the seattle and montana "railway" company incorporated march 7, 1890 and is listed by the icc on june 30, 1893 as an operating subsidiary of the great northern with of track owned and in use. between june 6, 1891 and october 3, 1891, it laid of track from seattle to f&s junction (that is, fairhaven and southern junction) in the sedro-wooley/burlington area, and opened for business on that entire length december 4, 1891. as indicated above, the published route continued north past f&s junction on the tracks of the fairhaven and southern, giving seattle a link north to canada.