It was the highest weather station in Canada, the home an eclectic collection of “professional hermits”.
And you can get a glimpse of the faded slice of national history on a classic newsreel, recently released online.
The Old Glory weather station once stood atop Old Glory Mountain in the Cascade Mountain Range near Rossland. The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) released a 1954 newsreel that includes a short report called “Old Glory Weather Station” on its streaming platform.
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