Alberta Coal Branch
CREDIT: Copyright © Provincial Museum and Archives of Alberta; collection of A C Lynn Zelmer

Images taken 1935-1964. Numbers are Provincial Museum and Archives of Alberta accession numbers. Click on "View" to see individual photographs; then click on the "Back" button (upper left corner of the screen) to return to this page.

• View Cadomin, June 19, 1950 flood. Snap was taken next day right across from house, looking up town and tipple, A67.44 F 3 of 9
• View Cadomin, mine shaft and washer in winter, closed down 1952, c 1945, A67.44 F 9 of 9
• View Cadomin, mine shaft and washer, closed down 1952, A67.44 F 1 of 9
• View Cadomin, the flood of Cadomin 1942. Dan Docherty and John Schnomak lost their lives at washed out bridge. There were two bridges, Both went out. John Schnomak was Alex Valles cousin. Was midnight when they lost their lives, A67.44 F 4 of 9
• View Cadomin, townsite nestled in the mountains with schools, etc., c 1945, A67.44 F 6 of 9
• View Cadomin, townsite nestled in the mountainsc 1945, A67.44 F 7 of 9
• View Cadomin, tunnel of Cook House seam (was found on hillside behind Cook House), Coal Creek, Gregg River 1947. J Denholm standing. This camp 12 miles from Cadomin, A67.44 F 2 of 9
• View Coal Valley, timber mine posts on 4 wheel buggies, c 1945, A67.118 C 5 of 7
• View Coalspur in 1964 (panoramic view) with main features marked
• View Coalspur in 1964, abandoned store and dwelling [actually still in use as a dwelling several years later], note gambrel roof and false front
• View Coalspur in 1964, central part (panoramic view)
• View Coalspur in 1964, New Columbia stove
• View Coalspur in 1964, view of the Northwestern part
• View Coalspur, looking roughly South from the South end of town, roundhouse in lower right, railroad track Southwest to Mercoal, Leyland, Cadomin and Mountain Park middle right, lineSoutheast to Sterco, Coal Valley, Foothills and Lovett goes off to the left and is hidden by the road in foreground, c 1965
• View Foothills (?), Coal Branch c 1945, A67.164 E 1 of 1
• View Mercoal (?) in 1935
• View Mercoal in 1964 facing NNW (panoramic view)
• View Mercoal in 1964, abandoned home--notice the car in the garage
• View Mercoal in 1964, remains of home
• View Mercoal in 1964, street earlier lined with dwellings (panoramic view)
• View Mercoal tipple, nd A67.118 D 10 of 16
• View Mercoal, two steam shovels loading coal, nd, A67.118 D 9 of 16