Reforged By Fire

Reforged by Fire

Check out The Trench’s Winter 2025/26 edition and the Past Blast Column: Reforged by Fire by Erin Knutson. It is an in-depth look at the Great Fire of 1908, in Fernie B.C., which united the communities of the East Kootenay and those across the border. Thank you, Kootenay Media, for featuring the Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History’s (CBIRH) images in this winter’s new edition! The Trench Magazine | Columbia, Creston, and Elk Valleys