City of Lethbridge
Downtown Lethbridge as seen on 4 Avenue south facing west
Flag Coat of arms
Location census division number 2, Alberta, Canada. The Flag of Lethbridge was adopted in 1967 the year of Canada 's centennial
Coordinates: 49°41′39″N 112°49′58″W / 49.69417, -112.83278
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Southern Alberta
Census division	2
Incorporated	1906
Government
- Mayor	Robert D. Tarleck (Past mayors)
- Governing body	Lethbridge City Council
- MP	Rick Casson (Cons.)
- MLAs	Greg Weadick (P.C.), Bridget Pastoor (Lib.)
- City Manager	Bryan Horrocks
Area
- City	127. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second largest country in total area. Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905 National regions Provinces and territories are normally grouped into the following Regions (generally from west to east Northern Canada Southern Alberta is a region located in the Canadian province of Alberta. Statistics Canada divides the province of Alberta into nineteen Census divisions each with one or more municipal governments overseeing county municipalities improvement Communities Cities Lethbridge Brooks Towns Robert D (Bob Tarleck is a Canadian politician currently serving as the 27th Mayor of Lethbridge, Alberta. This is a list of mayors of Lethbridge Alberta, Canada The Lethbridge City Council is the legislative governing body that represents the citizens of Lethbridge, Alberta. This is a list of members of the Canadian House of Commons in the 39th Parliament of Canada. Richard L Casson (born December 30, 1948 in Calgary Alberta) is a Canadian politician The Conservative Party of Canada ( Parti conservateur du Canada) colloquially known as the " Tories " is a conservative The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is one of two components of the Legislature of Alberta, the other being the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta. Greg Weadick (born February 2, 1954 in Fergus Ontario) is a Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial right-of-centre party in the Canadian province of Alberta. Bridget A Pastoor (born 13 April 1940 in St Boniface, Manitoba) is a Canadian Politician who has been serving as The Alberta Liberal Party is a political party in Alberta, Canada. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 19 km² (49. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 1 sq mi)
- Metro	2,975. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 59 km² (1,148. 88 sq mi)
Elevation	910 m (2,986 ft)
Population (2007)
- City	81,692
- Density	607. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 0/km² (1,572. 1/sq mi)
- Metro	95,196
- Metro Density	32/km² (82. A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large Metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central 86/sq mi)
Postal code span	T1H to T1K
Area code(s)	403
Highways	Highway 3, 4, 5, 25
Waterways	Oldman River
Website: City of Lethbridge

Lethbridge (pronounced /ˈlɛθbrɨdʒ/) is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada, and the largest city in southern Alberta. Alberta - 150 FSAs A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks Area code 403 is a Telephone Area code in the Canadian province of Alberta, encompassing the southern half of the province The Crowsnest Highway, also known as the Interprovincial or in British Columbia the Southern Trans-Provincial, is a 1163 km (722 mile long principal Highway 4 forms the most southern leg of the CANAMEX Corridor highway system in Alberta. Highway 5 is a 120-km long highway that runs in southern Alberta Highway 25 is a short highway located in southern Alberta north of the city of Lethbridge. The Oldman River is a River in Southern Alberta, Canada. It flows roughly west to east from the Rocky Mountains, through the communities of Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905 Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Southern Alberta is a region located in the Canadian province of Alberta. It is Alberta's fourth-largest city by population after Red Deer, Calgary and Edmonton and the third-largest by area after Calgary and Edmonton. Red Deer is a city in Central Alberta, Canada. It is located near the midpoint of the Calgary-Edmonton Corridor, and is Alberta's Calgary (ˈkælgəriː is the largest city in the Province of Alberta, Canada Edmonton (ˈɛdmɨntɨn is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta. The nearby Canadian Rockies contribute to the city's cool summers, mild winters, and windy climate. The Canadian Rockies comprise the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains range. Chinook winds, often just called chinooks commonly refers to Foehn winds ref> in the interior West of North America, where the Canadian Prairies and Lethbridge lies southeast of Calgary on the Oldman River. The Oldman River is a River in Southern Alberta, Canada. It flows roughly west to east from the Rocky Mountains, through the communities of

Lethbridge is the commercial, financial, transportation and industrial centre of southern Alberta. The city's economy developed from drift mining for coal in the late 19th century and agriculture in the early 20th century. Drift mining is a method of accessing valuable geological material such as Coal, by cutting into the side of the earth rather than tunneling straight downwards (see Shaft Agriculture refers to the production of goods through the growing of plants and fungi and the raising of domesticated Animals The study of agriculture Half of the workforce is employed in the health, education, retail and hospitality sectors, and the top five employers are government-based. The only university in Alberta south of Calgary is in Lethbridge, and two of the three colleges in southern Alberta have campuses in the city. Cultural venues in the city include performing art theatres, museums and sports centres.

Contents 1 History 2 Government 3 Geography and climate 3.1 Climate 3.1.1 Weather averages 3.1.2 Weather records 4 Economy 5 Demographics 6 Culture 7 Sports and recreation 8 Major attractions 9 Education 10 Transportation 11 Sister cities 12 See also 13 Notes 14 External links

History

Main article: History of Lethbridge

Before the 19th century, the Lethbridge area was populated by several First Nations at various times. The city of Lethbridge Alberta developed from drift mines opened by Nicholas Sheran ( 1874) and the North Western Coal and Navigation Company First Nations is a term of Ethnicity that refers to the Aboriginal peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis people The Blackfoot referred to the area as Aksaysim ("steep banks"), Mek-kio-towaghs ("painted rock"), Assini-etomochi ("where we slaughtered the Cree") and Sik-ooh-kotok ("coal"). The Blackfoot Confederacy or Niitsítapi (meaning "original people" c The Sarcee referred to it as Chadish-kashi ("black/rocks"), the Cree as Kuskusukisay-guni ("black/rocks"), and the Nakoda (Stoney) as Ipubin-saba-akabin ("digging coal"). The Tsuu T'ina Nation (also Sarcee, Sarsi, Tsu T’ina, Tsuut’ina) is a First Nation in Canada. Not to be confused with the Creek. Cree is an Exonym applied to various people indigenous to North America namely the Nehiyaw Nehithaw Nehilaw The Nakoda (also known as Stoney) are a First Nation group indigenous to both Canada and the United States. ^[1]

After the US Army stopped alcohol trading with the Blackfeet Nation in Montana in 1869, traders John J. Healy and Alfred B. The Blackfeet Indian Reservation or Blackfeet Nation is an Indian reservation of the Blackfeet tribe in Montana in the Montana ( is a state in the Western United States. One-third of the state in the western part contains numerous mountain ranges (approximately 77 named of the northern John Healy was an American entrepreneur in the late 19th century Hamilton started a whiskey trading post at Fort Hamilton, near the future site of Lethbridge. The post's nickname became Fort Whoop-Up. Fort Whoop-Up was the nickname given to a whiskey trading post officially Fort Hamilton, near what is now Lethbridge, Alberta. ^[1] The whiskey trade led to the Cypress Hills massacre of many native Assiniboine in 1873. The Cypress Hills massacre occurred on June 1, 1873 in the Cypress Hills region of Battle Creek, Saskatchewan, involving a group The Assiniboine, also known by the Ojibwe name Asiniibwaan "Stone Sioux" and the Cree as Asinîpwât are a Siouan The North West Mounted Police, sent to stop the trade and establish order,^[1] arrived at Fort Whoop-Up on 9 October 1874. Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common They managed the post for the next 12 years. ^[1]

Lethbridge's economy developed from drift mines opened by Nicholas Sheran in 1874 and the North Western Coal and Navigation Company in 1882. Drift mining is a method of accessing valuable geological material such as Coal, by cutting into the side of the earth rather than tunneling straight downwards (see Shaft Nicholas Sheran ( 1841 &ndash 1882) was an entrepreneur born in New York City. The North Western Coal and Navigation Company was a Coal mining company formed in 1882 by Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt, one of Canada's Fathers of Confederation North Western's president was William Lethbridge, from whom the city derives its name. William Lethbridge (1825&ndash1901 was a lawyer in England. When bookseller W H Smith owner William Henry Smith II decided to become involved in ^[2] By the turn of the century, the mines were employing about 150 men and producing about 300 tonnes of coal each day. ^[1] In 1896, local collieries were the largest coal producers in the Northwest Territories^[3], with production peaking during World War I. The Northwest Territories (ˌnɔrθˌwɛstˈtɛrɨtɔriz ( NWT or NT; French, les Territoires du Nord-Ouest) is a territory World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All After the war, increasing oil and natural gas production gradually replaced coal production,^[1] and the last mine in Lethbridge closed in 1957.

The first rail line in Lethbridge was opened on 28 August 1885 by the Alberta Railway and Coal Company,^[1] which bought the North Western Coal and Navigation Company five years later. Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common ^[4] The rail industry's dependence on coal and the Canadian Pacific Railway's efforts to settle southern Alberta with immigrants boosted Lethbridge's economy. The Canadian Pacific Railway ( After the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) moved the divisional point of its Crowsnest Line from Fort Macleod to Lethbridge in 1905, the city became the regional centre for Southern Alberta. Southern Alberta is a region located in the Canadian province of Alberta. ^[1] In the mid-1980s, the CPR moved its rail yards in downtown Lethbridge to nearby Kipp, and Lethbridge ceased being a rail hub. ^[5]

Between 1907 and 1913, a development boom occurred in Lethbridge, making it the main marketing, distribution and service centre in southern Alberta. ^[1] Such municipal projects as a water treatment plant, a power plant, a streetcar system, and exhibition buildings — as well as a construction boom and rising real estate prices — transformed the mining town into a significant city. Lethbridge Transit (commonly known as LA Transit) manages and operates the municipally-owned Public transportation system in Lethbridge, Alberta Exhibition Park is an exhibition complex located on the eastern edge of Lethbridge, Alberta. ^[1] Between World War I and World War II, however, the city experienced an economic slump. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Development slowed, drought drove farmers from their farms, and coal mining rapidly declined from its peak. ^[1] After World War II, irrigation of farmland near Lethbridge led to growth in the city's population and economy. Lethbridge College (previously Lethbridge Community College) opened in April 1957 and the University of Lethbridge in 1967. Lethbridge College, formerly Lethbridge Community College, was opened in 1957 as the first public community college in Canada. The University of Lethbridge (also known as U of L) is a public university in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. ^[1]

Government

See also: Lethbridge City Council

Eight aldermen and a mayor make up the Lethbridge City Council. The Lethbridge City Council is the legislative governing body that represents the citizens of Lethbridge, Alberta. This is a list of mayors of Lethbridge Alberta, Canada The Lethbridge City Council is the legislative governing body that represents the citizens of Lethbridge, Alberta. ^[6] City voters elect a new government every three years, in October. Lethbridge does not have a ward system, so voters choose all eight aldermen. In Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, a ward is an Electoral district ^[6] The City of Lethbridge has an operating budget of C$200 million, more than half of which comes from property tax. Property tax, or millage tax, is an Ad valorem tax that an owner pays on the value of the property being taxed ^[7] One Member of Parliament (MP) representing Lethbridge sits in the House of Commons in Ottawa, and two members of Alberta's legislative assembly (MLAs), representing Lethbridge East (Liberal) and Lethbridge West (PC), sit in the legislative assembly in Edmonton. For other meanings of Lethbridge see Lethbridge (disambiguation. The House of Commons (Chambre des communes is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is one of two components of the Legislature of Alberta, the other being the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta. Lethbridge East is an provincial Electoral district in Alberta, Canada, covering the eastern half of the city of Lethbridge. The Alberta Liberal Party is a political party in Alberta, Canada. Lethbridge West is an Albertan provincial Electoral district, covering the western half of the city of Lethbridge, including all of West The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial right-of-centre party in the Canadian province of Alberta.

Traditionally, political leanings in Lethbridge have been right-wing. In Politics, right-wing, the political right, and the Right are positions that uphold traditional values and/or authorities Federally, from 1917 to 1930, Lethbridge voters switched between various federal parties,^[8] but from 1935 to 1957, they voted Social Credit in each election. The Social Credit Party of Canada ( French: Parti Crédit social du Canada) was a conservative - Populist political party in ^[8] Progressive Conservatives held office from 1958 until 1993, when the Reform Party of Canada was formed. The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ( PC) ( Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada) ( 1867 – 2003) was a Canadian The Canadian federal election of 1958 was the 24th general election in Canada's history The Canadian federal election of 1993 (officially the 35th general election) was held on October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons The Reform Party of Canada ( Parti réformiste du Canada) was a Canadian federal Political party that existed from 1987 to 2000 ^[8][9][10] The Reform party and its various subsequent incarnations have dominated the polls since. ^[10]

Geography and climate

See also: List of neighbourhoods in Lethbridge

The city of Lethbridge is located at 49. The city of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada has over 30 neighbourhoods 7° north latitude and 112. Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter phi ( Φ) gives the location of a place on Earth (or other planetary body north or south of the 833° west longitude and covers an area of 127. Longitude (ˈlɒndʒɪˌtjuːd or ˈlɒŋgɪˌtjuːd symbolized by the Greek character Lambda (λ is the east-west Geographic coordinate measurement 19 square kilometres (49. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 11 sq mi). The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. The city is divided by the Oldman River; its valley has been turned into one of the largest urban park systems in North America at 16 square kilometres (4,000 acres) of protected land. The Oldman River is a River in Southern Alberta, Canada. It flows roughly west to east from the Rocky Mountains, through the communities of The Oldman River valley parks system is a continuous collection of eight Urban parks in the Oldman River valley of Lethbridge, Alberta. ^[11] The city is Alberta's fourth largest by population after Calgary, Edmonton, and Red Deer. Calgary (ˈkælgəriː is the largest city in the Province of Alberta, Canada Edmonton (ˈɛdmɨntɨn is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta. Red Deer is a city in Central Alberta, Canada. It is located near the midpoint of the Calgary-Edmonton Corridor, and is Alberta's It is the third largest in area after Calgary and Edmonton and is near the Canadian Rockies, 210 kilometres (130 miles) southeast of Calgary. The Canadian Rockies comprise the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains range.

Lethbridge is split into three geographical areas: north, south and west. West Lethbridge (or The Westside) is one of three geographical areas in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. The Oldman River separates West Lethbridge from the other two while the Crowsnest Highway and the Canadian Pacific Railway rail line separate North and South Lethbridge. The Crowsnest Highway, also known as the Interprovincial or in British Columbia the Southern Trans-Provincial, is a 1163 km (722 mile long principal The Canadian Pacific Railway ( ^[12] The newest of the three areas, West Lethbridge (pop. 27,154)^[13] is home to the University of Lethbridge. The University of Lethbridge (also known as U of L) is a public university in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Much of the city's recent growth has been on the west side, and it has the youngest median age of the three. The north side (pop. 23,241)^[13] was originally populated by workers from local coal mines. It has the oldest population of the three areas, is home to multiple industrial parks and includes the former town of Hardieville, which was annexed by Lethbridge in 1978. ^[14][15] South Lethbridge (pop. 28,318)^[13] is the commercial heart of the city. It contains the downtown core, the bulk of retail and hospitality establishments, and the Lethbridge College. Downtown Lethbridge is the commercial centre of Lethbridge, Alberta, hosting most of the city's banks and several accounting and law practices including national Lethbridge College, formerly Lethbridge Community College, was opened in 1957 as the first public community college in Canada.

Climate

Lethbridge has a moderate continental climate with an average maximum temperature of 12. 3 °C (54. The Celsius Temperature scale was previously known as the centigrade scale. 1 °F) and an average minimum temperature of −1. Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736 a German Physicist who proposed it in 1724 0 °C (30. 2 °F). With an average precipitation of 386. 3 millimetres (15. 21 in) and 264 dry days on average, Lethbridge is the second driest city in Canada. ^[16] On average, Lethbridge has 116 days with wind speed of 40 km/h (25 mph) or higher, ranking it as the second city in Canada for such weather. ^[16]

Its high elevation of 929 metres (3,048 ft) and close proximity to the Rocky Mountains provides Lethbridge with cooler summers than other locations in the Canadian prairies. ^[17] These factors protect the city from strong northwest and southwest winds and contribute to frequent chinook winds during the winter. Chinook winds, often just called chinooks commonly refers to Foehn winds ref> in the interior West of North America, where the Canadian Prairies and Lethbridge winters have the highest temperatures in the prairies, reducing the severity and duration of winter cold periods and resulting in fewer days with snow cover. ^[18]

Weather averages

Month	Record Low (°C)	Average Low (°C)	Average Temp (°C)	Average High (°C)	Record High (°C)	Average Rainfall (mm)	Average Snow (cm)
January	−42. 8 (Jan 3, 1950)	−13. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 8	−7. 8	−1. 8	16. 7 (Jan 19, 1944)	0. Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1	21. 9
February	−42. 2 (Feb 9, 1939)	−10. Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 7	−4. 6	1. 5	21. 8 (Feb 27, 1992)	0. Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) 4	13. 5
March	−38. 0 (Mar 8, 2002)	−6. Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. 5	−0. 2	6. 0	26. 8 (Mar 30, 2004)	1. Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " 4	25. 5
April	−25. 6 (Apr 11, 1940)	−0. Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 9	6. 0	12. 9	31. 1 (Apr 28, 1939)	16. Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1	16. 3
May	−11. 7 (May 1, 1954)	4. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) 2	11. 3	18. 2	34. 2 (May 30, 1986)	49. Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) 4	4. 0
June	−1. 7 (Jun 1, 1951)	8. Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January 6	15. 5	22. 3	38. 3 (Jun 23, 1941)	63. Events 1180 - First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan 1305 - The Flemish Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 0	0. 0
July	0. 9 (Jul 16, 1999)	10. Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) 5	18. 0	25. 5	39. 4 (Jul 10, 1973)	47. Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. 5	0. 0
August	−1. 0 (Aug 25, 1992)	10. Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) 0	17. 7	25. 4	38. 9 (Aug 3, 2001)	45. Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. 1	0. 8
September	−9. 4 (Sep 25, 1972)	5. Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1	12. 6	20. 1	36. 7 (Sep 3, 1950)	37. Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 6	2. 1
October	−26. 7 (Oct 31, 1984)	0. Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) 0	7. 0	14. 0	31. 7 (Oct 4, 1943)	8. Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 8	10. 4
November	−34. 7 (Nov 21, 1996)	−7. Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) 2	−1. 5	4. 3	22. 8 (Nov 6, 1949)	1. Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2	17. 3
December	−42. 8 (Dec 29, 1968)	−12. Events 1170 - Thomas Becket: Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 0	−6. 2	−0. 2	19. 6 (Dec 30, 1984)	0. Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) 5	18. 8
Year	−42. 8 (Dec 29, 1968)	−1. Events 1170 - Thomas Becket: Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 76	5. 65	12. 35	39. 4 (Jul 10, 1973)	271. Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. 1	130. 6

Weather records

Type	Record	Date
Hottest temperature	39. 4 °C (103 °F)	July 10, 1973
Coldest temperature	−42. Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. 8 °C (-45 °F)	January 3, 1950
Hottest humidex	40. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The humidex is a measurement used by Canadian meteorologists to reflect the combined effect of heat and Humidity. 9 °C (106 °F)	July 11, 2002
Coldest windchill	−55. Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. 7 °C (−68 °F)	December 28, 1968
Most rain in one day	85. Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 4 mm (3. 36 in)	May 23, 1980
Most snow in one day	55. Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) 1 cm (21. 7 in)	September 21, 1968
Deepest snow cover	86. Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 0 cm (34 in)	April 30, 1967
Highest sustained wind	121 km/h (75 mph)	November 19, 1962
Highest wind gust	171 km/h (106 mph)	November 19, 1962
Highest solar radiation	17. Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 4 RF4	July 14, 1975

Economy

Main article: Economy of Lethbridge

Lethbridge is southern Alberta's commercial, distribution, financial and industrial centre (although Medicine Hat plays a similar role in southeastern Alberta). Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The economy of Lethbridge is central to the commercial distribution financial and industrial sectors of the southern Alberta economy (although Medicine Hat plays Medicine Hat, known to locals as "The Hat" is a city of 60000 people located in the southeastern part of the province of It has a trading area population of 275,000, including parts of British Columbia and Montana,^[17] and provides jobs for up to 80,000 people who commute to the city from a radius of 100 kilometres (60 mi). British Columbia (ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə ( BC) ( (la Colombie-Britannique C Montana ( is a state in the Western United States. One-third of the state in the western part contains numerous mountain ranges (approximately 77 named of the northern ^[17]

Lethbridge's economy has traditionally been agriculture-based; however, it has diversified in recent years. Half of the workforce is employed in the health, education, retail and hospitality sectors,^[19] and the top five employers are government-based. ^[20] Several national companies are based in Lethbridge. From its founding in 1935, Canadian Freightways based its head office there until moving operations to Calgary in 1948, though its call centre remains in Lethbridge. ^[21] Taco Time Canada was based in the city from 1978–1995 before moving to Calgary. Taco Time is a Fast-food restaurant, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kahala Corporation of Scottsdale Arizona. ^[22] Minute Muffler, which began in 1969, is based in Lethbridge. ^[23] International shipping company H & R Transport has been based in the city since 1955. Shipping is physical process of Transporting goods and Cargo. ^[24] Braman Furniture, which has locations in Manitoba and Ontario, was headquartered in Lethbridge from 1991–2008. Manitoba (English ˌmænɨˈtoʊbə French /manitoba/ is a province of Canada, spanning 647797 square kilometres (250116  sq mi of North America Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec ^[25]

Lethbridge serves as a hub for commercial activity in the region by providing services and amenities. Many transportation services, including Greyhound buses, four provincial highways, rail service and an airport, are concentrated in or near the city. There are many forms of transportation in Lethbridge Alberta, including highways and public transit Greyhound Canada (registered as Greyhound Canada Transportation Corp There are many forms of transportation in Lethbridge Alberta, including highways and public transit There are many forms of transportation in Lethbridge Alberta, including highways and public transit Lethbridge County Airport or Lethbridge Airport,, is located south southeast of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. In 2004, the police services of Lethbridge and Coaldale combined to form the Lethbridge Regional Police Service. Coaldale is a town in Southern Alberta, Canada, located east of Lethbridge, along the Crowsnest Lethbridge Regional Police Service was established 1 February 2004 as a result of an amalgamation of the police services of Lethbridge and Coaldale ^[26] Lethbridge provides municipal water to Coaldale, Coalhurst, Diamond City, Iron Springs, Monarch, Shaughnessy and Turin. Coalhurst (originally named Bridgend is a town in Southern Alberta, Canada. Diamond City is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada. The community was first settled at the turn of the 20th century by farmers ranchers and miners Turin is a hamlet in the County of Lethbridge in southern Alberta, Canada. ^[27][28]

In 2002, the municipal government organized Economic Development Lethbridge, a body responsible for promoting and developing the city's commercial interests. ^[29] Two years later, the city joined in a partnership with 24 other local communities to create an economic development alliance called SouthGrow, representing a population of over 140,000. ^[30] In 2006, Economic Development Lethbridge partnered with SouthGrow Regional Initiative and Alberta SouthWest Regional Alliance to create the Southern Alberta Alternative Energy Partnership. This partnership promotes business related to alternative energy, including wind power, solar power and biofuel, in the region. Wind Power is the conversion of wind energy into a useful form such as electricity using Wind turbines At the end of 2007 worldwide capacity of wind-powered generators was Solar energy is the Light and radiant heat from the Sun that powers Earth 's Climate and Weather and sustains Life ^[31] Economic Development Lethbridge won first place at the Economic Developers Association of Canada 2007 Marketing Canada Awards for its "County of Lethbridge Business Investment Profile 2007–2008". ^[32] In 2007, Site Selection magazine ranked Economic Development Lethbridge as fourth among Canadian economic development groups for volume of capital investment and job creation. The award-winning Site Selection magazine published by Conway Data Inc ^[33]

Demographics

The population of Lethbridge was 81,692 in 2007. ^[34] In 2006, the federal census reported a population of 74,637 in the city and 95,196 in the metropolitan area. ^[35] In 2001, Lethbridge had a predominantly white population; only one out of ten people were non-European. ^[19] Of those, over a third were aboriginal, most of whom came from the nearby Peigan and Kainai nations. Aboriginal people in Canada, also known as Canadian aboriginal citizens, are people who belong to recognized indigenous groups in the Canadian Constitution Act The Northern Peigans or Aapátohsipikáni are a First Nation, part of the ''Niitsítapi'' (Blackfoot Confederacy. The Kainai Nation (or Káínawa or Blood Tribe is a First Nation in southern Alberta, Canada with a population of 7437 members in 2005 and had a population Of the remaining 63 percent, Chinese and Japanese made up the largest portion at over 1,200 each. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National The are the dominant Ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent of these approximately 127 million are residents of Japan

The most commonly observed faith in Lethbridge is Christianity. Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings According to the 2001 federal census,^[19] 50,245 residents, representing 76 percent of respondents, indicated they were Christian. Just over 22 percent of Lethbridgians reported no religious affiliation, which was higher than the national average of 16 percent. The number of residents reporting other religions, including Buddhists, Muslims, Hindus, Jews and Sikhs amounted to nearly 2 percent. Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion A Hindu ( Devanagari: हिन्दू is an adherent of the philosophies and scriptures of Hinduism, a set of religious, Philosophical PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Sikhism ( IPA: or; ਸਿੱਖੀ sikkhī, IPA:) founded on the teachings of Nanak and nine successive gurus in fifteenth century For specific denominations, Statistics Canada reported 14,965 Roman Catholics who were well over 22 percent of the population, and 10,235 members of the United Church of Canada who were about 15 percent of the population. Statistics Canada (Statistique Canada is the Canadian federal government department commissioned with producing Statistics to help The United Church of Canada was founded in 1925 as a merger of four Christian denominations two thirds of the Presbyterian Church in Canada (then the largest Canadian Protestant For Mormons, Statistics Canada counted 5,680 adherents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which was almost 9 percent of the population of Lethbridge at that time; this was significantly higher than the national average of 0. TalkMormon#Latter Day Saint vs Latter-day Saint --> Mormon The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the fourth largest Christian denomination in the United States and the largest and most well-known 5 percent. ^[36] Less numerous denominations included 3,605 Anglicans (more than 5 percent of the population), 3,025 Lutherans (more than 4 percent), and 2,155 Baptists (more than 3 percent). The Anglican Church of Canada is the sole Canadian representative of the Anglican Communion. Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century German reformer Martin Luther Baptist is a term describing individuals belonging to a Baptist church or a Baptist denomination.

According to the 2006 census, more than 85 percent of residents spoke English as a first language. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States A first language (also mother tongue, native language, arterial language, or L1) is the language a human being learns from birth More than 4 percent spoke German, well over 2 percent spoke Dutch and almost 1 percent each spoke French, Chinese, and Spanish as their first language. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Dutch ( is a West Germanic language spoken by around 24 million people 22 million of which are from the Netherlands, Belgium and Suriname French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people The next most commonly spoken languages were Hungarian, Polish, Ukrainian, Japanese, Italian, Persian, Blackfoot, and Tagalog. Hungarian ( magyar nyelv) is a Uralic language (more specifically a Ugric language) unrelated to most other languages in Europe. Polish ( język polski, polszczyzna) is the Official language of Poland. Ukrainian (in Ukrainian украї́нська мо́ва ukrayins'ka mova,) is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. Blackfoot (also known as Siksika 639-3 Pikanii Blackfeet is the name of any of the Algonquian languages spoken by the Blackfoot tribe of Native Americans ^[37]

Culture

See also: Festivals in Lethbridge

Lethbridge was designated a Cultural Capital of Canada for the 2004–2005 season. The following is a list of annual Festivals and cultural events that take place in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada: Winter Family ^[38] The Southern Alberta Ethnic Association (Multicultural Heritage Centre) promotes multiculturalism and ethnic heritage in the community. ^[39] The city is home to venues and organizations promoting the arts. Founded in 1957, the Allied Arts Council of Lethbridge is the largest organization in the city dedicated to preserving and enhancing the local arts. ^[40] Lethbridge has three major museum/galleries. The Southern Alberta Art Gallery is a contemporary gallery; the Bowman Arts Centre, administered by the Allied Arts Council, operates three galleries; and the University of Lethbridge Art Gallery produces contemporary exhibitions including works from its extensive collection of Canadian, American and European art. The Southern Alberta Art Gallery is located in downtown Lethbridge, Alberta and is known as one of Canada's top ten contemporary art galleries ^[39]

The Lethbridge Symphony Orchestra has been performing in the city since 1960. It has produced spin-off music groups, the Lethbridge Musical Theatre and the Southern Alberta Chamber Orchestra. ^[41] Vox Musica is a community choir based at the University of Lethbridge and has been performing since 1984. The University of Lethbridge (also known as U of L) is a public university in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Theatrical productions are presented by the University of Lethbridge's theatre department and the New West Theatre, which produces seven shows annually. New West Theatre performs at the Genevieve E. Yates Memorial Centre using its two theatres: the 500-seat proscenium Yates Theatre and the 180-seat black box Sterndale Bennet Theatre. The Genevieve E Yates Memorial Centre houses two performance theatres in downtown Lethbridge, Alberta. Proscenium theatre is a Theatre space whose primary feature is a large Archway (the proscenium arch) at or near the front of the stage, through The black box theater is a relatively recent innovation consisting of a simple somewhat unadorned Performance space usually a large square room with black walls and a flat ^[42]

Sports and recreation

Lethbridge has designated 16 percent of the land within city boundaries as parkland, including the 755 hectare (1,865 acre) Oldman River valley parks system. The Oldman River valley parks system is a continuous collection of eight Urban parks in the Oldman River valley of Lethbridge, Alberta. ^[43] It has facilities for field sports and baseball, a disc golf course, a skate park, a BMX track, a climbing wall, a dozen tennis courts, and seven pools. Nicholas Sheran Park is an Urban park in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, and is named after one of the city's founders Nicholas Sheran BMX ( Bicycle Motocross) is a form of Cycling on specially designed bicycles which usually have 20 inch wheels A climbing wall is an artificially constructed wall with grips for hands and feet used for Climbing. It is home to three golf courses, including the award-winning Paradise Canyon Golf Resort, and is within 30 kilometres (19 mi) of several others. ^[39]

Built for the 1975 Canada Games, the ENMAX Centre is Lethbridge's multipurpose arena. The 1975 Canada Winter Games were hosted in Lethbridge, Alberta from 11&ndash23 February 1975 The ENMAX Centre, formerly known as the Canada Games Sportsplex, is a 5479-seat multi-purpose Arena in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada The 6,500-seat facility has hosted concerts, three-ring circuses, multicultural events, national curling championships, basketball events, banquets, skating events and the Lethbridge Hurricanes, a major Western Hockey League franchise. Curling is a team Sport with similarities to Bowls and Shuffle board, played by two teams of four players each on a rectangular sheet of carefully prepared The Lethbridge Hurricanes are a Junior ice hockey team in the Eastern Conference (Central Division of the Western Hockey League in Lethbridge Alberta. This article refers to the junior Western Hockey League For other leagues with the same name see Western Hockey League (disambiguation. The arena has a running track, racquetball and squash courts, and a full-size ice rink. ^[44] An outdoor sports field with capacity for 2,000  people is adjacent to the centre. In 1997, the 58,000-square-foot (5,400 m²) Community Savings Place (formerly the Lethbridge Soccer Centre) was built directly south of the ENMAX Centre and added two regulation size indoor soccer pitches to the complex. Community Savings Place (formerly Lethbridge Soccer Centre) is a 5388 m2 (58000 sq ft facility in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, ^[45]

Several winter sports venues are in or near Lethbridge. The city has six indoor ice arenas with a total ice area of 11,220 square metres (120,800 sq ft) and a total seating capacity of 8,149. Other than the ENMAX Centre, all ice surfaces are available from October to April only. Lethbridge is 150 kilometres (90 mi) east of the Castle Mountain ski resort. Castle Mountain is a ski resort located in the Westcastle Valley of southwest Alberta, Canada in the Rocky Mountains. ^[39]

Current amateur teams

Team	Sport	League
Lethbridge Bulls	Baseball	Western Major Baseball League
Lethbridge Hurricanes	Hockey	Western Hockey League

Major attractions

The city, which began as a frontier town, has several historical attractions. The Lethbridge Bulls are an amateur Baseball team playing at the Spitz Stadium in Lethbridge, Alberta. The Western Major Baseball League or WMBL is a summer collegiate Baseball league The Lethbridge Hurricanes are a Junior ice hockey team in the Eastern Conference (Central Division of the Western Hockey League in Lethbridge Alberta. This article refers to the junior Western Hockey League For other leagues with the same name see Western Hockey League (disambiguation. The Lethbridge Viaduct, commonly known as the High Level Bridge, is a steel trestle bridge. The Lethbridge Viaduct, commonly known as the High Level Bridge, was constructed between 1907&ndash1909 at Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada It was completed in 1909 on what was then the city's western edge. ^[46] Indian Battle Park, in the coulees of the Oldman River, commemorates the last battle between the Cree and the Blackfoot First Nations in 1870. Indian Battle Park is a park located in the Oldman River valley urban park system of Lethbridge, Alberta. Coulee (or coulée) is applied rather loosely to different landforms all of which refer to a kind The Oldman River is a River in Southern Alberta, Canada. It flows roughly west to east from the Rocky Mountains, through the communities of Not to be confused with the Creek. Cree is an Exonym applied to various people indigenous to North America namely the Nehiyaw Nehithaw Nehilaw The Blackfoot Confederacy or Niitsítapi (meaning "original people" c First Nations is a term of Ethnicity that refers to the Aboriginal peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis people ^[47]

Originally known as Fort Hamilton, Fort Whoop-Up was a centre of illegal activities during the late 19th century. Fort Whoop-Up was the nickname given to a whiskey trading post officially Fort Hamilton, near what is now Lethbridge, Alberta. It was first built in 1869 by J. J. Healy and A. B. Hamilton as a whiskey post and was destroyed by fire a year later. A second, sturdier structure later replaced the fort. ^[48]

As the cultural centre of southern Alberta, Lethbridge has notable cultural attractions. Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden in south Lethbridge was opened in 1967 as part of a Canadian centennial celebration attended by Japan’s Prince and Princess Takamatsu. Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden is a four-acre garden near Henderson Lake in Lethbridge, Alberta, designed by Dr For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Early life Prince Nobuhito was born at the Aoyama Palace in Tokyo to then-Crown Prince Yoshihito and Crown Princess Sadako ^[49] Galt Museum & Archives is the largest museum in the Lethbridge area; the building housing the museum served as the city's main hospital during the late 19th century and early 20th centuries. Galt Museum & Archives is the primary Museum in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, and is the largest museum in the province south of Calgary ^[50]

Several structures such as the post office are prominent on the skyline of Lethbridge. Less well-known than the High Level Bridge, the post office is one of the most distinctive buildings in Lethbridge. Built in 1912, the four-storey structure is crowned by a functioning clock tower. ^[51] Other prominent buildings include office towers; the water tower, which was originally built in 1958 and sold to a private developer who converted it into a restaurant;^[52] and the Alberta Terminals grain elevators.

Education

The public Lethbridge School District and the separate Catholic Holy Spirit Division administer grades kindergarten through 12 locally. Lethbridge School District No 51 is the public school board in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. ( German, literally means "children's garden" is a form of education for young children which serves as a transition from home to the commencement of more formal schooling The Palliser School Division, which is based in Lethbridge, administers public primary and secondary education in the outlying areas. The Third Academy private school has a campus in Lethbridge.

Lethbridge is home to Lethbridge College, founded in 1957, and the University of Lethbridge, founded in 1967. Lethbridge College, formerly Lethbridge Community College, was opened in 1957 as the first public community college in Canada. The University of Lethbridge (also known as U of L) is a public university in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Red Crow Community College has a campus in the city. Red Crow Community College is a college located on the Kainai Nation reserve in southern Alberta, Canada with a campus in Lethbridge During the 2003–2004 school year, the University of Lethbridge and the Lethbridge College had a combined enrolment of 14,000, which was 20 percent of the city's population. ^[53]

Transportation

Main article: Transportation in Lethbridge

Mass transit in Lethbridge consists of 40 buses (with an average age of 10 years) operating on more than a dozen routes. There are many forms of transportation in Lethbridge Alberta, including highways and public transit ^[54] Traditionally, bus routes in the city started and ended downtown. In the early 21st century, however, Lethbridge Transit introduced cross-town and shuttle routes, such as University of Lethbridge to Lethbridge College, University of Lethbridge to the North Lethbridge terminal, and Lethbridge College to the North Lethbridge terminal. Lethbridge Transit (commonly known as LA Transit) manages and operates the municipally-owned Public transportation system in Lethbridge, Alberta The University of Lethbridge (also known as U of L) is a public university in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Several routes converge near the Chinook Regional Hospital, although it is not officially a terminal. Chinook Regional Hospital is the main hospital in Southern Alberta and offers many of the health care services for Chinook Health.

The Parks and Recreation department maintains the citywide, 30-kilometre (19 mi) pedestrian/cyclist Coal Banks Trail system (map). Coal Banks Trail is a 30-kilometre multipurpose recreational path in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. The system was designed to connect the Oldman River valley with other areas of the city, including Pavan Park in the north, Henderson Lake in the east, Highways 4 and 5 in the south and a loop in West Lethbridge (including University Drive and McMaster Blvd). The Oldman River is a River in Southern Alberta, Canada. It flows roughly west to east from the Rocky Mountains, through the communities of Highway 4 forms the most southern leg of the CANAMEX Corridor highway system in Alberta. Highway 5 is a 120-km long highway that runs in southern Alberta ^[55]

Four provincial highways (3, 4, 5, and 25) run through or terminate in Lethbridge. The Crowsnest Highway, also known as the Interprovincial or in British Columbia the Southern Trans-Provincial, is a 1163 km (722 mile long principal Highway 25 is a short highway located in southern Alberta north of the city of Lethbridge. This has led to the creation of major arterial roads, including Mayor Magrath Drive, University Drive and Scenic Drive. This infrastructure and its location on the CANAMEX Corridor has helped make Lethbridge and its freight depots a major shipping destination. The CANAMEX corridor is a corridor linking Canada to Mexico through the United States. ^[18] Lethbridge is 100 kilometres (62 mi) north of the United States border via Highways 4 and 5 and 210 kilometres (130 mi) south of Calgary via Highways 2 and 3. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Calgary (ˈkælgəriː is the largest city in the Province of Alberta, Canada Highway 2 is the most important provincial Highway in the Canadian province of Alberta. Highways 2, 3 and 4 form part of the CANAMEX trade route between Mexico, the United States, and Canada. The CANAMEX corridor is a corridor linking Canada to Mexico through the United States. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the ^[18]

Lethbridge is near the Lethbridge County Airport and the CPR rail yards in Kipp, Alberta. Lethbridge County Airport or Lethbridge Airport,, is located south southeast of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. The Canadian Pacific Railway ( The rail yards were moved to Kipp, just west of the city, from downtown Lethbridge in 1983 to make way for commercial expansion. ^[56] The county airport provides commercial flights—to Calgary, Edmonton and other Alberta cities, and to Mexico—as well as private and charter flights elsewhere. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. The airport provides customs services for flights arriving from the United States.

Sister cities

• Anyang (China)
• Culver City, California (United States)
• Timashyovsk (Russia)
• Towada, Aomori (Japan)

See also

• List of Lethbridgians
• Media of Lethbridge

Notes

External links

• City of Lethbridge - Official website for the city
• Economic Development Lethbridge - Official economic development website
• Lethbridge Herald
• Statistics Canada community profile
• Lethbridge Regional Police Service
• Allied Arts Council of Lethbridge

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