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Employment eventually brought Doreen and Bill to Trail, where they have lived for over sixty years.

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Marc Marcolin was born in Bellevue, Alberta in 1919 to a poor family struggling to make ends meet.

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Marc Marcolin in Council Chambers, City Hall, Trail
2007
Trail, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Rose Calderon

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Although not an immigrant to Canada, Marc's parents immigrated from Italy to Alberta around 1903. The middle of five children, Marc and his family suffered the difficult times of the 1920s living in the coal mining district of Alberta.

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A young Marc Marcolin, age 9, in Bellevue, AB
1927
Bellevue, Alberta, Canada

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In spite of it all, Marc completed his chemistry degree at the University of Alberta and was immediately hired by a munitions plant in Calgary that was operated by Cominco. Here, he met his wife, married and was transferred to Trail to assist in a very secretive assignment, known as Project 9, a component of the Manhattan Project. The Manhattan Project was the American term for the development of the atomic bomb during World War II. Cominco in Trail was manufacturing the heavy water for the American Government.

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Marc Marcolin on being assigned to the Manhattan Project at Cominco.
19 February 2008
Trail, British Columbia, Canada
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Credits:
Marc Marcolin
Rose Calderon
Greg Nesteroff

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Marc Marcolin on his time working on Project 9.
19 February 2008
Trail, British Columbia, Canada
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Credits:
Marc Marcolin
Rose Calderon
Greg Nesteroff

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Small vial of heavy water, produced in Trail for the American war effort, the Manhattan Project
12 February 1943
Trail Museum, Trail, British Columbia
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Credits:
Trail Museum

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United States of America War Department certificate
6 August 1945
Trail Museum, Trail, British Columbia
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Credits:
Vancouver Island Military Museum

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For Marc, his move to Trail was based on timing. He quickly climbed the corporate ladder at Cominco, serving in many departments and instigating the modernization of the plants. During the 1990s, Marc served as Mayor of Trail for one term, leaving a lasting impression on the City of Trail.