Told by Marie (Mary) Rodda Antonio (Tony) Chiaverina came from the Italian principality of Piedmont, which borders Switzerland and France. His family had a vineyard and a dairy and it was expected that Tony, the only son, would...
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William (Bill) Cherak
My dad, Stephen, came to Canmore in 1902. He landed in Montreal from Poland and then went to Edmonton enroute to the Yukon (where there, they almost froze). Then somebody told Dad there was work in Canmore in the coal mines. He...
CHAKOWSKI FAMILY
ANDREW + JENNY CHAKOWSKI Dad came from Russia by himself and Mom and her family arrived in Edmonton. The two met and were married in Edmonton. Their first son, Stanley, was born there and in 1919, Mom and Dad moved to Canmore...
Emilio Casale
Emilio Casale was born in Turin, Italy, in 1907. His mother died so he was raised by his grandmother until her death in 1921. At the age of fourteen, Casale travelled to Canada, 5000 miles away, alone, speaking no English, to be...
CASALE FAMILY
Anita’s father, Emilio Casale, emigrated from Italy in 1921, aged fourteen, to join his father, Tony,who worked in the Bankhead Mine, moving to the Canmore Mine the following year. When he was twenty years old, Emilio...
Peter Carter
When Calgary Power built its Spray Lakes electricity generating scheme in the 1940’s, the use of Lawrence Grassi’s trail to Twin Lakes came to an end. The route was severed by an aquaduct, and the upper section was...
Canmore Golf Course
On June 1, 1926 the first organizational meeting of the Canmore Golf and Curling Club took place at the Memorial Hall (the old YMCA). The club officially became the Canmore Golf Club with a total of seventeen members. The first...
Caffaro Family
Attilio Caffaro immigrated to Canmore from the Piedmont area of northern Italy in 1919. He was fourteen years of age and came through Ellis Island, New York with a coat tag with his name and destination, and was put on a train to...
Sidney and Helen Brass
Sidney farmed in the Orkney Islands, on land which had been owned by his father and grandfather before him. He and Helen emigrated from Scotland in 1981 and successfully created a new life for themselves in Canada. They came to...
Maureen Brass
From the Orkney Islands in Scotland to Baffin Island, Maureen Brass’ nursing career took her literally to the ends of the earth before she finally settled in Canmore to raise her twin sons, Elliot and Cameron. Brass, who...