1 Coal mining soon moved a few miles east of Banff to Canmore where the coal mine operated for 80 years. 2  The Crowsnest Pass in southern Alberta was also developed as a coal mining centre to supply coal to CPR.3  A similar role was established in west-central Alberta for an area known as the Coal Branch. Some of the earliest mining in Alberta was within what is now Banff National Park. 2  Coal was mined at Bankhead, a community just a few miles east of Banff townsite, to supply the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Definitions for shant. Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word shant. Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: Origin: This came briefly into use at the end of the eighteenth century. It is not an older form of the contraction, though, as shan't predates it in print by about a century. (Source: World Wide Words )
It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Shana is  lily, rose. Short form of Shoshana, Shannon or an Anglicized form of Shaina. Shana has been made familiar today by journalist and biographer Shana Alexander.