Coal mining in Canmore offered rare high quality coal and extremely dangerous mining conditions.
Anthracite coal, as found in Canmore, accounts for only one percent of the coal in the world. It is renowned for its purity and the heat it . . . — — Map (db m250743) HM
In 1884 Canmore was just a whistle-stop on the newly built Canadian Pacific Railway when two prospectors unearthed black coal on the west side of the Bow River. Two years later, Queen Victoria granted a Charter to mine coal in the Canmore area . . . — — Map (db m197082) HM
