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    The Nicola Valley Newshound Project

    Dec 04, 2017 2 minutes
    By Susan Gearing-Edge; edited by Sylvia Stopforth

    The Nicola Valley Museum and Archives in Merritt, BC was established in 1976, when a group of people came together with local history as a common interest. This group was known as the Nicola Valley Archives Association.

    The Museum was initially located on Voght Street in January 1978, and then moved to its current location on

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