City of Lethbridge Attractions

• Fire Station

Bell of the old fire station in downtown Lethbridge; the building now houses a local restaurant and pub, Bella Noté.

• Water Tower

The water tower has been converted into a restaurant.

• Pelicans

Pelicans are often found flying overhead in Lethbridge and feed at the weir located in Botterill Park, near downtown Lethbridge.

• Yucca

This yucca plant was blooming in the northwest corner of Botterill Park just south of the Lethbridge train bridge.

• Lethbridge Train Bridge

The Lethbridge Train Bridge

Entering the city from the west, Lethbridge's high-level bridge provides for a grand entrance!

Driving into city centre, you eventually drive under the bridge where a tourist information centre is housed at the "beer gardens".

• Communities in Bloom

Lethbridge has been an active Communities in Bloom (CIB) participant since the city first entered the National CIB competition in 1995 in the 50,000 – 100,000 population category.  In 1996, Lethbridge won top honours in its category and in 2000, received 4 blooms. Lethbridge was honoured as one of three municipalities chosen to be featured in the ‘’Best City Gardens’’, a Pan Video production shown on Home and Garden T.V.

• Lethbridge Post Office

The Lethbridge Post Office is one of the most commonly photographed landmarks in Lethbridge.  Before the new city hall was built in 2000, it was a key image representing downtown Lethbridge.

• City Hall

Built in 2000, Lethbridge City "Hall" is now a key landmark of downtown Lethbridge.  The photo was taken from the rooftop of the BLT building—the building that earlier housed many city departments.  City Council is held in the large round room. 

• City Parks

Deer at Botterill Park

The city boasts a large number of parks and natural reserves.  Details will soon be available in my digital information package (DigiPack).  Email me for access information.

• Galt Museum

The Galt Museum in downtown Letbhridge, as viewed from a coulee walk by the Old Man River.

• Nikka Yuko

Nikka Yuko dry garden

Completed on July 16, 1967, the Nikka Yuko Japanese Gardens, located at Henderson Lake in Lethbridge, Alberta, was created by Dr. Tadashi Kubo of Osaka, Japan.  This four-acre Japanese garden was opened by Prince and Princess Takama, brother and sister-in-law of the Emperor of Japan.  Nikka Yuko means "Japanese-Canadian friendship".

• open from the middle of May to the middle of October
• hostesses dress in Kimonos, give a tour of the Gardens and explain the history

Besides the dry garden, the Japanese Gardens includes a mountain and waterfall garden, a pond and island garden and a flat prairie garden. 

• Historical Coal Mine Shaft

The coal mine shaft on the horizon of Lethbridge and a landscape feature in west Lethbridge, represents the fact that the city was once referred to as "the Coal City in the Wheat Country".  Coal was once the "bread and butter" of Lethbridge.