Was Earliest Hockey In The Kootenay Area In Nelson in 1893?

FROM: The Miner, Nelson, B.C., March 4, 1893

It seems that the earliest indication of hockey being played in the Kootenay area may have been in 1893 in Nelson, B.C., as this newspaper article recounts.

https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcnewspapers/xminer/items/1.0182607#p7z-7r0f:hockey

Source: BC Historical Newspapers