A33 Returning the Minto whistle

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Document Date: 1986-06-26 - --

Donors: Arrow Lakes Historical Society

Keywords: 1980s, Arrow Lakes Historical Society, Captain G.O. Sutherland (tug), Captain Minto, Celgar (Columbia Cellulose/Canadian Cellulose), marina, Nakusp Launch Club, Parent; Milton, SS Minto, SS Minto whistle return (1986), Stanley; Denis, tugboats, and Upper Arrow Lake

Locations: Nakusp

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1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 8.7 cm

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Nakusp Chamber of Commerce president Denis Stanley (left) speaking at the ceremonial retun of the whistle from the sternwheeler SS Minto to Nakusp, Nakusp Launch Club marina, Upper Arrow Lake, 26 June 1986. Nakusp mascot Captain Minto is at centre; Arrow Lakes Historical Society president Milton Parent is at right. The Celgar tug Captain G.O. Sutherland, which brought the whistle from Castlegar, is in the background. After having been in use at Westar Timber's Celgar mill in Castlegar, the whistle would be installed at the new Nakusp visitor centre.

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