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Who We
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Heritage
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Step
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| Our Visitor
Information Center is open from May 1st until end of October. We
get about 10,000 visitors a year. Staffed by our excellent,
trained Volunteers and Summer Students. We can help answer your
travel needs and queries about Greenwood, the Boundary
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Greenwood
Heritage Society Executive:
President,
Marge Maclean
Vice Pres., Carol LeSergent
Secretary, Colleen Lang
Treasurer, Clare Folvik
Directors:
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Wayne
Campolieto
Joan Christian
Doreen MacLean
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Recent Memorable Events
- January 7, 2000-Snow Falling
On Cedars Opened at the Gem Theater in Grand Forks, BC.
- April 27, 2000- Trans Canada Trail
Water Relay 2000 and the dedication of the Tunnel of Flags.
- August 5-7, 2000-The
Phoenix Homecoming. the City of Phoenix Would have been 100 years
old. A celebration was held in Grand Forks, Greenwood, and Phoenix
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About us:
The Greenwood Museum |
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Greenwood Museum Association was formed on June 29, 1967 by a group of
citizens realizing the needs to preserve the history of
Greenwood. The Association was incorporated under the Societies
Act on December 4, 1967 as an educational non-profit society for the
preservation of the artifacts and the history. |
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City of Greenwood gave the Museum space to set up the Museum in the
City Hall. an operation grant from the City and an operating
grant from the Board of Trade administered through the Tourist
Association funded the Museum. Admission fees and donations from
Friends of the Museum enabled the Museum to maintain their holdings and
pay a Curator an honorarium.
By
1979, it became apparent that the City Offices and the Museum were both
cramped for space. A study was made resulting in the decision to
build a new Museum. the City of Greenwood donated 3 lots, the
Museum Association purchased 3 adjoining lots and the construction of
the building was funded by the Travel Industry Development Subsidiary
Agreement, a joint Federal-Provincial Initiative. the 3200 square
foot building has a full basement, loading dock, parking and outside
display areas as well as the necessary environmental
controls. Located on the Southern Trans-Provincial Highway 3,
(the Crowsnest Highway), the Museum was designed with a Mining Heritage
Theme in keeping with the Architectural Style still present in
Greenwood. the Official Opening was held on May 8, 1982.
The
Greenwood Museum was encouraged to apply for funding through the
Community Archives Assistance Program and in 1997 the museum became the
recipient of a grant to develop archival policy and procedures. a
professional archivist was hired on contract to establish the structure
for policy and procedures of an archives program, begin processing the
endangered holdings of the Archives and submit recommendations.
On
January 1999, the Greenwood Museum Association's name was changed to
the Greenwood Heritage Society. The Greenwood Heritage Society is
the governing body of the Museum, Archives and Visitor Centre.
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MISSION
& VISION STATEMENT (Contact executive)
We have
yearly memberships for only $5 and our monthly meetings are at 7:00PM,
3rd Thursday of the month. We encourage you to join and
learn more about Our Heritage and History.
BECOME A
VOLUNTEER! Want to help Preserve our Heritage, Help our Visitors,
or Donate? Give us a call!
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By 1919, the smelter and large mines shut
down and Greenwood slowly became a near ghost town of only about 200
souls remaining.
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We have many 100 year old buildings
in our city. Fire was the scourge for
this city. We are fortunate we have so many survivors.
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In 1942, during World War
II, Japanese-Canadians were invited
to be Interned in Greenwood’s many empty buildings transforming
Greenwood into a bustling town of 1400. After World War II, many
stayed on in Greenwood giving this little city life.
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Bird Watching and Fishing
are popular past times along the "The Boundary Creek Nature Walk", and
you can explore the area easily on your mountain bikes, on the Trans Canada Trail.
Greenwood is also a gateway
community to the Trans Canada Trail and we can be your jumping
off point to many interesting Links and Loops to other great mountain
biking rides in the area. Many old railroad grades with easy 2%
grades passing by old mining sites, smelters and ghost towns.
In 1998, Greenwood was used
as a movie set by Universal Studios for the Oscar Nominated Motion
Picture. Snow Falling
On Cedars released January 7,
2000. Greenwood played a portion of the fictitious town of Amity
Harbor, Washington. This involved Japanese Interment during World War
II, a doomed interracial love story, murder mystery and a courtroom
drama.
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THE GREENWOOD HERITAGE SOCIETY, an educational non-profit society for
the preservation of the artifacts and history of Greenwood and the
Boundary Region with our displays, archives and photographs.
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