When I was around ten, our family lived in a small two bedroom clapboard shack in the Prospect area...
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Royal Canadian Legion Ladies’ Auxiliary
According to Ottawa records, the Ladies’ Auxiliary, located in Canmore, Alberta, was the very...
Josie (Jerwa) and Fred Marra
Josie was born March 19, 1913, in Bankhead, Alberta. She was the only girl of five children. Her...
Alexander MacLaren and family
Our parents were of Scottish descent. Dad, Alexander MacLaren, was born in Lochearnhead, Scotland...
Jennie Latvala (nee Niemi) and family
John Niemi came from Finland to Canada in 1903 to work in the Canmore coal mine. His wife, Maria...
Jack and Maimie Gustason
Herman Gustason arrived in Canmore from Finland in 1900 to work for the Canmore Coal Company. His...
Catherine Greig
My parents, Sam and Margaret Cook, emigrated from Missouri in 1910, with their two sons. They...
Sylvia Heath (nee Latvala)
My father, Kusti (Gus) Latvala emigrated to Canmore from Finland in 1923, at the age of seventeen...
Fitzgerald Family
Written by Lena Fitzgerald (nee Nikituk) Maurice was born and raised in Canmore. Growing up here...