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Stories from the history of Merritt and the Nicola Valley.

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Heinz Lange

December 18, 1919 – June 11, 2000 A Brief Biographyby Michael Steele Engineer and artist, teacher and inventor, the late Heinz Lange was a native of Eisleben, in...

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Horses Wanted advertisement, 1914

The Warhorse Bonanza

by Michael Sasges The Great War was a good war for the owners of grassland B.C. horse herds. The military purchased its first Nicola Valley horses in September 1914,...

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First airplane in Merritt, historic photograph

First Manned Flight

Original article by the late Pat Lean, then Director, Nicola Valley Archives Association.As published in the Merritt Herald – Wednesday, April 27, 1977 Page 3B....

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Murray Church, 2017

Eulogy for a Church

by Murphy Shewchuk Murray Church – 2017/07/13. February 28th, 2019 would have marked the 143th anniversary of the dedication of the Murray Church in Nicola,...

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Directly behind the Railyard Mall, with access from Coldwater Avenue.

(250) 378-4145

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