Dead Man's Flats Water Pump - Dead Man's Flats, Alberta - Hand Operated Water Pumps on Waymarking.com

Text from the nearby Alberta Heritage Marker:

"As a gateway to a major pass through the Rocky Mountains, the Bow Valley has been a transportation corridor since the time of the early Aboriginal groups, explorers, and fur traders. The arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1883 and the discovery of nearby coal resulted in the district's development.

The name of one community in the Bow Valley, Dead Man's Flats has a number of possible origins. The most prevalent is said to have arisen from a grisly incident that occurred in May, 1904.

Around 1900 Jean Marret came from France to the Canmore area to operate a dairy farm. He encouraged his brother Francois to join him. Francois did no like life as a farm hand and spent the next three yers working at odd jobs in Canmore and Cochrane. As time passed, he started hearing voices of his long-dead parents, and a constant buzzing in his head. Francois was convinced his parents were telling him his brother was trying to kill him with invisible electrical machines. In an alleged act of self-defense, Francois Marret Marrey murdered Jean with an axe as he lay asleep in bed. Then, near this spot, Francois threw his brother's lifeless body into the Bow River.

At his trial, expert witnesses stated that auditory hallucinations were a symptom of a deep-seated brain disease. This condition, they believed, had been brought on by Francois' life of privation while serving in the French Foreign Legion in Africa. Two weeks after the killing, the verdict was in. On the grounds of insanity, Francois Marret was acquitted of his brother's murder and was committed for the rest of his life to the asylum in Brandon, Manitoba."

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Is it Working: yes Nearest Address: 250 2nd Avenue Dead Man's Flats, Alberta Canada T1W 2W4 How to find.: This pump is located roadside near the cookhouse in the campground. Visiting Restrictions: There are no restrictions Good place to park: Not Listed Does this pump have a presence on the internet?: Not listed

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Date Logged Log   08/05/2014 The A-Team visited it