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12 responses

  1. Dianne R. Hansen says:
    August 8, 2016 at 11:08

    Hi – I hope is message gets to you. I have several photographs – 8″ x 10″ black and white, of the Bow City Alberta coal mine, and some of the machinery used in that era. The photos are from the 40s -50’s. I will share them with you. You can contact me at xxxxxxxxx@xxx.ca.
    Dianne

  2. Josie says:
    May 21, 2016 at 17:28

    Hi;
    Nice web page. My grandfather was a miner in Blairmore till 1919.
    I’d like to one day go there and search out the mine (if I can find it).
    The photos you have on your web page are beautiful. Thank you for
    sharing and all the time you put into everything.
    Josie

    • Chris Doering says:
      May 24, 2016 at 07:12

      If you need help tracking something down, we’d be happy to help. We know the Crowsnest area well, in particular when it comes to mines.

      • Josie says:
        May 24, 2016 at 12:01

        Hello:
        Thank you for your response. All that I know about my grandfather (Pietro Mancini aka Peter) is what I was told about. His son told me that he could hear his father’s boots on the pavers when he neared the house and they would hide, since he was so very abusive. The house was still up in the 1960’s and was yellow block or concrete. I just assumed my grandfather was
        close enough to the coal mine to walk home. His son told me in the 1990’s that they would go swimming nearby in the “Old Man River” and they’d wear gunny-sacks. He said that they could see the mountains from their home and he told me they called them the “Three Sisters”. In 1918 my uncle’s mother died in childbirth. His father (my grandfather) went to Italy and re-married and upon returning to Blairmore the police were looking for him, since he had abandoned all his children and they were sent to orphanages (Calgary or Edmonton ?). He was a mason also (I have some of his paper work). He and my grandmother fled by night over the U.S.A. boarder and got to Detroit, MI where my mother was born in 1921.
        I’ve just always been curious and have planned one day to go to Blairmore.
        From your photos, Alberta looks just so beautiful. Thank you again for your response. I hope to visit one day and see the coal mines.
        He died in Detroit in 1944 (born in 1877 in Italy) of stomach cancer, which I think is prevalent with coal miner.
        Thank you for your time.
        Josie

        • Chris Doering says:
          May 25, 2016 at 10:06

          Can’t understand why some people are abusive. The Oldman River is not in the immediate area and is too far north. However, I’ve heard a couple old timers refer to the Crowsnest River, which does pass through Blairmore, mistakenly by that name. Hmmmmm, an eye-brow raiser. There is a Seven Sisters Mountain in the area. One can find a Three Sisters much further north near a community called Canmore. Interestingly, it was a coal town too. Yes, coal mining and lung problems went hand in hand. Many died from the black stuff. I’ll send you an email to see if you want me to look into this further.

  3. Chelsea says:
    May 26, 2014 at 13:32

    Hi I understand that you rewire rotary phones? Is this correct?

    Anyway I want to buy an old phone and I was wondering if I send it to you can you fix it.

    Also how much does it cost to fix it?

    Thank you for your time!

    Chelsea

  4. Ming says:
    August 12, 2013 at 19:55

    Hi, Chris and Connie,

    I know Harry Sanders, a historian in Calgary, he works for Chinook Historic Society and other organizations, you can contact him or Chinook Historian Society or go to his website or Chinook Historic Society website, maybe you can get some information useful to you.

    University of Calgary has an archeology or similiar bachelor major, its graduates often find jobs in some organization related to history/archeology.

    I read a lot of articles in your website, it is really nice of you. I believe all hiking/outdoor persons must be good guys.

    I come from China, I have been doing a lot of hikings and travels both in China, Canada and other countries.

    Good luck

    Ming

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