About
Alexandra (Alex) Weller is a professional historian with over a decade of experience researching the Upper Columbia Valley. Born and raised in the Invermere area, she has a BA (History) from the University of Alberta, and an MA (Public History) from the University of Western Ontario. She has worked in museums across Canada (and overseas), and most recently as an historian for Parks Canada. Alex thrives on primary source research, chronicling marginal or overlooked aspects of history. Links and descriptions of other projects that Alex has been involved with can be found below.
Windermere Projects
2017, Windermere Valley Museum and Archives
2016, Windermere Valley Museum and Archives
2013, Windermere Valley Museum and Archives
2013, Windermere Valley Museum and Archives
Other Reports
- Alex Weller and Meg Stanley, “Essays on the History of Abbot Pass” (Parks Canada, August 2024).
- Alex Weller, “A Tale of Two Purcells,” Canadian Alpine Journal 104 (2021): 62–68.
- Brett Bilyk, Montanna Mills, and Alex Weller, “’The Crowd of Crazy Fools’ The Gold Rush in British Columbia and the Yukon” (Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, 2016), www.pier21.ca/research/immigration-history/the-gold-rush-in-british-columbia-and-the-yukon.
- Alex Weller, “History of the Caversham Gasworks (The Dunedin Suburban City Gas Works Company)” (Dunedin, New Zealand: Dunedin Gasworks Museum Trust, 2019).
- Alex Weller, “Gasholders in the City of Dunedin” (Dunedin, New Zealand: Dunedin Gasworks Museum Trust, 2019).
- Alex Weller, “Port Chalmers Gasworks” (Dunedin, New Zealand: Dunedin Gasworks Museum Trust, 2020).