News & Events
BCHS SPONSORED PROGRAMS AND EVENTS
May 19 - “From Time Immemorial: Sand Creek and the Prehistory of Sandpoint, Idaho” by Robert Betts. 7:00 P.M. at the Sandpoint Community Hall. Donation to the BCHS requested at the door.
May 26 - “The Historical Archaeology of the Sand Creek Byway” by Bob Weaver. 7:00 P.M. at the Sandpoint Community Hall. Donation to the BCHS requested at the door.
June 10 - David Thompson Paddles Downstream by Jack Nisbet and Francis Cullooyah. 7:00 P.M. at the Clark Fork-Hope Area Senior Center. Sponsored by the BCHS, Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness, the Kalispel Tribe, and the City of Clark Fork. Donation to the BCHS and FSPW requested at the door.
June 13 - David Thompson Paddles Downstream by Jack Nisbet. 7:00 P.M. at the Dover City Hall. Donation to the BCHS requested at the door.
LOCAL HISTORY PROGRAMS (not sponsored by BCHS)
June 10 - Shadows of David Thompson, a documentary film by filmmaker George Sibley about the life and work of map-maker and explorer David Thompson, who traveled from Hudson Bay across the Pacific Northwest, mapping and describing what is now British Columbia, Montana, Idaho and Washington State. George Sibley will be present to discuss how the documentary film was made. 3:30 P.M. at the Clark Fork Library.
June 14 - David Thompson Paddles Downstream by Jack Nisbet. 7:00 P.M. at Rotary Park, which is located at the north side of the Highway 2 bridge across the Pend Oreille River at Oldtown. Sponsored by the Newport-Oldtown Rotary Club.
REGIONAL HISTORY PROGRAMS
For a complete schedule and route map of the David Thompson Columbia Brigade, visit www.2011brigade.org.
