view gallery |  Bank of Commerce - Vernon, BC
in Western Canadian Heritage On the north side of 30th Avenue, between 31st and 32nd Streets one will find this former Canadian Bank of Commerce building. A heritage marker is affixed to the front façade. posted by: ScroogieII location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 7/30/2020 last visited: 10/30/2020 |
view gallery |  Bellevue Restaurant - Bellevue, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage On August 7, 1920 the Bellevue Café was the scene of a deadly shootout among three police officers and a pair of train robbers, resulting in the death of two of the officers and one of the train robbers. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 7/30/2020 last visited: 10/29/2020 |
view gallery |  Frank Slide - Frank, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage April 29, 1903 is a day never to be forgotten in Alberta's Crowsnest Pass. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 7/30/2020 last visited: 10/28/2020 |
view gallery |  Old Hillcrest Cemetery - Hillcrest, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage A memorial at the cemetery is a sad one, one which commemorates the deaths of 189 miners in Canada's worst mine disaster, "The Hillcrest Mine Disaster", which occurred on June 19, 1914, shortly before the outbreak of World I. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 7/29/2020 last visited: 10/27/2020 |
view gallery |  Orpheum Theatre - Blairmore, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage Built in 1921, The Orpheum continues in use as the last operating theatre in the Crowsnest. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 7/29/2020 last visited: 10/26/2020 |
view gallery |  Greenhill Hotel - Blairmore, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage Another building by West Canadian Collieries, the hotel was opened in 1922, but was leased and never operated by the company. Like the town of Blairmore, this hotel is a survivor, still open for business today. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 7/28/2020 last visited: 10/23/2020 |
view gallery |  J.E. Upton Block - Blairmore, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage Also known as the Greenhill Grill, this building is essentially a carbon copy of the West Canadian Collieries office just down 20th Avenue, as it was built by them. It got its names from the original two tenants, the Greenhill Grill and J.E. Upton. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 7/28/2020 last visited: 10/22/2020 |
view gallery |  Blairmore Courthouse - Blairmore, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage Once a courthouse always a courthouse doesn't hold true for Blairmore's Courthouse. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 7/28/2020 last visited: 10/21/2020 |
view gallery |  Roxy Theatre - Coleman, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage Had it not been for Coleman's worst fire, which took out six buildings in 1948, we would not have had a Roxy Theatre. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 7/28/2020 last visited: 10/20/2020 |
view gallery |  Crowsnest Pass Polish Hall - Coleman, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage Coleman's Polish Hall is one of several meeting houses built in the Crowsnest Pass to serve a specific ethnic group in the mining community. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 7/28/2020 last visited: 10/19/2020 |
view gallery |  Old Coleman High School - Coleman, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage Not the first school, or even the first high school, in Coleman, this one was built as an addition to the Coleman Central School, which was also not the first in Coleman. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 7/27/2020 last visited: 10/18/2020 |
view gallery |  Coleman Legion - Coleman, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage Though this building was first built as a commercial building in 1923, it was bought by the Coleman Legion in 1939 and extended, essentially doubling it in size, in 1986. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 7/27/2020 last visited: 10/17/2020 |
view gallery |  Alberta Provincial Police Barracks - Coleman, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage This little hip roofed wood frame building was, at one time, the barracks for the Alberta Provincial Police Detachment in Coleman. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 7/27/2020 last visited: 10/16/2020 |
view gallery |  Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Church - Coleman, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage Built in the spring of 1906, this church was consecrated on June 24 of that year. posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 7/27/2020 last visited: 10/15/2020 |
view gallery |  Coleman Union Hall/Hospital - Coleman, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage This hall was originally opened in 1906 as a hospital, funded by the miners' union of Coleman posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 7/27/2020 last visited: 10/14/2020 |
view gallery |  Old Kamloops Courthouse - Kamloops, British Columbia
in Western Canadian Heritage Completed in 1909, the Old Kamloops Courthouse is valued as a landmark complex of buildings and surrounding landscape. The complex was designed to convey a sense of justice and authority through the use of traditional and imposing design. posted by: Weathervane location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 7/18/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  St. Andrew's on the Square - Kamloops, British Columbia
in Western Canadian Heritage Built in 1887, St. Andrews on the Square was built on land donated by the Canadian Pacific Railway. The church is valued as the City’s oldest public building and for its association with the Reverend Phil Gaglardi (1913-1995). posted by: Weathervane location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 7/18/2020 last visited: 2/17/2021 |
view gallery |  CNR Station, Kamloops, British Columbia
in Western Canadian Heritage The CNR Station, built in 1926-27, is a large, two-storey train station located at the end of Fifth Avenue, on the north side of Lorne Street, in Kamloops, British Columbia. posted by: Weathervane location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 7/17/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Hat Creek Ranch - Cache Creek, British Columbia
in Western Canadian Heritage Hat Creek Ranch comprises some 130 hectares of farmyards, fields and range land, and includes twenty historic wooden domestic and farm buildings dating from 1861 into the 20th century. posted by: Weathervane location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 7/17/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Log Skyscrapers - Whitehorse, Yukon
in Western Canadian Heritage These log skyscrapers are the only buildings of this type in Canada and their architectural significance lies in their unusual appearance. posted by: Weathervane location: Yukon Territory, Canada date approved: 6/29/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Fort Macleod Provincial Historic Area - Fort Macleod, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage The town of Fort Macleod is home to what remains a rarity in Alberta, a Designated Provincial Historical Area posted by: ScroogieII location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 6/29/2020 last visited: 10/8/2020 |
view gallery |  Palace Grand Theatre - Dawson, Yukon Territory
in Western Canadian Heritage The Palace Grand Theatre is an elegant three storey wood structure. It was constructed in 1962 as a nearly exact replica of the original 1899 Palace Grand Theatre which, having fallen into serious disrepair, was demolished. posted by: Weathervane location: Yukon Territory, Canada date approved: 6/28/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Third Avenue Hotel, Building 14 - Dawson, Yukon Territory
in Western Canadian Heritage The Third Avenue Hotel Complex is closely associated with the commercial development of Dawson City during the Klondike Gold Rush. posted by: Weathervane location: Yukon Territory, Canada date approved: 6/28/2020 last visited: 8/11/2018 |
view gallery |  Harrington's Store - Dawson, Yukon Territory
in Western Canadian Heritage The two-storey commercial building, commonly known as Harrington's Store, was constructed in early 1902 as a combination store and rooming house. Incorporated in the structure are portions of the single storey 1901 commercial building that previously occupied the site. posted by: Weathervane location: Yukon Territory, Canada date approved: 6/28/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Bank of British North America - Dawson, Yukon Territory
in Western Canadian Heritage The Bank of British North America is one of the best examples of a structure illustrating the development of financial services in the North. posted by: Weathervane location: Yukon Territory, Canada date approved: 6/28/2020 last visited: never |
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