The Story of Italians in Fernie, 1881 - 1921 The Story of Italians in Fernie, 1881 - 1921 Fernie Museum
They had a garden where the Tom Uphill Home sits right now. The Coal Company owned that land and I remember they’d take $1 a year off his […]
The procession for the funeral of Joseph De Georgia, age 52 and Casola Innocente, age 42, September 2, 1928. The hearse holding the body was followed by the […]
The typical wood frame house in Fernie, BC surrounded by a garden. Most families grew vegetables to enhance their diets and to leave money to buy necessities. Louis […]
The picture was taken at Costanzo’s Ranch in Cokato, 1925. Weddings were celebratory occasions that brought the Italian community together.
Many hotels generated more revenue through the sale of liquor than by room rentals and meals. In BC, the Merchants’ Protective Association, comprising hoteliers and liquor industry people, […]
By 1904, the Crow’s Nest Pass Coal Company operated 1,188 coke ovens in the region. In the ovens, coal was heated resulting in an almost pure carbon used […]
The railway station became the hub of the community and represented prosperity. Communities that were ignored by the railways became ghost towns. In 1990, the station was relocated […]
Canadian Pacific Railway Bridge Coal Creek Fernie, BC, erected by employees of the Hamilton Bridge Works Co., April 14, 1911 to replace the old bridge.
The mine was owned by the Crow’s Nest Pass Coal Company and the town comprised 45 houses with light and water, a church and a Trites Wood Company […]
Homes were wood frame with a kitchen/living room and one or two bedrooms. The outhouses were located in the backyards. Many Italians worked in the mines and lived […]
The town of Coal Creek near Fernie, BC, nd, grew up around the mine. The 1901 census listed 69 men of Italian origin working in the mines and, […]
A birds eye view of Fernie, BC deemed to be “The Pittsburg of Canada” by the media and the Board of Trade.
