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Category: Buildings & Structures

Victoria Avenue, Fernie’s main street before the 1908 Great Fire

Victoria Avenue, Fernie’s main street before the 1908 Great Fire

The 1908 Great Fire destroyed 65 buildings in the business district. This was the heart of Fernie’s commercial district as it is today.
Fernie, BC in 1899 with Mount Fernie in the background and Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive in front.

Fernie, BC in 1899 with Mount Fernie in the background and Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive in front.

As a railway and mining hub, Fernie’s growth outstripped that of other Elk Valley communities.
Roma Hotel, no date

Roma Hotel, no date

  The Roma Hotel was built by Philip Carosella in 1903 and was destroyed in the 1904 and 1908 fires. It was leased and later purchased by Al […]
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