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{{for|the electoral district|Fernie (electoral district)}} |
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|official_name = Fernie |
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|motto = "In montibus ad flumen"{{spaces|2}}<small>([[Latin]])<br/>"In the mountains by the river"</small> |
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|image_skyline = Fernie courthouse.jpg |
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|image_caption = Fernie Court House and mountains |
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|pushpin_map = British Columbia |
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|pushpin_map_caption = Location in [[British Columbia]] |
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|subdivision_type = Country |
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|subdivision_name = {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Canada]] |
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|subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Canada|Province]] |
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|subdivision_name1 = [[Image:Flag of British Columbia.svg|22px]] [[British Columbia]] |
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|subdivision_type2 = [[Regions of Canada#British Columbia|Region]] |
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|subdivision_name2 = [[Elk Valley]]/[[East Kootenay]] |
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|subdivision_type3 = [[Regional Districts of British Columbia|Regional District]] |
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|subdivision_name3 = [[Regional District of East Kootenay, British Columbia|Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK)]] |
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|leader_title = City Mayor |
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|leader_name = [[Randal Macnair]] |
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|leader_title1 = Governing body |
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|leader_name1 = [[Fernie City Council]] |
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|leader_title2 = [[Canadian House of Commons|MP]] |
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|leader_name2 = [[Jim Abbott (politician)|Jim Abbott]] |
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|leader_title3 = [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia|MLA]] |
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|leader_name3 = [[Bill Bennett (politician)|Bill Bennett]] |
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|established_title = Established |
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|established_date = 1904 |
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|area_total_km2 = 16.05 |
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|area_total_sq_mi = 6.20 |
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|population_as_of = [[Canada 2006 Census|2006]] |
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|settlement_type = <!--For Town or Village (Leave blank for the default City)--> |
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|population_total = 4217<br/>[[List of the 100 largest cities in Canada|Ranked 777th]] |
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|population_density_km2 = 287.3 |
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|population_density_sq_mi = 744.1 |
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|population_metro = 6873 |
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|timezone = [[Mountain Standard Time Zone|Mountain Standard (MST)]] |
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|utc_offset = -7 |
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|latd=49 |latm=30 |lats=15 |latNS=N |
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|longd=115 |longm=03 |longs=46 |longEW=W |
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|elevation_m = 1010 |
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|elevation_ft = 3314 |
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|postal_code_type = Postal code span |
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|postal_code = V0B 1M(0–6) |
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|area_code = 250 |
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|website = [http://www.fernie.ca City of Fernie] |
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'''Fernie''' is a city in the [[Elk Valley]] area of the [[East Kootenay]] region of southeastern [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]], located on [[British Columbia provincial highway 3|BC Highway 3]] on the eastern approahces to the [[Crowsnest Pass]] through the [[Canadian Rockies|Rocky Mountains]]. Founded in 1898 and incorporated as the '''City of Fernie''' in July 1904, the municipality has a year-round population of 4,217 <ref>http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5901012&Geo2=PR&Code2=59&Data=Count&SearchText=fernie&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=</ref> with an additional 1,873 outside city limits in communities under the jurisdiction of the [[Regional District of East Kootenay, British Columbia|Reginal District of East Kootenay]]. A substantial seasonal population swells the city during the winter months. |
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Fernie lies on the [[Elk River (British Columbia)|Elk River]], along Canada's southernmost east-west transportation corridor through the Rockies that crosses the range via the [[Crowsnest Pass]], 40 kilometres (25 [[Mile|mi]]) to the east. As the largest and oldest community in the immediate area, Fernie serves as something of a regional centre for the region, which is known as the [[Elk Valley]]. |
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==Geography== |
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[[Image:fernie downtown.jpg|thumb|250px|left|The Three Sisters and Mt. Proctor, as seen from central Fernie]] |
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Fernie is the only city-class municipality in Canada that is fully encircled by the Rocky Mountains. It sits at the crook of a dogleg in a glacial valley where the Elk River is intersected by its tributaries [[Coal Creek (British Columbia)|Coal]], [[Lizard Creek (British Columbia)|Lizard]] and Fairy Creeks. |
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To the north of the city lies [[Mount Fernie]], [[Mount Klauer]], Mount Trinity (most commonly known as the [[Three Sisters (British Columbia)|Three Sisters]]) and [[Mount Proctor]]. To the northeast is [[Mount Hosmer (British Columbia)|Mount Hosmer]], to the east [[Fernie Ridge]], to the southeast [[Morrissey Ridge]] (including an outcropping known as [[Castle Mountain (British Columbia)|Castle Mountain]]) and to the southwest the various peaks of the [[Lizard Range]]. |
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The Lizard Range is home to [[Fernie Alpine Resort]], one of the largest [[ski resort]]s in Canada, and [[Island Lake Lodge]], a resort. |
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Summer in Fernie is generally far quieter than the winter months, though [[mountain biking]], [[fly fishing]] and [[golf]] are increasingly important tourist draws. |
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==Mining History== |
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While the slopes of the mountains are presently the focus of economic activity, until comparatively recently residents of the area were more interested with the mountains' innards. The vast [[Crowsnest Coal Field]] lies just to east of the city, and Fernie owes its origins to nineteenth-century prospector William Fernie, who established the [[coal]] industry that continues to exist to this day. Acting on pioneer Michael Phillips' twin discoveries of coal and the Crowsnest Pass a few years earlier, Fernie founded the [[Crows Nest Pass Coal Company]] in 1897 and established a temporary encampment near Coal Creek; the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] arrived in the valley the following year, and a townsite emerged parallel to the railway line slightly north of the initial encampment, or "Old Town." Underground coal [[mining|mines]] were dug 10 kilometres (6 mi) away from the townsite in the narrow Coal Creek valley and until 1960 a small satellite community known as [[Coal Creek, British Columbia|Coal Creek]] stood adjacent to them. A variety of other mines were sunk into the coal fields in a fifty kilometer radius in the following two decades. No mining was ever carried out in Fernie proper; [[coke (fuel)|coking]] of Coal Creek coal was carried out at the townsite, but otherwise the town developed into an administrative and commercial centre for the burgeoning industry. [[Forestry]] played a smaller role in the local economy and a local [[brewery]] produced [[Fernie Beer]] from brewery creek (mountain spring water). |
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Like most single-industry towns, Fernie endured several boom-and-bust cycles throughout the twentieth century, generally tied to the global price of coal. The mines at Coal Creek closed permanently by 1960 and the focus of mining activity shifted to [[Michel, British Columbia|Michel]] and [[Natal, British Columbia|Natal]] about twenty-five kilometres (15 mi) upriver, which sat on a more productive portion of the Crowsnest Coal Field. [[Kaiser Resources]] opened immense [[open-pit mining|open-pit mines]] there in the 1970s to meet new [[thermal coal]] contracts for the Asian industrial market, predominantly for use in [[blast furnace]]s. Fernie would remain an important residential base for mine labour, along with the new communities of [[Sparwood, British Columbia|Sparwood]] and [[Elkford, British Columbia|Elkford]] that sprung up much closer to these new mines. Today, [[Fording Canadian Coal Trust]] operates all five open-pit mines, shipping out unit trains (often with more than 100 cars) along the Canadian Pacific Railway through Fernie to the Pacific Coast, where the coal is loaded onto freighters at [[Roberts Bank Superport]] in [[Delta, British Columbia|Delta]]. |
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==Architectural Heritage== |
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After a disastrous fire leveled much of the downtown core in 1904, the fledgling municipal government passed an ordinance requiring all buildings in the area to be built of 'fireproof' materials like brick and stone. Consequently, a new city centre rose from the ashes sporting brick buildings along broad avenues that would have looked more at home in a sedate and refined Victorian city rather than a rough-and-tumble frontier coal town. They were short-lived, however, as a second, larger inferno swept through the city on [[August 1]], [[1908]]. Whipped up by sudden winds, a nearby [[forest fire]] burnt its way into a [[lumber]] yard on the edge of the community and sparked a [[Bombing of Dresden in World War II|Dresden-style firestorm]] that melted brick and mortar and essentially erased the entire city in an afternoon. There were few casualties, however, and for a second time a stately brick downtown core rose from the ashes. Today, these historic buildings, most of which still stand, are a treasured and distinctive feature of the community. |
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== Local Media == |
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===Newspapers=== |
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* ''[[Fernie Free Press]]'' - Weekly Paper |
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* ''[[Kootenay News Advertiser]]'' - Weekly Paper |
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* ''[[The Valley]]'' - Weekly Paper |
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* ''[[Fernie Fix]]'' - Monthly Glossy Magazine |
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===Radio Stations=== |
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* 99.1 FM - CJDR, Rock |
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* 92.7 FM - CFBZ, Country |
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* 97.7 FM - CBTN, CBC |
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* Mixitup FM - MIUFM, Pop |
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===Television Stations=== |
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* Channel 10: [[Shaw TV]] |
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* Channel 5: [[CFCN-TV|CFCN]], [[CTV television network|CTV]] |
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* Channel 13: [[CBUT-TV|CBUT]], [[CBC Television|CBC]] |
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== Schools and Colleges == |
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* [[Isabella Dicken Elementary School]] |
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* College Of The Rockies |
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* [[Fernie Secondary School]] |
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== Notable People == |
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The following people were born in Fernie |
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* [[Bill Lindsay]], [[National Hockey League|NHL]] Player |
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* [[Shane Churla]], retired [[National Hockey League|NHL]] player |
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* [[David LeNeveu]], [[National Hockey League|NHL]] [[Goaltender]], for the [[Anaheim Ducks]] |
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* [[Alex Lifeson]], guitarist of [[Rush (band)|Rush]] |
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* [[Emily Brydon]], [[Canadian]] Alpine skier |
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* [[Jason Krog]], [[National Hockey League|NHL]] Player, for the [[Vancouver Canucks]] |
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* [[Michael Sharun]], [[President of EMC Canada]] |
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* [[Frank Hughes]], retired [[National Hockey League|NHL]], and [[World Hockey Association|WHA]] player |
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* [[Dan Smith (ice hockey)]], [[National Hockey League|NHL]] player, for the [[Columbus Blue Jackets]] |
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* [[Roman Podhora]], [[Actor]] |
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==See also== |
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*[[Fernie Ghostriders]] |
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*[[Coal Creek]] |
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*[[Elk River]] |
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*[[Elk Valley (British Columbia)|Elk Valley]] |
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*[[Kootenay Ice]] |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.fernie.ca City of Fernie] |
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*[http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5901012&Geo2=PR&Code2=59&Data=Count&SearchText=fernie&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custo 2006 Fernie census (Community Profile)] |
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*[http://www.OurFernie.com OurFernie Community Web Portal] |
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*[http://www.skifernie.com Fernie Alpine Resort (Commercial Portal)] |
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*[http://www.thefreepress.ca Fernie Free Press] |
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*[http://www.fernieghostriders.com Fernie Ghostriders] |
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*[http://www.ferniefix.com The Fernie Fix] |
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*[http://www.ferniewebcam.com Fernie's Outdoor Webcam Website] |
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*[http://www.29feet.com Season long holidays in Fernie] |
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*[http://www.ferniestanfordresort.com Fernie Accommodations] |
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[[Category:Cities in British Columbia]] |
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[[Category:Elk Valley]] |
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[[Category:Communities in East Kootenay Regional District]] |
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Latest revision as of 05:37, 13 October 2008
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