ymir – this requires high speed Wrigley’s BC Directory Vancouver BC for Ymir BC (1899) 1937 Voters’ List – Nelson-Creston District – Ymir…

What’s Here?

Accommodations in Ymir Ymir Palace Inn – This charming Country Inn with views of the Selkirk Mountains was built in 1896. Recently restored with modern luxuries, boasting self contained suites, featuring rock river showers and 7 large cozy bedrooms. It is a gateway to world class skiing, hiking and all…