Supporting the ideas and efforts of the people in the Columbia Basin
Columbia Basin Trust supports 42 heritage projects with over $2 million Heritage buildings, archives and museum artifacts are part of how communities in the Basin hold onto their histories. To make sure future generations can also benefit from these historical […]
Columbia Basin Trust purchases historically valuable grain elevators As you approach the town of Creston’s downtown core, two rare landmarks stand out: a pair of grain elevators over 80 years old. Representing a Canadian symbol that is rapidly disappearing, the […]
Columbia Basin Trust provides $113,000 for Kaslo’s sternwheeler, the SS Moyie The SS Moyie is truly one of a kind. The oldest intact passenger sternwheeler ship in the world built in 1898, the Moyie ended its service on Kootenay Lake […]
$11.6 million in programs and support over three years Arts, culture and heritage are a valued part of the tapestry of the Columbia Basin region that enriches our communities and the lives of residents. Columbia Basin Trust is expanding its […]
Columbia Basin Trust’s Built Heritage Grants fund 16 projects with $1.4 million Heritage structures are physical reminders of our communities’ pasts. They may represent community-defining businesses that have come and gone, or early ways of life that no longer exist. […]
First intake of three-year, $6-million granting program now open The first intake of Columbia Basin Trust’s new Built Heritage Grants opens on March 28. “We know that there are projects that organizations will want to get started on this year, […]
