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Fernie/Morrissey, British Columbia
Fernie/Morrissey, British Columbia
Camp Opened: June 09, 1915
Camp Closed: October 21, 1918
Fernie Arena site – 1st Street, Fernie/Morrissey, British Columbia
1914/08/31
Le Devoir
Était-ce un espion?
1914/10/05
Vancouver World
Will not Naturalize Enemies
1914/12/17
Vernon News
Working Out a Plan to Help Unemployed
1915/01/15
Blairmore Enterprise
Mutz not a Prisoner of War
1915/01/15
Blairmore Enterprise
Mutz not a Prisoner of War
1915/04/09
Raymond Leader
WIll not Arbitrate
1915/04/09
Raymond Leader
WIll not Arbitrate
1915/06/05
Vancouver World
Alien Enemies at Work in Rogers Pass
1915/06/08
Winnipeg Tribune
British Miners Refuse to Work with Germans
1915/06/08
Vancouver World
Refuse to Enter Mines with Aliens
1915/06/08
Edmonton Journal
Want Aliens Ousted
1915/06/09
Montreal Gazette
Against Enemy Aliens
1915/06/09
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Fernie Men Firm in Refusal to Work With Aliens in Mine
1915/06/10
Vancouver World
A Beginning Only
1915/06/10
Toronto Daily News
Fernie Strikers Back at Work
1915/06/10
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Interne Aliens at Fernie; Miners Agree to Return to Work
1915/06/10
Vancouver World
Joins Military in Internment Work
1915/06/10
Montreal Gazette
Strike over Alien Enemy
1915/06/11
Bellevue Times
306 Interned at Fernie and Michel
1915/06/11
Bellevue Times
306 Interned at Fernie and Michel
1915/06/11
Toronto Daily Star
Canada Will Act Promptly
1915/06/11
Bellevue Times
Coal Creek Miners Refuse to Work with Germans and Austrians
1915/06/11
Bellevue Times
Coal Creek Miners Refuse to Work with Germans and Austrians
1915/06/11
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Fernie Internes to be Sent Here
1915/06/12
Lethbridge Daily Herald
To Investigate Fernie Trouble
1915/06/15
Toronto Daily News
Aliens at Fernie Told to Report
1915/06/15
Edmonton Journal
Every Alien is Called
1915/06/15
Vancouver World
Interned Miners to be Set Free
1915/06/16
Vancouver World
Orders from Ottawa Cause Consternation
1915/06/16
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Register All Fernie Aliens
1915/06/17
Lethbridge Daily Herald
300 Internes to be Brought Here
1915/06/17
Winnipeg Tribune
Miners Strike Against Aliens
1915/06/17
Vernon News
To Intern Aliens in the Crow’s Nest
1915/06/17
Lethbridge Daily Herald
To Test Validity of Alien Miners at Fernie
1915/06/17
Winnipeg Tribune
Want all Aliens in BC Released
1915/06/18
Bellevue Times
Hillcrest Miners Demand Internment of Aliens
1915/06/18
Bellevue Times
Hillcrest Miners Demand Internment of Aliens
1915/06/18
Vancouver World
Regulation of Aliens Adequate
1915/06/18
Vancouver World
Will Discuss Aliens, Dry Dock and Zinc
1915/06/19
Edmonton Journal
Hillcrest Mine Again Working, Aliens Engaged
1915/06/21
Winnipeg Tribune
Adjourn Case a Week
1915/06/21
Edmonton Bulletin
Alien Enemies Cause Trouble
1915/06/21
Edmonton Bulletin
Alien Enemies Cause Trouble
1915/06/21
Edmonton Bulletin
Hillcrest Mines Reopen
1915/06/21
Edmonton Bulletin
Hillcrest Mines Reopen
1915/06/21
Vancouver World
Interned Austrians Try Habeas Corpus
1915/06/21
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Officials Clash Over Fernie Trouble
1915/06/22
Brandon Daily Sun
Aliens at Fernie Fight Against Internment
1915/06/22
Winnipeg Tribune
Fernie Miners File Writ of Habeas Corpus
1915/07/02
Blairmore Enterprise
The Minister of Justice at Victoria
1915/07/02
Blairmore Enterprise
The Minister of Justice at Victoria
1915/07/08
Vancouver World
Fernie Case Adjourned
1915/07/09
Blairmore Enterprise
Bohemians in Crow’s Nest
1915/07/09
Blairmore Enterprise
Bohemians in Crow’s Nest
1915/07/16
Vancouver World
Fernie Austrians Lawfully Interned
1915/07/19
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Discharge 157 Fernie Internes
1915/07/19
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Local Internment Camp Being Rapidly Depleted
1915/07/19
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Take 120 Internes from Camp Here
1915/07/23
Blairmore Enterprise
Habeas Corpus Proceedings Dismissed at Fernie
1915/07/23
Blairmore Enterprise
Habeas Corpus Proceedings Dismissed at Fernie
1915/07/23
Vancouver World
Some Fernie Internees Released
1915/07/29
Manitoba Free Press
The Only Wet City
1915/07/29
Lethbridge Daily Herald
To Have Winter Internment Camp at Morrissey
1915/08/13
Vancouver World
Regimental Bases to Remain Here
1915/08/28
Toronto Daily News
Thousands Interned in British Columbia
1915/12/21
Vancouver World
Partial Slate is Submitted
1915/12/22
Vancouver World
Steady Work at Fernie
1915/12/31
Crossfield Chronicle
Value of Internment Work
1915/12/31
Crossfield Chronicle
Value of Internment Work
1916/03/14
Vancouver World
More Men Wanted
1916/03/18
Vancouver World
Elderly Men for Guards Now
1916/05/04
Edmonton Journal
Coal Creek Miners are Dissatisfied with Their Wages
1916/05/09
Edmonton Journal
Miner’s Unrest Subsides, But is Not Ended
1916/05/30
Edmonton Bulletin
Thousand Aliens to be Released
1916/05/30
Edmonton Bulletin
Thousand Aliens to be Released
1916/07/23
Toronto Daily Star
Steps to Avert A Fernie Strike
1916/07/25
Vancouver World
Miners Strike in Fernie Area
1916/08/08
Vancouver World
Miners Resume Work
1916/11/17
Vancouver World
Urges Recruiting
1916/11/18
Brandon Daily Sun
Mysterious Escape of Enemy Prisoners
1916/11/28
Vancouver World
Coke Workers Lay Down Tools
1916/12/01
Vancouver World
Fernie Miners will Start Work Monday
1916/12/02
Vancouver World
Quiet at Fernie
1917/01/09
Ottawa Journal
Gov’t May be Forced to Run Fernie Mines
1917/01/22
Manitoba Free Press
Fernie Men May Resume Work
1917/04/20
Manitoba Free Press
Inquest on Victims of Fernie Disaster
1917/04/25
Brandon Daily Sun
War Veterans Demand that Alien Enemies be Disfranchised for Time
1917/05/04
Vancouver World
Jury Advised Decent Burial
1917/05/05
Brandon Daily Sun
Guard Inflicted own Death Wound
1917/05/07
Vancouver World
Miners Reject Terms
1917/05/09
Vancouver World
Mine Was Afire in Six Places
1917/05/19
Winnipeg Tribune
Miners May Cut Salary Demands
1917/06/06
Vancouver World
Says Labor Troubles are Due to Hun Intrigues
1917/10/25
Vancouver World
Fernie Coke to go via New Westminster
1917/10/25
Vancouver World
Fernie Miners Quit
1918/02/23
Toronto Daily Star
Fernie Miners Decide to Bury the Hatchet
1918/05/10
Bow Island Review
Otto Kasper Interned
1918/05/10
Bow Island Review
Otto Kasper Interned
1918/09/06
Vancouver World
Miners Demand Single Shift
1918/09/09
Vancouver World
Fernie Miners to get Support
1918/09/18
Vancouver World
Seek Solution to Mine Strike
1918/09/19
Vancouver World
Situation is Grave in Coal Mine Dispute
1918/09/24
Vancouver World
Strike Situation Remains Unchanged
1918/09/25
Vancouver World
Fernie Strike Almost Certain
1918/09/26
Vancouver World
Miners’ Leaders Return to Fernie
1918/10/01
Toronto Daily Star
Crow’s Nest Men Stay Out
1918/10/22
Vancouver World
Fernie Miners Indignant
1919/05/01
Toronto Daily Star
Fixing Up Fernie Miners
1919/05/17
Vancouver World
Fernie Miners will Strike
1919/05/28
Vancouver World
Fernie Miners have Quit Work
1919/06/07
Vancouver World
Strikers Hear Mine will Close
1919/06/20
Vancouver World
Fernie Strike is About Over
1919/06/21
Toronto Daily Star
Miners Tire of Loafing
1919/09/30
Vancouver World
Reviving from Strike
2014/07/31
Voice of Canadian Serbs
Project CTo Memorial Plaques Remembering Interned Immigrants
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