The sign reads ...
THE * STAR * MINE * SUSPENSION * BRIDGE
1912 * COALMINERS WORKING THE STAR MINE CROSSED THE RED DEER RIVER IN ROWBOATS.
1919 * AN AERIAL CABLE CAR SYSTEM WAS BUILT, WHICH TRANSPORTED BOTH MEN & COAL FROM THE MINE TO TIPPLE ON THIS (SOUTH) SIDE: THE C.N.R. CARRIED THE COAL FROM THE VALLEY.
1930 * THE C.P.R. BUILT A BRIDGE (1.6 km UP RIVER) AND A TIPPLE WAS BUILT AT THE MINE SITE.
1931 * THE ORIGINAL SWINGING BRIDGE WAS CONSTRUCTED, AND, ALTHOUGH WINDS AND FLOODS MADE CROSSING HAZARDOUS AT TIMES, IT WAS USED BY THE MINES UNTIL 1957, WHEN THE MINE CLOSED. A YEAR LATER, THE LARGE MASS OF SHALE, ROCK, AND DIRT YOU SEE ON THE NORTH SIDE, SLID OVER THE MINE WORKINGS.
1958 * IN ORDER TO COMMEMORATE PART OF THE COLORFUL MINING HISTORY OF THE DRUMHELLER VALLEY, THE ALBERTA GOVERNMENT REBUILT AND CONTINUES TO MAINTAIN THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE FOR PUBLIC USE.
(THE AREA AROUND THE SOUTH END OF THE BRIDGE IS CALLED THE "Aerial". THE BRIDGE IS 117M LONG.)
—DRUMHELLER & DISTRICT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE—