North Western Coal and Navigation Company
The North Western Coal and Navigation Company, also known as Alberta Railway and Coal Company or Alberta Railway and Irrigation Company, was a coal mining company formed in London, England in 1882 by Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt, one of Canada's Fathers of Confederation. As part of his vision for Canada, Galt was committed to finding industries that would bring settlers to the District of Alberta of the Northwest Territories. The company was founded to create a coal mining industry that could bring settlers to the Northwest Territories. It was based in Lethbridge, Alberta, with his son Elliott Torrance Galt, managing day-to-day operations. The company's superintendent was William Stafford. Money for this company came from a consortium of investors from Canada, England, and the United States.
Galt International Depot, originally at Coutts, AB/Sweetgrass, MT border crossing, the depot was moved in 1999 to the Galt Historic Railway Park at Stirling, Alberta.
Construction of the Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District flume across the Oldman River
Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt, was a politician and Founding Father of the Canadian Confederation.
Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt in 1869
The International Train Station Depot in the County of Warner No. 5, Alberta
Statue of Alexander and Elliot Galt with the 1910 Hospital Building, Lethbridge, Alberta
The Galt house on Simpson Street in the Golden Square Mile at Montreal
