Ed Talk – Lost Cranbrook: Memories of the Post Office 50 Years After its Demolition

Cranbrook History Centre 57 Van Horne Street South, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

POSTPONED EVENT: Please note that this event is no longer taking place on July 21st. It has been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. It will now take place on Wednesday August 4th, 2021 from 7:00-8:00PM MT. On July 6th, 1971 Cranbrook's historic post office was demolished after 58 years standing as an architectural highlight on […]

Ed Talk | Lest We Forget – Cranbrook at War: Home and Away

Cranbrook History Centre 57 Van Horne Street South, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

November's Ed Talk features local Author Jim Cameron, sharing his research on how the Wars impacted Cranbrook, both at home and abroad.

Ed Talk- Fungus Among Us

Cranbrook History Centre 57 Van Horne Street South, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Please join us on March 30th for a presentation provided by Janice Strong and Jaime Levine. This informative and entertaining presentation will focus on the importance of fungus to all our lives. We will discuss tree communication, the medications and therapies made from fungus, plus the destructive and constructive functions of the multitudes of fungi. […]

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Ed Talks – Boats and Trains in the Kootenays

Cranbrook History Centre 57 Van Horne Street South, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Please join us on Thursday, April 28th for a presentation provided by local authors Terry Gainer and Michael Cone. In this presentation, local authors Terry Gainer and Michael Cone will speak on the importance of transportation history and progress in the Kootenays. Including travel by train and lake ferries, from the place, you see when […]

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Ed Talk – June 2022

Cranbrook History Centre 57 Van Horne Street South, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

On June 29th, The Cranbrook History Centre will be hosting an Ed Talk the likes of which have never been seen before! For the first time ever June's Ed Talk will give you not only a lecture from four of the Kootenay's most dynamic local musicians--but also a musical performance! Also, including a cash bar […]

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August Ed Talk – Brennan Martens

Cranbrook History Centre 57 Van Horne Street South, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Take a journey with University of Alberta Paleo student and Director of the Vancouver Paleontological Society Brennan Martens through how fossil hunting at a young age led to a lifelong love for and career in Paleontology. Doors open at 630PM, show starts at 7PM. Admission is always free but registration is required. Who says there's nothing […]

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August Ed Talk – Ka*Kin Na Na Youth Drum Group from the Ktunaxa Nation

Idlewild Park Summit Dr S, Cranbrook, British Columbia

August 31st, 2022 we have a very special Ed Talks!   Join us IN IDLEWILD PARK, for the Ka*Kin Na Na Youth Drum Group from the Ktunaxa Nation! The group will speak on their formation and perform several drum songs from their people and culture.   Performance starts at 7PM, at the Idlewild Park Bandstand. […]

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September Ed Talks – Ticket to Ride Tournament

Cranbrook History Centre 57 Van Horne Street South, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

September's Ed Talks is going to be a blast!   Join us on September 29th for a Ticket to Ride Board Game Tournament! Doors open at 630PM, the tournament starts at 7 PM-- and this one is going to run late! We're anticipating the tournament to run until 9 or 930PM.   Hosted by local […]

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Ed Talk: Jenny Feick

Cranbrook History Centre 57 Van Horne Street South, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Canada’s Great Divide Trail (GDT) traverses the vicinity of the high elevation continental watershed divide designated as the interprovincial boundary between Alberta (Alta.) and British Columbia (B.C.). It crisscrosses the vast northwest to southeast trending Canadian Rocky Mountains for more than 1,100 kilometres from the US/Canada border in Waterton Lakes National Park in the south […]

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