Fernie & Elk Valley Culture Guide Spring-Summer 2019 | Page 29

HWY 43 Elk f ord Pine Avenue Spruce Avenue 7 8 9 11 Library 5 10 12 As 15 ie Fern HWY 3 4 pe 13&14 6 3 2 16 1 17 18&19 20 13 Mining Artifacts & Cutting and production tools 14 show early ingenuity. DOWNTOWN SPARWOOD 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, 19 Goodman Artifact and Jennifer Zolis Despite its small size, this machinery did heavy work, Coke Ovens, 1989, 16 including pull¬ing 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. 29