The Story of Italians in Fernie, 1881 - 1921 The Story of Italians in Fernie, 1881 - 1921 Fernie Museum
Strikes took place in 1903, 1906 and 1911. The 1911 strike at Coal Creek and Michel involved 6,000 men and lasted eight months.
United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners Local 1220 in front of the Crow’s Nest Pass Coal Company office, Labour Day, Fernie on Labour Day May 1, 1909.
Single men and men whose wives were in the old country lived in such accommodation.
Italians made up a significant portion of the workforce at Coal Creek. Twenty-eight Italians were killed in the 1902 disaster that had a total of 128 fatalities.
William Fernie and Philip Carosella at the opening of the “Peter” seam, Coal Creek, BC, 5 miles east of Fernie, 1889. Carosella became a prominent Fernie entrepreneur.
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 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, […]
The 1908 Great Fire destroyed 65 buildings in the business district. This was the heart of Fernie’s commercial district as it is today.
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 […]
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 […]
