Cattlemen and Cowboys of Canada

Profiles of beef cattle people connected to Canada.

• 1861-1932A.E. CrossCross trained as a vet, built the A7 Ranche and a brewery, and helped put up the money for the first Calgary Stampede.Canada
• 1860-1933Archibald J. McLeanA horse trader from Ontario became a southern Alberta cattleman, cabinet minister and one of the four men who financed…Canada
• est. 1862Ashcroft ManorTwo Cambridge-educated brothers arrived during the gold rush and turned the Cornwall Ranch into Ashcroft Manor.Canada
• est. 1881-1882Bar U RanchFounded in the early 1880s, the Bar U ran for seventy years under three owners and now stands as Canada's ranching…Canada
• est. 1875CalgaryA whiskey-trade police fort on the Bow River turned into the shipping, packing and rodeo capital of Canadian beef…Canada
• 1918-1996Donald C. MatthewsAn Alberta Angus breeder whose bloodlines and committee work shaped Canadian beef.Canada
• est. 1880sDouglas Lake RanchFrom John Douglas's 320-acre homestead in 1872 to a holding of more than 200,000 hectares, Douglas Lake grew with each…Canada
• livingDr. Kee JimA rancher's son from British Columbia who became a veterinarian, then built one of North America's big cattle feeding…Canada
• 1937-2019Dr. Robert ChurchA Calgary-born geneticist who moved embryo transfer from the laboratory into the cattle business and ran a Luing ranch…Canada
• fl. mid-20th centuryEion Alistair ChisholmA stock growers' manager saw the future in finishing cattle, then spent 30 years running Alberta's biggest feeding…Canada
• 1842-1912Frederick Smith StimsonA Quebec farmer and moneylender went west in 1881 and turned a Pekisko Creek lease into the Bar U, one of the largest…Canada
• est. 1860sGang RanchStarted by the Harper brothers on the Fraser River, the Gang Ranch fed gold miners, passed to English owners and later…Canada
• 1939-Garnet AltwasserA Brooks entrepreneur spent 30 years as president of Lakeside and helped make Alberta a hub for Canadian beef.Canada
• 1909-1999George Fletcher MorrisA Kent County feeder who pushed Ontario corn into beef and helped write the carcass standards behind Canada's 1972…Canada
• 1856-1925George LaneFrom Montana cowboy to owner of the Bar U, Lane became one of Alberta's biggest ranchers and a founder of the Stampede.Canada
• fl. 20th centuryHarvey J. BuckleyA Cochrane cattleman improved his commercial herd while shaping Alberta's marketing law and rural crime prevention.Canada
• 1860-1935Hon. J.D. McGregorManitoba's pioneer Aberdeen Angus breeder and a national figure in western agriculture.Canada
• fl. 1950s-2000James Harold GrahamAn Alberta grain farmer hit by hail became a cattle feeder and one of the country's most active beef trade advocates.Canada
• 1846-1936James WalkerA North-West Mounted Police veteran ran Senator Cochrane's new leasehold ranch in 1881 and went on to help build…Canada
• c.1850-1905John WareA former slave turned trail hand became one of the best-known cowboys and ranchers in the Canadian West.Canada
• livingMabel HamiltonA trained teacher who spent more than 40 years leading Canadian beef organizations, from classroom ag programs to…Canada
• 1823-1903Matthew Henry CochraneA Quebec shoe manufacturer who bred some of North America's costliest Shorthorns helped write Canada's grazing-lease…Canada
• est. 1890sMerrittA small valley town that grew up around BC's earliest large cattle ranches, then outlasted coal and lumber booms.Canada
• 1856-1937Patrick BurnsFrom an Ontario farm boy to a Calgary meatpacker, rancher and senator, Pat Burns supplied the West and backed the…Canada
• est. 1891Ranchmen's ClubA group calling itself the Pack of Western Wolves formed the club in 1891, and its 1914 clubhouse still stands in…Canada
• livingRobert (Bob) PrestageAn Alberta Angus breeder who tested bulls on their calves and sold genetics worldwide.Canada
• livingRobert (Bob) SwitzerA southern Saskatchewan Angus breeder who built markets, brands and a community feedlot.Canada
• 1856-1925William Roper HullAn English teenager turned cowboy became Calgary's first vertically integrated meat packer and a major local builder.Canada