The Story of Italians in Fernie, 1881 - 1921 The Story of Italians in Fernie, 1881 - 1921 Fernie Museum
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 […]
Interned Austrians, Germans, Czechs, Slovaks and Poles (most of whom were actually Ukrainians) in Fernie, June 1915. They were interned at Morrissey from 1915 to 1918.At least one […]
Picariello gave free ice creams in trade for bottles which resulted in the nickname “the Bottle King.” Breweries and distilleries bought these back from him for re-use.
Paul Guzzi holds the reigns of the wagon (his daughter Connie is seated next to him) and his wife Liberata is in the doorway. His brother Domenico is […]
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 Rizutto, […]
The Columbia Macaroni Works, Fernie, BC, was opened around 1909-1910 by C. Marinaro who enticed Emilio Picariello to come to Fernie from Toronto to run it in 1911.
A hand-written note on a photo states: “Lacking Enough Hearses or Wagons, Most Bodies Were Borne for Burial.” The 1902 Coal Creek mine explosion killed 128 miners. There […]
Trains were used to remove the bodies of 128 miners killed to Fernie, BC for burial. Twenty-eight of the deceased were Italian.
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 […]
Strikes took place in 1903, 1906 and 1911. The 1911 strike at Coal Creek and Michel involved 6,000 men and lasted eight months.
