This view is from the upper floor of the Fernie Heritage Library, which originally served as Fernie's post office and customs house. From this downtown location you can see almost the entire ski area.

Downtown Fernie is vibrant and well-maintained, rebuit in brick after a catastrophic fire in 1908.

Not to miss in your walking tour: the C.P.R. station, currently being restored to its original chocolate and cream colour scheme; the slate roofed Courthouse, with its imposing porcelain bathroom fixtures; and the City Hall, formerly head office of the Crow's Nest Coal Company.

There is a small and helpful museum and visitor centre at the corner of 9th Street and Victoria Avenue. Fernie's not-so-distant past as a polyglot mountain mining town is recalled in a carefully tended collection of images and artifacts.