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Real estate group renovating chalets that were built in the early 1910s by Canadian Pacific Railway for Swiss mountaineers

Shari Zisk-Feuz’s great-grandfather was one of the famous Swiss mountain guides in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Shes now visiting Switzerland.

Shari Zisk-Feuz’s great-grandfather was one of the famous Swiss mountain guides in the Canadian Rockies. Now shes retracing her Swiss roots.

Edelweiss Village, seemingly teleported from the Alps, sits on the outskirts of Golden, a rural town in British Columbia, not far from Kicking Horse Mountain Resort.

For many South Africans, the quiet and calmness that can be found in the water – one of the rare places with few, if any, human-related threats – has been transformational.

Around 150 years ago, the upstate New York village of Saranac Lake became home to people looking for a cure to a highly contagious disease. Today, its healing legacy lives on.

The chalets, collectively known as Edelweiss Village, were built by the Canadian Pacific Railway to provide housing to mountain guides from Switzerland, hired to serve Canadian and international mountaineering tourists in the Canadian Rockies.

The future of six historic chalets in the Canadian village of Golden hangs in the balance as they go up for sale.

The future of six historic chalets in the Canadian village of Golden hangs in the balance as they go up for sale.