Hugh Watt (Canadian politician)
Hugh Watt( ca 1841 – March 21, 1914) was a physician and political figure in British Columbia.
He represented Cariboo in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1892 to 1894.
He was born in Fergus, Ontario and was the great grandson of James Watt.
He became owner and editor of the" Fergus News- Record".
Watt studied medicine at the University of Toronto and then came to Barkerville, British Columbia by way of San Francisco in 1882.
He was surgeon in charge of the Barkerville Hospital from 1882 to 1895.
Watt was also a member of the local school board.
He ran unsuccessfully for a federal seat in 1891.
Watt was elected to the assembly in an 1892 by-election held following the death of John Robson but was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1894.
He moved to Fort Steele in 1897.
Watt served as Health Officer for the Fort Steele Mining District.
He married Alice Nicholson, his second wife, in 1912.
Watt later moved to Elko, where he died at the age of 73.
St. Mary River (British Columbia)
The St. Mary River( sometimes represented as the St. Mary's River) is a river in the East Kootenay region of British Columbia.
It rises in the Purcell Mountains and flows in a generally southeasterly direction to its confluence with the Kootenay River at Fort Steele, British Columbia.
Parliament of British Columbia
The Parliament of British Columbia is made of two elements: the Queen of Canada in Right of British Columbia, represented by the Lieutenant Governor, and the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia( which meets at the British Columbia Parliament Buildings).
The Parliament of British Columbia has existed since the province joined Canada in 1871, before which it was preceded by the Parliament of the United Colony of British Columbia.
Like the Canadian federal government, British Columbia uses a Westminster- style parliamentary government, in which members are sent to the Legislative Assembly after general elections and from there the party with the most seats chooses a Premier of British Columbia and Executive Council of British Columbia.
The premier acts as British Columbia's head of government, while the Queen of Canada in Right of British Columbia acts as its head of state and is represented by the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.
Before 1903, candidates in British Columbia elections were not affiliated with political parties.
Wild Horse River
The Wild Horse River, formerly known as Wild Horse Creek, is a tributary of the Kootenay River, joining it near the town of Fort Steele, British Columbia, Canada.
The river's canyon was the setting for the Wild Horse Creek Gold Rush and associated "war" during the gold rush of the mid-1860s.
Wasa, British Columbia
Wasa is an unincorporated settlement in the East Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada, located on the east bank of the Kootenay River to the north of Fort Steele.
It was named for Vaasa, Finland, the hometown of one of the community's early pioneers, Nils Hansen.
Fort Steele, British Columbia
Fort Steele is a heritage town in the East Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada.
It is located north of the Crowsnest Highway along Highways 93 and 95, northeast of Cranbrook.
Columbia Brewery
The Columbia Brewery, located in Creston, British Columbia, was once a part of the Fort Steele Brewery which opened in 1898 by Fritz Sick who went on to establish breweries in twelve towns with his son Emil in Canada and the United States.
The Forte Steele Brewing Company was earlier known as the Kaiser and Sick Brewery.
A reproduction of this brewery has been re-constructed at the entrance of the Fort Steele Heritage town, located ten minutes north of nearby Cranbrook.
In 1901 the Fort Steele brewery relocated to Fernie where it later became known as the Fernie/Fort Steele brewery.
This was one of four breweries operating in the Kootenay area at this time.
The other active breweries were Cranbrook, Nelson, and Trail.
In the late 1950s, these breweries were combined under one name — Interior Breweries — and were later combined yet again to a central location of Creston.
Creston became the ideal location because of its excellent water source and was in the heart of the geographical market at this time.
In 1959–60 Interior Breweries began producing their beer in the newly built brewery in Creston.
Interior Breweries soon felt a name change would better reflect their broadening distribution of quality beers.
In 1972, Interior Breweries became known as the Columbia Brewing Company and launched provincial distribution of its beer.
In 1974, Columbia Brewing Company was purchased by the Labatt Brewing Company, a larger company with plans on expanding the Columbia market.
The Columbia Brewing Company was renamed in 1993 to Columbia Brewery.
Labatt was then bought by the Belgium brewing company, Interbrew, which then merged with the Brazilian Brewing Company, Companhia de Bebidas das Américas, or Ambev, to form InBev.
InBev purchased Anhauser Busch in 2008, to dominate as the world's largest beer producer, now known as AB-InBev.
Fort Fred Steele State Historic Site
Fort Steele, also known as Fort Fred Steele, was established to protect the newly built Union Pacific Railroad from attacks by Native Americans during construction of the transcontinental railroad in the United States.
The fort was built in 1868 where the railroad crossed the North Platte River in Carbon County, Wyoming.
Work on the fort was carried out by military and civilian labor.
Fort Steele was one of three forts built on the line.
Fort Sanders( originally Fort John Buford) near Laramie and Fort D.A. Russell at Cheyenne were the other railroad forts.
Fort Steele was named for the recently deceased General Frederick Steele.
Slenaken
Slenaken( Limburgish:" Sjlennich") is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg.
Slenaken was a separate municipality until 1982, when it was merged with Wittem.
Alexander McBride
Alexander McBride( August 15, 1833 – December 20, 1912) was the ninth mayor of Calgary, Alberta.
McBride arrived in Calgary in 1886 and established a hardware store on Stephen Avenue, A. McBride and Company.
This was Calgary's first hardware store.
During the 1890s, he spent five years on city council including one year as mayor in 1896.
He narrowly won his mayoral election against incumbent Wesley Fletcher Orr.
After his term, McBride did not seek re-election.
This allowed Orr to return uncontested to the mayoral seat.
Prior to moving to Calgary, McBride was a tinsmith in London, Ontario.
There, he and his wife, Lucy, built in 1874 the home located at 504 Colborne Street.
Lucy's asthma was the motivating factor for their move to Calgary.
Early in the 1900s, he left Calgary and spent time in Fort Steele, British Columbia, Cranbrook, British Columbia, and Red Deer, Alberta.
Edward, the oldest of his six children, took over his business.
McBride died in Galt, Ontario in 1912.

Question: Are Slenaken and Fort Steele, British Columbia both located in the same country?
Answer: no