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Banff and Canmore | |||
A high proportion of the new immigrants were men with dreams of making enough money to move on from mining. Many intended to bring their families from Europe and start a ranch in the Alberta plains. The first generation of miners was a highly mobile group that went from mine to mine in search of available jobs. If one mine closed, miners easily picked up and moved on to better opportunities. When the Anthracite Mine closed in 1904, many miners moved on to the Bankhead Mine, which opened that same year.
Of all the mining communities in the area, only Canmore remains today. Many mining families moved to the town when mines shut down in Anthracite, Georgetown and Bankhead. The Canmore mine survived until July 13, 1979. There was a real threat that Canmore too would disappear without the coal industry; however, the growing importance of mountain tourism ensured its survival and it now has many second homes for Calgary business people as well as others from further abroad. Wayne Hubman looks back at the feeling of comraderie between
miners, the appreciation for sunshine, and the enjoyment he and
previous generations of his family received from working in the
mines, in this video produced by CFCN Television. |
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