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Location: Highway 62, Magrath
Emplacement : Route 62, Magrath
Coordinates · Coordonnées: 49.409593, -112.863940
Source: Parks Canada – Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada commemorative plaques (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)
Licence · Permission: Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
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Galt Irrigation Canal

The original canal, built between 1898 and 1900, stretched from the St. Mary River, near Kimball, to Lethbridge and Stirling. It was soon after extended and expanded, with concrete structures eventually replacing the first timber ones. Known by several names, usually those of the successive companies which owned it, the canal was built principally through the efforts of Elliott Galt, Charles Magrath and Charles Card. The Galt Canal was the first large-scale irrigation project in Canada and was instrumental in opening up semi-arid land in southern Alberta to agriculture and settlement.

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Canal d'irrigation Galt

Le premier canal, bâti entre 1898 et 1900, s’étendait de la rivière St. Mary, près de Kimball, jusqu’à Lethbridge et Stirling. Il fut agrandi et élargi peu après, et des structures de béton remplacèrent, avec le temps, les structures de bois originales. Connu sous plusieurs noms, habituellement ceux des compagnies qui en furent successivement propriétaires, il doit surtout son existence aux efforts d’Elliott Galt, Charles Magrath et Charles Card. Premier grand projet d’irrigation au Canada, il contribua à ouvrir les terres semi-arides du sud de l’Alberta à l’agriculture et à la colonisation.