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Exploring Fernie’s history, culture and trails

Fernie wasn’t always a mecca for outdoor sports and adventure. We owe the beginnings of our town to nineteenth-century prospector William Fernie. Acting on pioneer Michael Phillips’ discoveries of coal and the Crowsnest Pass a few years earlier, William Fernie founded the Crows Nest Pass Coal Company in 1897. The underground coal mine was created

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