Lille Loop #15 -The Livery, Bakery & Thompsons Str Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 5/20/2012
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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The beginning of the 20th century saw a boom economy for the coal & coke industry. Located in the Crowsnest Pass of Alberta, the coal mining town of Lille existed for about a decade in the early twentieth century, from approximately 1901-12. Towns such as this are ephemeral in nature, & as such, offer interesting opportunities to investigate a very definite period in time. Lille can provide a unique snapshot of life in the Canadian Rockies at the beginning of the last century.


These Historical Spots are to close together for a cache in each spot, but here are the coordinates:
The Bakery:
N49 39.083 W114 23.707
The bakery was operated here at this old hill that you are looking at. When I was a child it was much higher and domed. People have removed the bricks and slabs that were used to bake the bread. This was an Outside oven. the coal(coke) was placed down the middle and it heated the chambers which in turn would bake the bread. Legend has it that the baker would charge people to use the excess heat after he baked his wares. Of course, his baking was cheaper to buy, than buying the excess heat in his ovens to bake your own bread.

Thompsons Store:
N49 39.113 W114 23.741

You can still see the Foundation from the Building in Lille. The building was eventually moved to Blairmore when the mines were booming there and Lille was becoming a ghost town. This building is on Main Street Blairmore
Thompson’s Store, 13101 – 20 Avenue

F.M. Thompson opened his first general store in partnership with F.M. Pinkney in Lille in 1908, and relocated to Blairmore in 1912. After a fire destroyed their wooden frame building, they engaged Enrico Pozzi to construct the present building which was occupied by a Field’s Store.
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