Suffield, Alberta

Suffield is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Cypress County. It is located on the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1) approximately 32km northwest of Medicine Hat, and just south of CFB Suffield. HistoryEstablished by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in 1884, Suffield was named after Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield who married in 1854, Cecilia Annetta, the sister of Edward Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke, who assisted in financing the railway. Near the beginning of the 20th century, Suffield experienced rapid growth arising from the construction of the CPR. One of the larger building in the area at the time, the 32 room Alamo Hotel was constructed in 1910 by W. R. Martin, superintendent of CPR oil and gas exploration, A. M. Grace, chief engineer of the Southern Alberta Land Company, and A. P. Phillips at a cost of $30, 000. A reporter from the Medicine Hat News wrote on Oct 20, 1910, "The most beautiful hotel alongside the CPR from Winnipeg to Calgary, stands on the prairie within a stone's throw of one of the biggest gas wells in the Medicine Hat district in what promises to be, in the near future, the city of Suffield". The hotel hosted a 40-foot stand-up bar and was reported to be one of the finest in the country. Hard times hit with the First World War and with the introduction of Prohibition in 1915. In 1926, the hotel was sold to the Calgary Brewing and Malting Company and moved to Sylvan Lake in 1927 to replace a hotel that burnt down.

Suffield is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Cypress County. It is located on the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1) approximately 32km northwest of Medicine Hat, and just south of CFB Suffield. HistoryEstablished by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in 1884, Suffield was named after Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield who married in 1854, Cecilia Annetta, the sister of Edward Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke, who assisted in financing the railway. Near the beginning of the 20th century, Suffield experienced rapid growth arising from the construction of the CPR. One of the larger building in the area at the time, the 32 room Alamo Hotel was constructed in 1910 by W. R. Martin, superintendent of CPR oil and gas exploration, A. M. Grace, chief engineer of the Southern Alberta Land Company, and A. P. Phillips at a cost of $30, 000. A reporter from the Medicine Hat News wrote on Oct 20, 1910, "The most beautiful hotel alongside the CPR from Winnipeg to Calgary, stands on the prairie within a stone's throw of one of the biggest gas wells in the Medicine Hat district in what promises to be, in the near future, the city of Suffield". The hotel hosted a 40-foot stand-up bar and was reported to be one of the finest in the country. Hard times hit with the First World War and with the introduction of Prohibition in 1915. In 1926, the hotel was sold to the Calgary Brewing and Malting Company and moved to Sylvan Lake in 1927 to replace a hotel that burnt down.