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Encyclopedia > Crowsnest Pass
Crowsnest Pass

Crowsnest Lake, Crowsnest Pass
Elevation 1,358 m (4,455 ft)
Location Flag of Alberta Alberta/ Flag of British Columbia British Columbia, Flag of Canada Canada
Range Canadian Rockies
Coordinates 49°37′57″N 114°41′33″W / 49.6325, -114.6925
Traversed by Crowsnest Highway
Canadian Pacific Railway
For the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass, please see Crowsnest Pass, Alberta

Crowsnest Pass (sometimes referred to as Crow's Nest Pass) (el. 1,358 m.) is a high mountain pass across the Continental Divide of the Canadian Rockies on the Alberta/British Columbia border. Photo of Crowsnest Pass taken by Michael Rogers 2004. ... A topographical summit is a point on a surface which is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Alberta. ... Motto: Fortis et liber(Latin) Strong and free Capital Edmonton Largest city Calgary Official languages English (see below) Government - Lieutenant-Governor Norman Kwong - Premier Ed Stelmach (PC) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 28 - Senate seats 6 Confederation September 1, 1905 (split from Northwest Territories) (8th [Province]) Area Ranked... Image File history File links Flag_of_British_Columbia. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo - Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 36 - Senate seats 6 Confederation July 20, 1871 (6th province) Area  Ranked 4th - Total 944,735 km... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... For exotic financial options, see Mountain range (options). ... Ringrose Peak, Lake OHara, British Columbia, Canada The Canadian Rockies comprise the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains range. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...     Crowsnest Highway marker shields. ... An eastbound CPR freight at Stoney Creek Bridge in Rogers Pass. ... The Municipality of Crowsnest Pass consists of six towns (from east to west): Bellview, Hillcrest, Frank, Blairmore, Coleman, and Crowsnest. ... In a range of hills, or especially of mountains, a pass (also gap, notch, col, saddle, bwlch or bealach) is a lower point that allows easier access through the range. ... A continental divide is a line of elevated terrain which forms a border between two watersheds such that water falling on one side of the line eventually travels to one ocean or body of water, and water on the other side travels to another, generally on the opposite side of... Ringrose Peak, Lake OHara, British Columbia, Canada The Canadian Rockies comprise the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains range. ... Motto: Fortis et liber(Latin) Strong and free Capital Edmonton Largest city Calgary Official languages English (see below) Government - Lieutenant-Governor Norman Kwong - Premier Ed Stelmach (PC) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 28 - Senate seats 6 Confederation September 1, 1905 (split from Northwest Territories) (8th [Province]) Area Ranked... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo - Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 36 - Senate seats 6 Confederation July 20, 1871 (6th province) Area  Ranked 4th - Total 944,735 km...

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Geography

The pass is located in southeast British Columbia and southwest Alberta, and is the southernmost rail and highway route through the Canadian Rockies and the lowest elevation mountain pass in Canada south of the Yellowhead Pass (1,130 m); the other major passes, which are higher, being Kicking Horse Pass (1,640 m), Howse Pass (1,530 m) and Vermillion Pass. Ringrose Peak, Lake OHara, British Columbia, Canada The Canadian Rockies comprise the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains range. ... Canadian National Railways GP9 climbing in the Yellowhead Pass The Yellowhead Pass (elevation 1110 m, lat. ... Kicking Horse Pass is a mountain pass across the Continental Divide of the Canadian Rockies on the Alberta/British Columbia border, and lying within Yoho and Banff National Parks. ... The Howse Pass is a pass through the Rocky Mountains. ...


Crowsnest Pass comprises a valley running east-west through Crowsnest Ridge. The Crowsnest River flows east from Crowsnest Lake, eventually draining into the Oldman River on the Alberta side. Summit Lake on the British Columbia side drains into the Elk River, which eventually feeds into the Kootenai and Kootenay Rivers, and finally into the Columbia River. There is also the Powder Keg, a small ski resort Oldman River in Southern Alberta. ... Summit Lake is a lake situated along I-77 near downtown Akron, Ohio. ... Elk River is the name of numerous rivers and places. ... The Kootenay River (spelled Kootenai River for its American portions) is the uppermost major tributary of the Columbia River, flowing through British Columbia, Montana and Idaho. ... The Kootenay River (spelled Kootenai River for its American portions) is the uppermost major tributary of the Columbia River, flowing through British Columbia, Montana and Idaho. ... The Columbia River (French: fleuve Columbia) is a river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. ...


Transportation

Main article: Crow Rate

The Canadian Pacific Railway built a line from Lethbridge, Alberta to Nelson, British Columbia through the Crowsnest Pass, opening in 1897. This line was built to develop coal deposits in the Elk River valley and help to assert Canadian (and CPR) sovereignty in an area that U.S. railroads were beginning to build into. CPR sought and received construction funding from the federal government, subject to a freight subsidy arrangement for prairie farm exports which came to be called the "Crow's Nest Pass Agreement". The Crow Rate or Crows Nest Freight Rate was a subsidy offered to the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) by the Canadian government. ... An eastbound CPR freight at Stoney Creek Bridge in Rogers Pass. ... Lethbridge is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. ... Nelson (population 10,000) is a city located in the Selkirk Mountains on the extreme west arm of Kootenay Lake in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. ... Coal Coal (IPA: ) is a fossil fuel formed in swamp ecosystems where plant remains were saved by water and mud from oxidization and biodegradation. ...


"The Crow Rate", as the subsidy agreement came to be referred to, was eventually extended from CPR's Crownest Pass railway line to apply to all railway lines in western Canada, regardless of corporate ownership or geography, creating artificially low freight rates for grain shipments through the Great Lakes 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. The Great Lakes from space The Laurentian Great Lakes are a group of five large lakes in North America on or near the Canada-United States border. ...


The Crowsnest Highway operates as Highway 3 in both provinces and runs through the pass parallel to the CPR line, as does an oil pipeline.     Crowsnest Highway marker shields. ...


Natural resources

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 of the mines on the Alberta side were closed throughout the 20th century as cheaper and safer open-pit mines opened on the British Columbia side of the pass. Some logging and oil and gas exploitation also occurs 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.


History

  • Crowsnest Pass is the richest archaeological zone in the Canadian Rockies. The oldest relics are stone tools found on a rock ridge outside Frank, Alberta from the Clovis culture, 11,000 years bp. Other sites include chert quarries on the Livingstone ridge dating back to 1000 BC.
  • 1800 - Members of David Thompson expedition enter the pass.
  • 1845 - Father DeSmet, a Jesuit priest, sees coal.
  • ca. 1850 - Crow Indians dispersed from area by Blackfoot Confederacy.
  • 1860, 1873 - Michael Phillips (Hudson Bay Company) traverses pass, reports coal deposits.
  • 1881 - first surveys by Canadian Pacific Railway.
  • 1897 - CPR enters into farm export subsidy agreement for freight rates in exchange for financing of railway line between Lethbridge, AB and Nelson, BC. Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company commences operations in British Columbia.
  • 1898 - CPR opens the railway line, 10th siding (later Blairmore, Alberta) established. Settlement of Fernie, British Columbia established.
  • 1900 - the Frank Mine opens and the new town of Frank, Alberta is established. Other coal mines and towns spring up between 1900 - 1919.
  • 1902 - explosion at Coal Creek mine kills 128 men.
  • 1903 - the cataclysmic Frank Slide occurs on the north slope of Turtle Mountain; 82 million tonnes of limestone crash down and partially bury the town of Frank, killing approximately 70 of the town's 600 residents.
  • 1904 - Fernie, British Columbia incorporates.
  • 1908 - forest fire destroys Fernie (pop: 6000), which soon rebuilds.
  • 1914 - an explosion in the mine at Hillcrest killed 189 men, Canada's worst mine disaster.
  • 1916 - 1923 - Prohibition in Alberta; "rum-running" across the provincial boundary.
  • 1920 - Train robbery and shootout at Bellevue Cafe.
  • 1923 - 'Emperor Pic’ and Florence Lossandro hung for shooting a police constable; first woman hanged in Alberta.
  • 1932 - Highway 3 built as a Great Depression project.
  • 1966 - Communities of Michel, Natal, and Sparwood amalgamate into the District Municipality of Sparwood, British Columbia.
  • 1979 - Communities of Coleman, Blairmore, Bellevue, Hillcrest, and Frank amalgamate to form the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass, Alberta.

Frank was a mining town in the Crowsnest Pass, Northwest Territories (now Alberta), Canada, not far from Calgary. ... Pierre-Jean De Smet Father Pierre-Jean DeSmet, (30 January 1801 at Dendermonde, Belgium – 23 May 1873 at St. ... -1... The City of Fernie is located in the southeast corner of British Columbia, Canada, surrounded by the Canadian Rockies. ... Frank was a mining town in the Crowsnest Pass, Northwest Territories (now Alberta), Canada, not far from Calgary. ... Frank Slide, Turtle Mountain, Alberta, Canada The Frank Slide is a natural landslide feature in the southern Rocky Mountains of Canada, and a significant historical event in western Canada. ... The City of Fernie is located in the southeast corner of British Columbia, Canada, surrounded by the Canadian Rockies. ... Location of Hillcrest, Alberta Hillcrest, also known as Hillcrest Mines, is a quiet hamlet in the Crowsnest Pass of the Rocky Mountains of southern Alberta, Canada. ... The Hillcrest mine disaster, the worst coal mining disaster in Canadian history, occurred at Hillcrest, Alberta, in the Crowsnest Pass region of western Canada, on Friday June 19, 1914. ... The term Prohibition, also known as A Dry Law, refers to a law in a certain country by which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages is restricted or illegal. ... Bellevue is a small community in the Crowsnest Pass of the Rocky Mountains of southern Alberta, Canada. ... For other uses, see The Great Depression (disambiguation). ... Sparwood is a town in British Columbia, Canada. ... Coleman is a scenic hamlet of about 2500 people located in the Crowsnest Pass in the Rocky Mountains of southern Alberta near the border with British Columbia, in Canada. ... -1... Bellevue is a small community in the Crowsnest Pass of the Rocky Mountains of southern Alberta, Canada. ... Location of Hillcrest, Alberta Hillcrest, also known as Hillcrest Mines, is a quiet hamlet in the Crowsnest Pass of the Rocky Mountains of southern Alberta, Canada. ... Frank was a mining town in the Crowsnest Pass, Northwest Territories (now Alberta), Canada, not far from Calgary. ... The Municipality of Crowsnest Pass consists of six towns (from east to west): Bellview, Hillcrest, Frank, Blairmore, Coleman, and Crowsnest. ...

References

Crowsnest and its People Crowsnest Pass Historical Society, 1979.


External links

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Crowsnest Pass - definition of Crowsnest Pass in Encyclopedia (120 words)
Crowsnest Pass is a mountain pass in the Canadian Rockies on the borders of Alberta and British Columbia.
The pass, 1356 m high (4450 ft) is named after the Crow First Nation, which lived in the area.
In 1898 a branch of the Canadian Pacific Railway was built through the pass, mostly to exploit the area's large coal fields.
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