Coutts is the most important Canada - US border crossing west of Vancouver and east of Toronto. The road, which comes from Lethbridge, AB, is used the most frequently then any other in ALberta. The road goes onto the I-15 into Montana and down through to the Mexican Border. The 1-15 and Alberta Highway 4 are part of a Canada-US-Mexico superhighway that lets truckers easily pass to Mexico and the US from Canada and Visa Versa. North of Lethbridge is Calgary, AB, Red Deer, AB, and Edmonton, AB. Interstate 15, or I-15, is a north-south interstate highway in the western United States, traveling through the states of Montana, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California. ... Motto: Heart of the new west Area: 712. ...
Alberta, born November 7, 1885, was the elder daughter of Samuel Tovel Bastedo, private secretary to Oliver Mowat.
George Coutts did considerable research and spent much effort in compiling this "delightful work that is a credit to the Club." The history, which covers the period 1891 to 1952, was published in 1953, and served as the basis of much of the Calgary Centennial Celebration edition of the Club history published in 1975.
Coutts' strong interest in Sir Walter Scott is evident in the many Scott titles in his collection, such as The Lady of the Lake (1810), as well as by several biographies of this famous Scottish author, including one by John Buchan autographed by the Canadian Governor-General.