Susan Allison Book By Local Author
After much hard work, Diane Sterne has recently completed a book on the works of Susan Allison. She has donated the copyright to the Princeton Museum so that they will benefit from the proceeds.
In Her Words is a collection of selected works of Susan Louisa Allison (née Moir), Mother of the Similkameen. Her [...]
British Columbia Day
BC Day is a statuary holiday and happens every year on the first monday of August. Everyone heads out to the country and has a roaring time enjoying this wonderful province.
Just for the fun of it, let me fill you in on a bit of BC history. First, our name hasn’t always been British [...]
The Story of Similkameen
On the Coalmont Community History page you will find links to the best and most comprehensive information on our past. However, the history of our area is mostly documented in old newspapers and a few key books which are not easy to get hold of.
Perhaps the best known is Don Blake’s book “Blakeburn, From [...]
The Town of Welldo
More than a few little towns have sprung up out of nowhere, developed into busy places, and then disappeared back into the dust. Granite Creek is supposedly a record holder in that catagory, but what other records have been set in town development?
Did you know about the town of Welldo located just a little over [...]
COALMONT PICTURE ALBUM
For those that enjoy looking at old pictures and want to know more about Coalmont, here is an excellent new series of pages.
Bob and Diane Sterne have been working hard to collect and compile historical information and pictures of our town. From the WELCOME page you can access the very excellent short history and [...]
THE COURIER OF THE PAST~Pioneer Stores Of The Tulameen and The Town of Opportunity
The original Coalmont Courier was first published in April of 1912. It cost five cents and came out on Mondays. It is unfortunate, but there were only 25 editions printed before they closed. The office was located on
