Canada's first LNG export facility has finalized contracts for 700,000 tons of its liquefied natural gas.

Golar LNG Ltd. (NASDAQ: GLNG), an LNG tanker company based in Bermuda, and LNG Partners LLC. have signed sales agreements with BC LNG Export Co-operative LLC, owner of the Douglas Channel LNG Project.

The Haisla First Nation and Douglas Channel Gas Services Ltd. are partners in the export facility. Its initial capacity of 700,000 is expected to come online in the start of 2015.

The facility itself will be located on the coast of British Columbia, an ideal location for supplying the enticing Asian markets.

And the Douglas Channel is not alone in its desire to tap Asian markets. Apache Corp. (NYSE: APA) and Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) were also granted an LNG export license fromgeneral security, enforce laws, and assist settlers. For several years, the trail was well-trafficked with people, freight and mail all using the route.
 Era of Decline - The trail was only active for about 7 years as a result of the construction of a railway between Regina and Prince Albert via Saskatoon in 1890. This made Saskatoon the closet railway to Battleford and signalled the end of the Swift Current - Battlefords Trail. The trail remained in use for local travel as late as 1925.

Important Sites on the Trail 
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