Coal Creek Mine Disaster

I admit I have lived here for over 8 years and the history of Coal Creek alluded me until recently. I knew there used to be a mine and that there had been a disaster but what I didn't know is that it was the biggest mining disaster in BC's history and most importantly there has never been a memorial. There was a service held at the 50 year anniversary but never a memorial created to honor the 128 or so people who died. I looked under fernie.com's history link and even in the article about the year of the coal miner which was 2003-2004 there was no mention of the disaster, I would have thought that the year of the Coal Miner might have been a time to commemorate and honor those who died at Coal Creek in 1902 and other mine disasters. I just think it is a part of history that shouldn't have been forgotten.