Leitch Collieries Provincial Historic Site of Alberta Canada
A step back in time to the early 1900s and some Crowsnest Pass history. Leitch Collieries Provincial Historic Site of Alberta was a large coal plant that was Canadian owned. The ruins as well as the interpretive signs bring you on a historic...
A step back in time to the early 1900s and some Crowsnest Pass history. Leitch Collieries Provincial Historic Site of Alberta was a large coal plant that was Canadian owned. The ruins as well as the interpretive signs bring you on a historic tour of what was once a huge operation in the Crowsnest Pass. Located on HWY 3/Crowsnest HWY in southern Alberta Canada. Enjoy a picnic with the many picnic tables available and large parking lot for convenience.
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Open seasonally along the Crowsnest Highway (HWY 3)
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A street view of Leitch Collieries Provincial Historic Site from HWY 3. Worth a stop on a southern Alberta road trip.
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The Crowsnest Pass is a very coal driven community even to this day. It's existence is due to the coal days of the past
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What an expansive adventure to take on, from nothing to a huge coal production plant in the mountains.
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Find your way around the ruins and paths with this handy map available near the entrance
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A view from an old photo of what it once looked like standing in this spot when Leitch Collieries was in full swing.
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A gorgeous old building with an updated ceiling makes for beautiful photos
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Mine work is not without massive dangers. Take a tour through the Hillcrest Mine Memorial Park not far from this location to learn more about mining disasters across Canada.
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A man named Angus Leitch prospected the area in 1901 finding coal seams in the Crowsnest Pass of Alberta
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Choose which story you would like to hear and press the button to take a trip back in time.
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Admission is free but there is a donation box to help preserve this historic site.
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A very open concept look back at Leitch Collieries Coal production areas. The ruins are in pretty good shape around this building
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An obvious foundation outline marking an area where a coal building once was.
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A steady supply of rail cars was needed to move the coal product to the market. Which did not prove to be an easy task for Leitch Collieries of Alberta.
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Some photos line the walls inside the main building st Leitch Collieries Provincial Historic Site of Alberta.
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Neat diagram showing how the steam powered plant functioned.
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Leitch Collieries is connected to a section of the Castle-Crowsnest Watershed Natural Area. I lovely creek flowing through bring plenty of birdwatching opportunities.
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The trails here are well maintained and fully accessible for everyone.
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I love the stonework that makes up this building. With the addition of the beams, it's a striking old building to explore
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Depending on who you were, your living conditions may have varied greatly. Some living in hillside burrows between shifts as there was not really any housing in the area yet.
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Very interesting! I always wondered what that building you can see from the highway was. -
Cary Horning Definitely catches your eye from the HWY -
So cool when you can walk in the steps of history. We always stop here in our travels as the building is quite the sight. -
EH Canada Marketing Group I noticed the ehcanadatravel listing for Leitch Collieries
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Andrea Horning Woot Woot!
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An important part in the development of our country. -
Diana Mohrsen Absolutely. This area is full of important history
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This area has such a fascinating history - I didn't realize there was coal mining in the pass. -
Sonya Richmond This whole area is built and developed around coal
You can actually go on a mine tour into the Bellevue Mine
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