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The North Western Coal and Navigation Company was a coal mining company formed in 1882 by Alexander Tilloch Galt. It was based in Lethbridge, Alberta and its first manager and superintendent was William Stafford. Wyoming coal mine Coal mining is the extraction of coal from the Earth for use as fuel. ... Alexander Tilloch Galt The Honourable Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt, PC (September 6, 1822 – September 19, 1911) was an English-born Canadian politician, and a father of Canadian Confederation. ... Lethbridge is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. ...
The company was sold to the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1912. The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR; AAR reporting marks CP, CPAA, CPI), known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a Canadian Class I railway operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited. ...
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