Bow City’s well runs dry

Just as Bow City’s civic fathers were launching a campaign to promote the Village to investors here and abroad, events a world away would have a deleterious effect on the “City of Natural Resources”.

The Alberta Land Company

As the Canadian Pacific Railway was busy sinking money into its two million acre irrigation project on the north side of the Bow, other similar schemes on the south side of the river hoped to capitalize on the growing demand for irrigated lands.

The Village of Bow City

Municipal inspector A.D. Fidler had no sooner bid farewell to Bow City before the residents of the community had renewed their quest for Village status.