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North Western Coal and Navigation Company

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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. [1]

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Alberta

Alberta is a western province of Canada.

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Alexander Tilloch Galt

Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt, (September 6, 1817 – September 19, 1893), was a politician and a father of Canadian Confederation.

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Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909

The Boundary Waters Treaty is the 1909 treaty between the United States and Canada providing mechanisms for resolving any dispute over any waters bordering the two countries.

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Brigham Young

Brigham Young (June 1, 1801August 29, 1877) was an American religious leader, politician, and settler.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Canada–United States border

The Canada–United States border, officially known as the International Boundary, is the longest international border in the world between two countries.

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Canadian Pacific Railway

The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), also known formerly as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railroad incorporated in 1881.

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Cardston

Cardston is a town in southwest Alberta, Canada.

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Charles Ora Card

Charles Ora Card (November 5, 1839 – September 9, 1906) was the founder of the town of Cardston, Alberta, the first Mormon settlement in Canada.

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Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)

The Church of Christ was the original name of the Latter Day Saint church founded by Joseph Smith.

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Clifford Sifton

Sir Clifford Sifton, (March 10, 1861 – April 17, 1929), was a Canadian lawyer and a long-time Liberal politician, best known for being Minister of the Interior under Sir Wilfrid Laurier.

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Coal mining

Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground.

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Consortium

A consortium is an association of two or more individuals, companies, organizations or governments (or any combination of these entities) with the objective of participating in a common activity or pooling their resources for achieving a common goal.

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Contiguous United States

The contiguous United States or officially the conterminous United States consists of the 48 adjoining U.S. states plus Washington, D.C. on the continent of North America.

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Coutts, Alberta

Coutts is a village in Alberta and a port of entry into the U.S. state of Montana.

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Dunmore, Alberta

Dunmore is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Cypress County, located southeast of Medicine Hat's city limits on Highway 1 and the Canadian Pacific Railway mainline.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Galt Historic Railway Park

The Galt Historic Railway Park, collects, preserves, restores, exhibits and interprets artifacts which represent the history and social impact of the "steam" era in southern Alberta and the coal era, with emphasis on Galt Railway and the 1890 International Train Station Depot North West Territories from Coutts/Sweetgrass.

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Government of Canada

The Government of Canada (Gouvernement du Canada), formally Her Majesty's Government (Gouvernement de Sa Majesté), is the federal administration of Canada.

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Great Falls, Montana

Great Falls is a town in and the county seat of Cascade County, Montana, United States.

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Great Northern Railway (U.S.)

The Great Northern Railway was an American Class I railroad.

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Hamlet (place)

A hamlet is a small human settlement.

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Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne

Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, (14 January 1845 – 3 June 1927) was a British statesman who served successively as the fifth Governor General of Canada, Viceroy of India, Secretary of State for War, and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

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Immigration

Immigration is the international movement of people into a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle or reside there, especially as permanent residents or naturalized citizens, or to take up employment as a migrant worker or temporarily as a foreign worker.

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Irrigation

Irrigation is the application of controlled amounts of water to plants at needed intervals.

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Lethbridge

Lethbridge is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada, and the largest city in southern Alberta.

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Liberal Party of Canada

The Liberal Party of Canada (Parti libéral du Canada), colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federal political party in Canada.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Magrath

Magrath is a town in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada.

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Medicine Hat

Medicine Hat is a city in southeast Alberta, Canada located along the South Saskatchewan River.

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Milk River (Alberta–Montana)

The Milk River is a tributary of the Missouri River, long, in the United States state of Montana and the Canadian province of Alberta.

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Montana

Montana is a state in the Northwestern United States.

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Mormons

Mormons are a religious and cultural group related to Mormonism, the principal branch of the Latter Day Saint movement of Restorationist Christianity, initiated by Joseph Smith in upstate New York during the 1820s.

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Narrow-gauge railway

A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than the standard.

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Northwest Territories

The Northwest Territories (NT or NWT; French: les Territoires du Nord-Ouest, TNO; Athabaskan languages: Denendeh; Inuinnaqtun: Nunatsiaq; Inuktitut: ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᖅ) is a federal territory of Canada.

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Oldman River

The Oldman River is a river in southern Alberta, Canada.

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Public company

A public company, publicly traded company, publicly held company, publicly listed company, or public corporation is a corporation whose ownership is dispersed among the general public in many shares of stock which are freely traded on a stock exchange or in over the counter markets.

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Rail transport

Rail transport is a means of transferring of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, also known as tracks.

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Raymond, Alberta

Raymond is a town in the County of Warner No. 5, Alberta, Canada.

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Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital and the most populous municipality of the U.S. state of Utah.

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St. Mary River (Alberta–Montana)

The Saint Mary River is a cross-border tributary of the Oldman River, itself a tributary of the South Saskatchewan River.

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Stirling, Alberta

Stirling is a village in the County of Warner No. 5, Alberta, Canada.

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Sweet Grass, Montana

Sweet Grass (also Sweetgrass) is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Toole County, Montana, United States, on the Canada–US border.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Utah

Utah is a state in the western United States.

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William Stafford (mining engineer)

William Stafford (November 15, 1842 - May 12, 1907) was a coal mining engineer and mine superintendent for the North Western Coal and Navigation Company who was responsible for determining the location of the City of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Western_Coal_and_Navigation_Company

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