Interior towns are such green oases amongst the browns and blues of the rugged surrounding countryside. Hedley the great mining town--Most people pass it by, acknowledging only the ruined mine works on the steep hillside, but there is a terrific little town of a few square blocks of small lots and a main street.

A photograph by an unknown provincial government employee in the 1950s--nearly everything in this scene has disappeared, with only pieces of trellising, foundations and building materials scattered over the hillside