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FERNIE , an important See also:

city in the See also:east Kootenay See also:district of See also:British See also:Columbia. Pop. about 4000. It is situated on the See also:Crow's See also:Nest See also:branch of the See also:Canadian Pacific railway, at the junction of See also:Coal See also:Creek with the See also:Elk `See also:river, and owes its importance to the extensive coal mines in its vicinity. There are about Soo See also:coke ovens in operation at Fernie, which See also:supply most of the smelting See also:plants in See also:southern British Columbia with See also:fuel.

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