🇬🇧 Campaigners fight to preserve amazing time-warp Swiss-style village in Canada, built for legendary guides from Switzerland who transformed mountaineering in the Rockies

  • Edelweiss Village is located near the town of Golden in British Columbia

  • It was built in the early 1900s for the legendary Swiss Guides

  • They were brought over from Switzerland to guide hotel guests

  • They introduced European-style hiking and mountaineering to the Rockies

  • The hamlet is in the National Trust's 'Top 10 endangered places' list

Article in the Dailymail UK

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