The Story of Italians in Fernie, 1881 - 1921 The Story of Italians in Fernie, 1881 - 1921 Fernie Museum
The District Ledger described an attack by “two Italians” on a Mr. Cameron (February 8, 1908). This was likely the beginning of the series of events attributed to […]
The District Ledger (June 27, 1908) in “The Black Hand in Fernie” reported the arrest of armed members of an Italian secret society that had sent extortion letters […]
Italians as other foreigners were viewed as simple-minded figures of fun as is evidenced by an article titled “An Amusing Incident” that appeared in the District Ledger (August […]
A notice (aviso) in the District Ledger of March 12, 1908 notes in Italian: “Miners we are informing you kindly to stay away from Fernie, BC, those of […]
Besides Fernie and adjacent Coal Creek, significant mining communities developed in Morrissey Mines, Natal, Middletown, Michel, Hosmer, Corbin and Carbonado.
Migale left Italy with brother Giuseppe in 1898 for North America. He arrived by train in Macleod, Alberta and walked to Fernie where he worked for the CPR […]
In 1891, the Canadian Pacific Railway established the Canadian Pacific Steamship Company, which operated out of Liverpool , UK transporting immigrants from Europe to western Canada.
Immigration policies gave preference to people of British origin and Northern Europeans. Asians, southern and eastern Europeans were deemed less desirable but they came and helped in nation […]
The card is printed in English, Bohemian, Russian, Ruthenian (Ukrainian), German, French, Dutch, Hungarian, Swedish, Polish, Italian and Yiddish. Photographer: Unknown
