On this first warm day in the spring of the year 2000, George and I are sitting on the deck, having finished our lunch, and now soaking up the relaxing warmth of the sun. Across the valley, the snow on the peaks of the Three...
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Vera and John Protz
John and I always loved the mountains and camping. For many tears, we camped – just breezing by Canmore because we thought there was nothing there. Our first destination was always Banff. Coming back from an Okanagan valley...
Lois Pinet
I have lived in Canmore since 1953-54. Before that I lived in Stavely, Alberta, where I was born at home. I was one of eight children, second youngest. We had a great childhood in Stavely. I went to a little red brick schoolhouse...
Alvin (Al) and Dora Peters
Al and Dora Peters settled in Canmore in April of 1948 with their two children, Caroline and Rodney. Another daughter was born in June, 1952. Al had worked as a power lineman for companies in Saskatchewan, British Columbia and...
David Owen
As an addict of the “Sport of Kings”, I went to the Palace Theatre in Calgary to see “The Story of Seabiscuit”, a film about a famous thoroughbred. The marquee billing ignored the famous child star Shirley...
Helen Olorenshaw
A call went out to Europe for settlers to fill the empty prairies and provide commerce for the newly completed Canadian Pacific Railway across Canada. My father knew that living under the existing feudal system in Ukraine, ruled...
John and Antoinette Meili
John Meili first came to Canmore about 1923, coming here from Edson. He was a steam engineer for a locomotive. When he came to Canmore he worked in the powerhouse. After assessing the situation, a company house was available with...
George and Norma Measor
We came to Canmore in 1946 – my husband was working in the mine and Doug and I came here in November to set up housekeeping. Our former home was in Calgary where Doug and I (1921) were born – my husband was born in...
Petrie Family
I arrived in the Bow Valley in March of 1949, having transferred from line crew (Calgary Power Ltd.), and located at Seebe to begin a long career in the Hydro Plants. The home where I grew up was located southeast of Lethbridge...
Eileen Patterson
I moved to Banff in 1974 from Winnipeg, Manitoba, and, in 1975, my former husband and I purchased the A-frame on Policeman’s Creek, known as the “Ginger house”. There was no street address, so the house was...