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Sunshine Trail / First Special Service Force Memorial
Highway
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In 1912, with rural speed limits
reaching 20 mph, the Sunshine Trail was the first road, designated
for automobile use, linking Lethbridge, Alberta with Greatfalls,
Montana. Later the Sunshine Trail reached from Edmonton, Alberta to
Butte, Montana.
The road was a graded trail, the low spots were leveled and
small streams were bridged with the use of a culvert. Later a
gravel surface was added to the road. It was not until 1947 that
the Sunshine trail was paved in Alberta.
In 1999 the main Highway between Lethbridge, Alberta and Helena,
Montana was named "First Special Service Force Memorial Highway."
The Highway was named in memory of the Americans and Canadians who
trained at Fort Harrison, Helena, Montana, the Devil's Brigade.
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