The Red Coat Trail is a 1,300-kilometre (810 mi) route that approximates the path taken in 1874 by the North-West Mounted Police in their March West from Fort Dufferin to Fort Whoop-Up.
Highway 4 southeast of Lethbridge, Alberta
Sir Redvers Buller
Alberta Provincial Highway No. 3, commonly referred to as Highway 3 and officially named the Crowsnest Highway, is a 324-kilometre (201 mi) highway that traverses southern Alberta, Canada, running from the Crowsnest Pass through Lethbridge to the Trans-Canada Highway in Medicine Hat. Together with British Columbia Highway 3 which begins in Hope, it forms an interprovincial route that serves as an alternate to the Trans-Canada from the Lower Mainland to the Canadian Prairies.
The Crowsnest Highway near Cowley
Looking east on Highway 3 near Lundbreck
Crowsnest Trail in Lethbridge
Lethbridge, seen here in 1911, was the hub of southern Alberta and the crossroads of the Red, Yellow, and Sunshine Trails that became Highways 3, 4, and 5, respectively.