Rossland Memories

The Rossland Memories Project is our ongoing oral history interview project that seeks to collect, store, and share memories of longtime Rosslanders for future generations.

This is an ongoing project! Please let us know if you have ideas of people whose stories we should capture. If you have an oldtimer in your life with stories to tell, consider signing up to be an interviewer — we can provide training and equipment to help you conduct the oral history interview! There are also volunteer opportunities to help organize, transcribe, and publicize the memories.

For more information or to volunteer, please contact our Research Department at archives@rosslandmuseum.ca.

Some of the interviews we’ve conducted are already up online! Check them out below or peruse our Rossland Memories YouTube playlist!

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Ken and Beryl Davis

Ken and Beryl Davis discuss participating in various winter and summer sports in Rossland. Ken played on the lacrosse and hockey teams, but they enjoyed skiing and skating.

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Mike Schulz

Mike Schulz shares memories of moving to Rossland in the late 1950s. He was an avid skier and recalled building the chairlift and cabins on Red Mountain.

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Dave and Doreen Butler

Dave and Doreen retell their experience moving to Rossland in 1974 to operate the Ramshead Inn near Red Mountain. They shared memories of the ski hill and community-spirit.

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Jim and Diane Delong

Interviewed in 2014, Jim and Diana Delong recall their memories of attending Central School, J.L Crowe, and Rossland Secondary. They also talk about skiing and cabins in Rossland, and much more!

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Richie Mann, Al Fisher, and Ruth Grubisic

Interviewed in 2014/2015 by Roly Worsfold, Richie, Al, and Ruth talk about their time growing-up in Rossland, skiing on Red mountain, fiddling, and much more.

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Louie Corrado, Ira McAulay, Bill Cheveldave

Listen to Gwen and Jim recall living in Rossland throughout their lives. They share memories of local businesses and buildings, the Rossland lifestyle, and so much more.

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Nona Archibald

Interviewed in February 2014, Nona Archibald recounts her early memories of working at CM&S as a secretary, skiing on Red Mountain and in the back country, etc.

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Richie Mann

In 2014, Craig Delong interviewed Richie Mann for a ski movie and the Rossland Memories Project. He shared memories of skiing in Rossland Range, building cabins and jump hills, and so much more!

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