The Story of Italians in Fernie, 1881 - 1921 The Story of Italians in Fernie, 1881 - 1921 Fernie Museum
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.
The 1908 Great Fire destroyed 65 buildings in the business district. This was the heart of Fernie’s commercial district as it is today.
As a railway and mining hub, Fernie’s growth outstripped that of other Elk Valley communities.
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.
The S.S. Citta Di Genova was one of the many steamships that transported passengers and cargo from Europe to North America, Australia and other destinations where immigrants could […]
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 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 […]
