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Bob DeMaertelaere: Posted on Friday, December 30, 2011 7:58 PM
Concord Stagecoach
Work is progressing on the Concord
stagecoach with David Bevan starting work on the leather upholstery. The seats
are tufted button leather, so it was necessary to manufacture about 80 leather
buttons, which David has manufactured from scraps. It was decided to try and
complete the interior of the coach before the new veneer is applied to the
outside as it is easier to access the rather cramped interior with the veneer
off.
Lawrence Radford, the
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Bob DeMaertelaere: Posted on Wednesday, November 09, 2011 6:56 PM
The Boundary Museum Society has a Concord
style stagecoach in its possession. This community artifact would date back to
the late 1800's and was used to move people with their luggage and express
items from and return.
The coach was in the Gyro park outdoor
display area in Grand Forks. The undercarriage (including metal) had many
coats of yellow paint and the coach itself had coat upon coat of red paint.
There was no lettering visible as it had been painted over many times. |
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Marketing/Events: Posted on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 1:05 PM
 Over 120 people attended our first ever
Pie in July event held last Saturday at our new location: the Fructova
Heritage Site.
The concept of Pie and July was conceived last summer by
our summer students, Allie and Stepan. The idea began when the students were trying
to think of a way to utilize the traditional Doukhobor oven located on site at
the museum. When the students learned that the our new location,
“Fructova”, meant “of the fruit” in Russian, they quickly combined the idea of
fruit, baking, and famous Doukhobor hospitality into Pie in July! |
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Events: Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2011 1:07 PM
Russian songs echoed across the valley at the traditional Doukhobour prayer meeting began the museum’s Grand Opening celebrations. Visitors were invited to experience and ask questions about this Doukhobor ritual.
Following the prayer meeting, museum board members and community partners such as the USCC, Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, the City of Grand Forks participated in a Tree Planting Ceremony. Representatives of each organization took a turn planting a lilac tree to symbolize the continuing support, friendship, and good will, between the Boundary Museum and its partners. |
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Submitted: Posted on Thursday, June 09, 2011 3:42 PM
'Stuart Sisters' My visit to Boundary Museum on May 19, 2011 was most enjoyable and
enlightening. A Stuart family history document authored by a cousin,
Jessie Stuart, came into my possession a number of years ago through a
genealogist in Cornwall, Ontario. I have always wondered who Jessie
Stuart was, where she found the information in the document, and why she
and her family ended up living in Grand Forks. The document Jessie
typed in a chart format is extensive showing that our Stuart descendents
are connected to the Earls of Moray and Robert the Bruce, extending as
far back as 639 A. |
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Bob De Maertelaere: Posted on Thursday, May 05, 2011 10:12 AM
 As promised here is a photo of the little school desks that were cleaned up and restored to useable condition. Thank you David Bevan for the photo and thank you to Lorne Smithson for putting it on the web page. Lorne has done most of the web page set up along with our indomitable administrator Sue Adrain. Today was clean up day at Fructova and Lorne, Cliff, Lawrence and myself loaded up Lorne's trailer with a full load of garbage that seemed to grow over the winter. Work on displays is progressing and once they are a bit more advanced we may give you a sneak preview. |
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Bob De Maertelaere: Posted on Thursday, May 05, 2011 10:07 AM
This is my first entry into our new web page. My name is Bob De Maertelaere and I am a director with the Boundary Museum Society. It is my hope to use this web page as a means of keeping our members and visitors informed of what is happening at our community museum. Of course this time of year is beginning to get very busy as the staff and volunteers are preparing displays and shining everything up for a May 1 st opening. The Boundary Woodworkers Guild has just finished a complete restoration of a Pat Burns meat delivery wagon and we will be posting pictures soon. |
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Posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 8:10 AM
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Posted on Friday, March 18, 2011 7:26 PM
Grand Forks and The Kettle Valley Were Famous For Seed Growing In The 1940's
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Posted on Friday, March 18, 2011 5:16 PM
Fall Fair 2008.......Butter Boy and Laura |
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