Fernie & Elk Valley Culture Guide Fall 2019 Edition | Page 21

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13 MINING ARTIFACTS
& Cutting and production tools
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17 SPARWOOD COMMUNITY
ARCH AND TRAIN
Constructed from recycled
bricks from the historical
Michel Powerhouse.
15 MURAL: STEAM
ENGINE, 1995
One of the first steam engines
18 SPARWOOD MUSEUM
Drop by to learn more about
to pass through Michel-Natal.
the rich history of Sparwood.
By Monica Beranek, Amy Sharma,
Alayna Berdusco, Laura Patriquin,
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and Jennifer Zolis.
Despite its small size, this
machinery did heavy work,
16 COKE OVENS, 1989,
including pulling up to four
BY DAN SAWATSKY
ten-ton coal cars.
A train transports coal from the
coke oven of the Michel-Natal
20 NATAL HERITAGE SIGNS
coal mines.
Interpretive panels explain
the history of the former
mining community.
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