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442: 716: 464:, Alberta, to Kootenay Landing, British Columbia, through the Crowsnest Pass between 1897 and 1898. This line was built primarily to access mineral-rich southeastern BC via an all-Canadian rail route, and to assert Canadian (and CPR) sovereignty in an area that U.S. railroads were beginning to build into. It also opened up coal deposits in the Crowsnest and Elk River valleys, which were important to mineral smelting operations and assisted the CPR in its conversion of locomotives from wood to coal. The CPR sought and received construction funding from the federal government, partially in exchange for a freight subsidy on prairie farm exports and equipment imports which came to be called the "Crow's Nest Pass Agreement". 274: 430: 545: 500:
side of the pass. Some logging and oil and gas exploitation also occur in the area and a sulphur plant has been in operation there for several years. Tourism based on the natural and historical resources of the area remains underdeveloped but is slowly growing. The area hosts the world-class Sinister 7 Ultra Marathon, a 161-kilometre foot race that winds through the mountains around the community. Crowsnest Pass also has a local ski hill, Pass Powderkeg, and an outdoor pool.
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The Crowsnest Pass area on both sides of the provincial boundary is rich in coal deposits, which were quickly developed after completion of the rail line. All the mines on the Alberta side were closed by the end of the 20th century as cheaper and safer open-pit mines opened on the British Columbia
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The first motor vehicle to cross the Canadian Rockies did so via Phillipps Pass, about 1 km north of Crowsnest Pass, and in 1917 a road was blasted around the shores of Crowsnest Lake and across Crowsnest Pass, renamed Interprovincial Highway Three in 1932. It is also known as the
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ports. The rate also correspondingly limited industrial growth in the western provinces as it was cheaper to produce items in eastern Canada and ship them west under the Crow Rate. This subsidy was finally abolished in 1995.
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1897: CPR enters into farm export subsidy agreement for freight rates in exchange for financing of the railway line between Lethbridge, Alberta, and Nelson, BC. Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company commences operations in British
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Before the arrival of Europeans, Indigenous people used this major breach through the Front Ranges for seasonal migrations, and also for trade between mountain and plains cultures.
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occurs on the north slope of Turtle Mountain; 82 million tonnes of limestone crash down and partially bury the town of Frank, killing approximately 90 of the town's 600 residents.
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The Crowsnest Pass is the richest archaeological zone in the Canadian Rockies. The oldest relics are stone tools found on a rock ridge outside
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Crowsnest Pass Highway 3. First Nations long used the Crowsnest Pass but it was not shown on maps until the Palliser Expedition of 1860.
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The pass is located in southeast British Columbia and southwest Alberta, and is the southernmost rail and highway route through the
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and the Crown move to Stage 5 negotiations of a treaty that affects the western portion of Crowsnest Pass
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1966: Communities of Michel, Natal, and Sparwood amalgamate into the District Municipality of
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1932: The portion of the Red Trail through the Frank Slide is realigned as a
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This article is about the geographical feature. For the municipality, see
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hanged for shooting a police constable; first woman hanged in Alberta.
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Goat Mountain from the summit of Crown Mountain, Crowsnest Pass, 1908.
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1908: forest fire destroys Fernie (pop: 6000), which soon rebuilds.
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A train heads west toward the summit of the Crowsnest Pass from
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Crowsnest Pass comprises a valley running east–west through
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crashes into a mountain, killing all seven people on board.
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in Alberta; "rum-running" across the provincial boundary.
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cede their title in the eastern portion of the pass with
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List of Rocky Mountain passes on the continental divide
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Elevation
Crowsnest Highway
Canadian Pacific Railway
Crowsnest Pass, Alberta
Sparwood, British Columbia
Range
Canadian Rockies
Coordinates
49°37′57″N 114°41′33″W / 49.63250°N 114.69250°W / 49.63250; -114.69250
Topo map
NTS
82G10
Crowsnest
Crowsnest Pass is located in British Columbia
mountain pass
Continental Divide
Canadian Rockies

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