Our museum is situated in the historic Fructova School, located just to the west of Grand Forks. Our Archives operates in the lower level of Grand Forks' City Hall (originally the Post Office and Customs building). Our mandate is the collection, care, preservation and providing of access to the artifacts and archival materials of the Grand Forks, Rural Grand Forks and Christina Lake areas, including Phoenix, Cascade, Eholt, and the myriad of mining camps and communities that dotted our hillsides but have disappeared. The Boundary Museum and Archives is proud to be entrusted with the stories of our region's past - from the peoples that have first called this place home - the indigenous peoples who have been here since time immemorial, to the settlers, who landed here and shaped its cultural landscape as immigrants of diverse origins and cultures: Chinese, Doukhobors, Japanese Canadians, people from the South of the border, from Eastern Canada, as well as from across the Atlantic. We are fascinated by the agricultural, industrial, and pioneer history, and the social and cultural heritage that tied it all together and links us to these past times. We are sure you are going to find it as intriguing as we do. Oh, and we have said "our" museum and "our" archives at the outset here. However this is not really accurate. These are YOUR museum and YOUR archives. We are just looking after them for you.
