I was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. I was nine years old when the second World War started. My...
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Sarah and Henry Cormier
Sarah Cormier (nee Carney) and Henry Cormier moved to Canmore in the early to middle 1920’s...
Clarke Family
Grandpa “Tom” Clarke, made the trek from Toronto with many other North West Mounted...
Cathy Faille
I was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. I was nine years old when the second World War started. My...
Rose (nee Gilowski) Dyrgas
Rose was born in Poland and at the age of three years, her parents brought her to Canada. They...
Mike and Eila Dyrgas
I, Mike, was born in Canmore in 1925. We lived in Prospect, the old name for Mineside. Prospect was...
Frank Dyrgas
Born April 10, 1891. Died October 21, 1961. Frank came to Canada from Poland in 1914. He worked at...
Clarice Duncan
My life story began in Maryfield, Saskatchewan in 1917. I was one of five daughters and two younger...
Carl and Doreen Dick
Carl Dick was born in Didsbury, Alberta, in 1929. He grew up on a farm, attended elementary and...
George and Laura Dancer
A Dream Come True I awoke one morning from a dream. I dreamt that we had sold our house in Calgary...
Jack and Jean Clipperton
The Bow Valley first became home to the Clippertons on August 28, 1953, when they moved to Banff as...
Florence Clark
I arrived in Canmore, July 1, 1940, moving here from Wetaskiwin. I was born in Lethbridge but my...
Chiaverina-Rodda
Told by Marie (Mary) Rodda Antonio (Tony) Chiaverina came from the Italian principality of...
William (Bill) Cherak
My dad, Stephen, came to Canmore in 1902. He landed in Montreal from Poland and then went to...
CHAKOWSKI FAMILY
ANDREW + JENNY CHAKOWSKI Dad came from Russia by himself and Mom and her family arrived in Edmonton...
Emilio Casale
Emilio Casale was born in Turin, Italy, in 1907. His mother died so he was raised by his...
CASALE FAMILY
Anita’s father, Emilio Casale, emigrated from Italy in 1921, aged fourteen, to join his...
Peter Carter
When Calgary Power built its Spray Lakes electricity generating scheme in the 1940’s, the use...
Caffaro Family
Attilio Caffaro immigrated to Canmore from the Piedmont area of northern Italy in 1919. He was...
Sidney and Helen Brass
Sidney farmed in the Orkney Islands, on land which had been owned by his father and grandfather...
Maureen Brass
From the Orkney Islands in Scotland to Baffin Island, Maureen Brass’ nursing career took her...
Johnny Boychuk
I was born in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, on June 16, 1905. I have one sister who is now ninety-two...
Nina Borisenko
My husband Alexander and I left Belgium with our daughter and two sons and arrived in Canada in May...
Bohnsack Family
We arrived in Canmore on October 18, 1961, although my father had been in Canmore since early April...
Barbara Biri (Yetman)
I came to the valley in July of 1985 from Youngstown, Alberta. I followed my husband here who was...
Dorothy Biggy
I came to Alberta in 1949, at age eleven, with my family, Roy and Edith Ritchie, one sister Joyce...
Grace Bibby
Born in 1922, I was the fifth daughter in a family of nine children, born and raised in the Ramsay...
Bestwick Family
Joe Bestwick immigrated to Canmore in 1919. He obtained work at the Canmore Coal Company as a miner...
Kathleen Belenky
I was born in Canmore Hospital, the old hospital on the hospital/store hill. My parents were John...
Ruth Beaudreau
Ruth Beaudreau (nee Godley), of English and Irish descent, was born in Vancouver and grew up there...
Canmore Pride Society
While cities and towns throughout southern Alberta have hosted events in support and celebration of...