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Coleman at a Glance
Coleman is the furthest west town in the Crowsnest
Pass, and is the last major stop before crossing the Continental Divide into
British Columbia. It has a population
of 2,500, and, like its neighbours east on Highway
3, was originally founded to support the coal industry, the black gold of
Canada's early 20th century. The International Coal and Coke Company, owned by
A. C. Flumerfelt, operated from 1906 until 1952, and kept more than 200 coke ovens
on the edge of town busy. A commemorative park
in the centre of town is dedicated to Flumerfelt, and, interestingly, Coleman
was named after his daughter. The park acts as a venue for the annual Coleman
Country Market, where artistic wares and high-quality foods are displayed
for sale. Leaving from the Crowsnest
Museum, which houses galleries of photographs and life-size displays, the
Historic
Miner's Path leads to the McGillivray mine site, inspiring imaginations. Coleman
also boasts the biggest piggy
bank in the world, creatively made from a bottle mine locomotive and affectionately
known as Ten
Ton Toots.
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