The Story of Italians in Fernie, 1881 - 1921 The Story of Italians in Fernie, 1881 - 1921 Fernie Museum
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.
Trains were used to remove the bodies of 128 miners killed to Fernie, BC for burial. Twenty-eight of the deceased were Italian.
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.
As a railway and mining hub, Fernie’s growth outstripped that of other Elk Valley communities.
