(rshsdepot) Coutts, Alberta Train Station update

[jdent1_@_optonline.net]

From: Bill and Marian Hillen 
Date: Thursday, January 22, 2009 5:33 pm


Hi, I would like to update you on the Coutts Train Station. It 
is owned and operated during the summer by costumed students. 
Built in 1890 by Alberta Railway and Coal Co. Owed by Sir 
Alexander Galt, father of Canada's confederation. It was 
originally a narrow gage track from Lethbridge, North West 
Territories to Great Falls Montana. It is recognaized by the 
province of Alberta as the only example of a International Port 
of Entry by rail in Western Canada. It is located in Galt 
Historic Railway Park, County of Warner AB adjacent to Stirling 
AB. It is operated by the Great Canadian Plains Railway Society 
Box 1013 Lethbridge AB T1J 4A2 403-756-2220, gcprs_@_telus.net 
thanks, Bill Hilllen treasurer GCPRS

Jim Dent 
Oakland, NJ

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