Editing Crowsnest Pass (section)

==History==
[[File:Crowsnest Pass Point of Interest Sign.jpg|thumb|right|Crowsnest Pass Highway 3. First Nations long used the Crowsnest Pass but it was not shown on maps until the Palliser Expedition of 1860.]]
*The Crowsnest Pass is the richest archaeological zone in the Canadian Rockies. The oldest relics are stone tools found on a rock ridge outside [[Frank, Alberta]], from the [[Clovis culture]], 11,000 years before present. Other sites include chert quarries on the Livingstone ridge dating back to 1000 BC.
*1800: Members of [[David Thompson (explorer)|David Thompson]] expedition avoid entering the pass.
*ca. 1850: [[Crow Indians]] dispersed from area by [[Blackfoot Confederacy]]. 
*1873: Michael Phillipps ([[Hudson's Bay Company]]) traverses pass, reports coal deposits. 
*1877: The [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] cede their title in the eastern portion of the pass with [[Treaty 7]]. The western portion in [[British Columbia]] is unceded.
*1878: Government survey by [[George Dawson (surveyor)|George Dawson]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Crowsnest Pass Historical Society |title=Crowsnest and its people |year=1979 |publisher=Crowsnest Pass Historical Society |location=Coleman |isbn=0-88925-046-4 |page=33 |url=http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=3559451 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130624174806/http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=3559451 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 24, 2013 }}</ref>
*1881: first surveys by Canadian Pacific Railway.
*1897: CPR enters into farm export subsidy agreement for freight rates in exchange for financing of the railway line between Lethbridge, Alberta, and Nelson, BC. Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company commences operations in British Columbia.
*1898: CPR opens the railway line, 10th siding (later [[Blairmore, Alberta]]) established. Settlement of [[Fernie, British Columbia]], established.
*1900: the Frank Mine opens and the new town of [[Frank, Alberta]], is established. Other coal mines and towns spring up between 1900 and 1919.<ref>{{cite book|last=Babaian|first=Sharon Anne|title=The coal mining industry in the Crow's Nest Pass|year=1985|publisher=Alberta Culture|location=Calgary|page=iii|url=http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=337941|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616011033/http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=337941|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 16, 2013}}</ref> 
*1902: explosion at Coal Creek mine kills 128 men.
*1903: the cataclysmic [[Frank Slide]] occurs on the north slope of Turtle Mountain; 82 million tonnes of limestone crash down and partially bury the town of Frank, killing approximately 90 of the town's 600 residents.
*1904: [[Fernie, British Columbia]], incorporates.
*1908: forest fire destroys Fernie (pop: 6000), which soon rebuilds.
*1914: an explosion in the mine at [[Hillcrest, Alberta|Hillcrest]] kills 189 men, [[Hillcrest mine disaster|Canada's worst mine disaster]].
*1916–1923: [[Prohibition in Canada|Prohibition]] in Alberta; "rum-running" across the provincial boundary.
*1920: Train robbery and shootout at [[Bellevue, Alberta|Bellevue]] Cafe.
*1923: 'Emperor Pic' ([[Emilio Picariello]]) and [[Florence Lassandro]] hanged for shooting a police constable; first woman hanged in Alberta.
*1932: The portion of the Red Trail through the Frank Slide is realigned as a [[Great Depression]] project and renamed Interprovincial Highway 3.
*1946: An [[Douglas DC-3|RCAF DC-3 Dakota]] crashes into a mountain, killing all seven people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.crowsnestheritage.ca/trails-routes/trails-hikes/north-york-creek-plane-crash/|title=Discover Crowsnest Heritage » North York Creek Plane Crash Trail|access-date=August 4, 2016|archive-date=August 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809141558/http://www.crowsnestheritage.ca/trails-routes/trails-hikes/north-york-creek-plane-crash/|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
*1966: Communities of Michel, Natal, and Sparwood amalgamate into the District Municipality of [[Sparwood, British Columbia]].
*1979: Communities of [[Coleman, Alberta|Coleman]], [[Blairmore, Alberta|Blairmore]], [[Bellevue, Alberta|Bellevue]], [[Hillcrest, Alberta|Hillcrest]], and [[Frank, Alberta|Frank]] amalgamate to form the [[Crowsnest Pass, Alberta|Municipality of Crowsnest Pass]], Alberta.
*2017: The [[Ktunaxa Nation]] and the Crown move to Stage 5 negotiations of a treaty that affects the western portion of Crowsnest Pass