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Historic Hotel in Pincher Creek Burned to the Ground
This is very sad! Still a massive amount of smoke right now. 
https://calgaryherald.com/news/local...g-edward-hotel
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If you have found memories of an old small town hotel/tavern, best plan to visit soon.
They are all mysteriously burning down.
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02-15-2020, 11:54 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dewey Cox
If you have found memories of an old small town hotel/tavern, best plan to visit soon.
They are all mysteriously burning down.
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They call it Financial Combustion, the economics of the small town hotel and bar just don't work any more.
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That sucks.
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02-15-2020, 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Grizzly Adams
They call it Financial Combustion, the economics of the small town hotel and bar just don't work any more.
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From what I gathered, the restaurant and bar were popular. The owner, who bought it in 2006, put a lot of work into it. Sadly, though, Pincher Creek has lost a lot of businesses (Sobey's, UFA, The Bargain Store to name a few) and there are a lot of "For Lease" signs up downtown. With the Waterton gas plant under new ownership, and supposedly some new mines in the Pass, maybe it will help to revitalize this wee town.
In the meantime, this is a great loss...it was a very cool building. Even had one of those fibreglass cows on the top balcony!
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Had many good times there when I worked in the area 20 years ago
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02-15-2020, 12:34 PM
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Just saying and not saying but seems at lot of the older places are going up in flames. Not the first one it seems. Sad for sure. I'm sure there have been a whole bunch of memories over the years for many.
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02-15-2020, 12:38 PM
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I imagine it's got more to do with the electrical wiring in those hundred and twenty year old buildings in anyting.
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02-15-2020, 12:43 PM
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Sorry to hear that. Way to many old hotels going up in flames lately. Hope its only a coincidence.
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02-15-2020, 12:47 PM
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I imagine it's got more to do with the electrical wiring in those hundred and twenty year old buildings in anyting.
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Could very well be. Good point!!
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02-15-2020, 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by molly
From what I gathered, the restaurant and bar were popular. The owner, who bought it in 2006, put a lot of work into it. Sadly, though, Pincher Creek has lost a lot of businesses (Sobey's, UFA, The Bargain Store to name a few) and there are a lot of "For Lease" signs up downtown. With the Waterton gas plant under new ownership, and supposedly some new mines in the Pass, maybe it will help to revitalize this wee town.
In the meantime, this is a great loss...it was a very cool building. Even had one of those fibreglass cows on the top balcony!
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You can thank Walmart for loss of a lot of the small businesses in Pincher!
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02-15-2020, 01:06 PM
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Sad .... coolest building on main street. A ton of history there.
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02-15-2020, 01:14 PM
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The good ol King Eddy. Sad to see it go as it was going to be one of the stops during this summers motorcycle trip. Tossed back more than a few there while working on the old man river dam in the 80's.
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The Prime Rib!! Too bad. It was the only place to eat in that town.
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02-15-2020, 03:30 PM
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That’s terrible news
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02-15-2020, 05:31 PM
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Amazingly, the cow survived! Four broken legs and her back end is bit charred, but I thought it was some happy in a sea of sad.
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I've been down in the bowels of few of these old small town Alberta hotels......I'm half surprised they haven't all burnt down by now.
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