St. Mary Irrigation Project

OBS: The St. Mary Irrigation Project was first conceived as a commercial venture by the Canadian Northwest Irrigation Company, organized in 1892 by E.T. Galt of Lethbridge and financed with British capital. Later consolidated under the name of the Alberta Railway and Irrigation Company the organization took over a large block of land in the Magrath, Raymond, Lethbridge and Coaldale districts. This land was originally granted to the Galt Interests by the Government of Canada as subsidies for construction of the railways in the area.