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 Reaching an elevation of 1357 metres, the Crowsnest Pass spans the
mountainous Alberta-British Columbia border across the Continental Divide.
The history of the area is rich with tales of coal and mineral mining,
exploration and the development of immigrant communities. This past is also
coloured by a stormy period from 1916 -1923 when Alberta was “dry” and
rumrunners roared down the
stretch of road that joined Fernie, BC and
Pincher Creek, Alberta.
It was during this era of Prohibition that
Constable Stephen O. Lawson was shot, a casualty of the game of cat and
mouse that routinely played out between the bootleggers and the Alberta
Provincial Police along the rumrunner’s trail.
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Heritage Community Foundation Presents
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