Miner’s Lamp - Canmore, AB, Canada - Relief Art Sculptures on Waymarking.com

A stylized miner’s lamp is cast into this concrete support for a highway overpass, commemorating the coal mining history of Canmore.

The large cement lamp house is one of the few above-ground remnants of Canmore’s coal-mining past. Today, Canmore is the gateway to the natural destinations of Banff National Park and Kananaskis Country.

Due to the location of this art in the center of the busy Trans-Canada Highway (Hwy 1), it is safest to take photos as a car passenger.


REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING

Canmore Museum: Canmore #2 Mine Lamp House (visit link)

Toronto Star: Missing 1900s-era coal miner’s lamp recovered by RCMP (visit link)

Smithsonian Institution: Safety Lamps (visit link)

National Coal Mining Museum for England: Deconstructed Lamp [video, 6 minutes] (visit link)

Your impression of the sculpture?: Where is this sculpture?: Three Sisters Parkway bridge over Hwy 1 Canmore, AB Canada Sculptors Name: Unknown Date Sculpture was opened for vewing?: Not listed Website for sculpture?: Not listed

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