100 Years Ago: Czech Army Goes to Canada

Did you know that the Czech Army was transported through Canada on the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1920?

ArticleAndrew ChernevychFebruary 9, 2021Galt Museum & ArchivesCzechoslovak, Army, Soldiers, Lethbridge Herald, Archives, History, Train, Rail, Russian Civil War, Tsar, First World WarComment

Building Bridges

Follow along as Museum Educator Rebecca Wilde teaches us how to construct a model of the #yql's very own High-Level Bridge and explains the history of this extraordinary structure.

Online PresentationMuseum EducatorJanuary 22, 2021Galt Museum & ArchivesBridge, High Level Bridge, Building, Construction, southern alberta, Railway, Train, Learning at Home, EducationComment

Building Bridges

Our Museum Educator introduces an activity that you can do at home to build a bridge with common items many of us have in our homes and presents the history of the bridge's construction.

Online PresentationMuseum EducatorApril 16, 2020Bridge, Rail, Train, Travel, History, Southern Alberta, Rebecca Wilde Comments

Railway Track Section donated to the Galt

In 2019, Jim Hutton offered to donate sections of railway track to the Galt that had been part of the old Lethbridge Rail Yard. The rail yard was built around the 1910s and was removed in the 1980s by Cadillac Fairview Company in preparation for the construction of Park Place Mall.

ArticleGraham RuttanJanuary 28, 2020Park Place MallMall, Construction, Engineering, Toys "R" Us, Lethbridge, Railway, Park Place Mall, TrainComment