Edelweiss Swiss Village

The Swiss Edelweiss Village is comprised of six chalets built between 1910-1912 by the CPR as permeant homes for six CPR-employed Swiss mountain guides and their families. The Edward Feuz chalet was digitally documented in May, 2022. The rest of the chalets and the whole Swiss village were documenting using a combination of laser scanners and drones in October, 2023. Please note, this page is still under construction so check back in soon for more!

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Field Documentation:

October 10, 2023

Field Documentation Type:

Terrestrial LiDAR

Culture:

Swiss

Historic Period:

1912CE

Latitude:

51.319562

Longitude:

-116.971145

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The Swiss Edelweiss Village is comprised of six chalets built between 1910-1912 by the CPR as permeant homes for six CPR-employed Swiss mountain guides. The residents included the brothers Edward Jr., Ernst and Walter Feuz, Christian Haesler Jr., Rudolf Aemmer and Christian Bohren with their families. Learn more about the history of the Swiss mountain guides and this heritage site by exploring the six chalets from the Swiss Edelweiss Village home page!

Please note this page is under construction, check back in soon for more!

This photo gallery contains historic and modern photos of the Edelweiss Swiss Village. Modern photos are from Capture2Preserv project during digital documentation on October 10 and 11, 2023. To see more photos of the chalets, make sure to visit the other pages in this section of the archive!

For a virtual tour click on this link by Denis Gadbois, Department of Art, University of Calgary.

Point cloud of the Edelweiss Swiss Village derived from multiple scans with a GeoSLAM ZEB Horizon laser scanner. From Capture2Preserv project.

Edelweiss Village entrance sign, part of the blue chalet in top left corner. During documentation and renovations in October 2023. From Capture2Preserv project.

Dr. Peter Dawson scans above the pagoda chalet with the GeoSLAM ZEB Horizon laser scanner. During documentation and renovations in October 2023. From Capture2Preserv project.

View up to Edward Feuz's chalet from the entrance to the sunflower chalet. During documentation and renovations in October 2023. From Capture2Preserv project.

Scanning the balcony of the Edward Feuz chalet with the BLK 360, view of Golden in the background. During documentation in May 2022. From Capture2Preserv project.

Swiss clock in the Edward Feuz house during documentation in May 2022. From Capture2Preserv project.

In more modern times, roads have been added for access to the Swiss Village. Dr. Peter Dawson scans from the entrance of the sunflower chalet with the GeoSLAM ZEB Horizon laser scanner. During documentation and renovations in October 2023. From Capture2Preserv project.

In more modern times, roads have been added for access to the Swiss Village. Dr. Peter Dawson scans them with the GeoSLAM ZEB Horizon laser scanner, pagoda chalet in top left and sunflower chalet to the bottom right. During documentation and renovations in October 2023. From Capture2Preserv project.

Dr. Peter Dawson and Christina Robinson set up the GeoSLAM ZEB Horizon. During documentation in October 2023. From Capture2Preserv project.

Guest researcher Francois digitally documenting the Haesler chalet with the Z+F 5010X scanner. During documentation in October 2023. From Capture2Preserv project.

Z+F 5010X set up on the road above the Haesler chalet to capture the roof of the building. During documentation in October 2023. From Capture2Preserv project.

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