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King Edward Hotel, Fernie, BC

The three-story King Edward Hotel with a large crowd of men and women standing on the hotel balcony and in front of the hotel.

Photographer: Unknown
Fernie Museum, FMP.000105

The date of the image is unknown

Many hotels generated more revenue through the sale of liquor than by room rentals and meals. In BC, the Merchants’ Protective Association, comprising hoteliers and liquor industry people, fought Prohibition but failed.