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A place of refuge

The item is a composite print of a travelogue from 1969. It shows the summer and winter activities in the Columbia Valley of the East Kootenay region. A sequence on the area's history is followed by shots of various approaches to the Valley, and footage of Fernie, ranching, wildlife, skiing, the Kimberley Snow Fiesta, snowmobiling, fishing (ice & stream), the Kootenay Trout Hatchery, Wasa Lake, a modern paddlewheeler, water skiing, the restored pioneer community of Fort Steele, mountain climbing in the Bugaboos, trail riding, provincial campsites, Radium Hot Springs and Fairmont.

Alfred Balment interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-11-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Alfred James Balment describes how he came west from Winnipeg in 1898; built railway bridges in Alberta and the West Kootenays; a description of bridge building; he became a conductor in ;1902 or 1903; describes "boomers"; was the conductor on Crowsnest line the day of the Fernie fire; took several loads of Fernie residents; was elected alderman in Cranbrook on the 'wet' ticket in 1914; Tommy Roberts was the mayor; dispute over replacement of local police by Provincial Police. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Assignment of book debts

  • GR-2820
  • Series
  • 1916-1925

Assignment of book debts.

British Columbia. County Court (Fernie)

Banking records

  • GR-2827
  • Series
  • 1932-1947

Banking records from the Fernie Registry with the Canadian Bank of Commerce. They include: copies of deposit slips made by the Official Administrator, 1934-1947; copies of deposit slips and cheque stubs made by the Small Debts Court Magistrate, 1934-1940; and an unidentified bank book in account with the Minister of Finance, 1932-1941.

British Columbia. Official Administrator (Fernie)

[British Columbia Forest Branch / Forest Service collection, reel 17]

Footage. Film proceeds from Alberta boundary at Crowsnest Pass, through Fernie, south to Waldo, then north, west and south through Cranbrook to Yahk. Includes footage of B.C. Spruce Mills Ltd. at Lumberton, Crowsnest Station, Fernie Highway, Elk River Valley, Waldo, Wardner, logged-over area in Kootenay Valley, Bull River. Shots of abandoned and ruined mills appear throughout.

Cash books

  • GR-2478
  • Series
  • 1903-1940

Cash books created by the Fernie Government Agent, 1903-1909 (5 volumes) and 1913-1940 (1 volume). Also a cash book from all levels of court showing disbursements and outstanding cheques, May 1912 - July 1913. (1 vol.)

British Columbia. County Court (Fernie)

Correspondence and other material

Series consists of correspondence, 1926, 1935-1937, 1952-1962; notes; speeches; printed materials; and newspaper clipping books containing reports of legislative sessions, 1936, 1943, 1945, 1956-1959.

County Court (Fernie)

  • GR-2477
  • Series
  • 1908-1936

Magistrate's quarterly Returns of Convictions under the Summary Convictions Act from the County Court of East Kootenay, 1908-1912; 1915, 1920-1930; 1934-1936. Includes Corbin, Natal, Newgate and Waldo. There is also one file containing copies of a circular letter from the County Court (per Clerk of the Peace) reminding Magistrates and Justices of the Peace to fill out a Return of Convictions form (1935-1936). If there are "Nil Returns" this circular letter is returned to the County Court.

British Columbia. County Court (Fernie)

Dave Barrett : [1975 fall tour, etc.]

CALL NUMBER: T1704:0037 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: Penticton (B.C.), 1975-09-15 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett's fall tour in Penticton, 15 September 1975. CALL NUMBER: T1704:0038 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: Oliver (B.C.), 1975-09-16 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett's fall tour in Oliver, 16 September 1975. CALL NUMBER: T1704:0039 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: Greenwood (B.C.), 1975-09-16 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett's fall tour in Greenwood, 16 September 1975. CALL NUMBER: T1704:0040 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: Trail (B.C.), 1975-09-17 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett's fall tour in Trail, 17 September 1975. CALL NUMBER: T1704:0041 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: Fernie (B.C.), 1975-09-18 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett's fall tour in Fernie, 18 September 1975. CALL NUMBER: T1704:0042 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: Cranbrook (B.C.), 1975-09-19 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett's fall tour in Cranbrook, 19 September 1975. CALL NUMBER: T1704:0043 - 0044 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: Vernon (B.C.), 1975-09-23 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett's fall tour in Vernon, 23 September 1975 (part 1 & 2). CALL NUMBER: T1704:0045 - 0046 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: Revelstoke (B.C.), 1975-09-24 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett's fall tour in Revelstoke, 24 September 1975; introduced by Labour Minister Bill King (part 1 & 2). CALL NUMBER: T1704:0047 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: Golden (B.C.), 1975-09-25 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett's fall tour in Golden, 25 September 1975. CALL NUMBER: T1704:0048 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Financial and economic review RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975-09-30 SUMMARY: Financial and economic review, 30 September 1975. CALL NUMBER: T1704:0049 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Press conference announcing cabinet changes RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975-10 SUMMARY: David Barrett press conference announcing cabinet changes, October 1975. CALL NUMBER: T1704:0050 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: Smithers (B.C.), 1975-10-09 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett's fall tour in Smithers, 9 October 1975.

Deadline for pressure

Industrial film. The construction of Compressor Station No. 1 on the Alberta-California gas pipeline, located between Fernie and Turtle Mountain in the Rockies. The compressor was built for the Alberta Natural Gas Company by Marwell Construction.

Dockets

  • GR-2497
  • Series
  • 1908-1915

Dockets.

British Columbia. County Court (Fernie)

[East Kootenay]

Amateur film. "Road sign: 'Source of the Columbia River. Prevent Forest Fires.' Pan across end of Columbia Lake and snow-capped hills. Columbia Lake in winter. Wild swans on Columbia Lake - summer - they take off and fly away. [Long shot of] Kimberley Mines. Crowsnest Mountain. Locomotive with several long ore cars and caboose passing by, with forest in [background]. Paving at Fernie. Men working with truck dumping gravel into a paving attachment moving slowly along the road. Different view of Crowsnest Mountain. Frank Slide, camera follows course of slide down mountain. Small rock bluff with vehicles beside it -- paving at Michel. Crusher at Mud Creek. Mixers at Spring Brook. Mud Creek: a frog, a porcupine and a deer. Scenic shot of mountain in Fall. Moyie Lake. Reflection of mountain on Moyie Lake. Crooked Tree Camp in mountains. Jack and Yorky. Shovel working at Windermere cut, with two trucks in attendance. Shovel working in a deep, sandy pit with trucks. Carryall in pit. Truck moving along road away from camera. Truck dumping fill onto road. Bulldozer, shovel, trucks assembled and working at pit. Several shots of bulldozer pushing fill around, shovel in [foreground]. [Close-up of] shovel at work. [Close-up of] cat at work. [Close-up of] shovel at edge of Columbia River in preparation for crossing. Shovel ploughing through water across the river." (Colin Browne)

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