While a relatively young city, Lethbridge’s history is unique in the way it surrounds us even today. It is easy for any historical organization to speak about buildings that used to be, or practices that were once in place; it’s another thing entirely to walk up to these buildings or continue these lines of work. While industries like coal mining are seen far less today, other fields—particularly the agricultural kind—define our region today as thoroughly as they used to. The past runs through any city’s veins; in Lethbridge’s case, it doubles as its face.

ArticleAvery RaineApril 11, 2023Neighbourhoods, Lethbridge, Houses, Construction, Lethbridge CollegeComment

Building Bridges

Follow along as Museum Educator Rebecca Wilde teaches us how to construct a model of the #yql's very own High-Level Bridge and explains the history of this extraordinary structure.

Railway Track Section donated to the Galt

In 2019, Jim Hutton offered to donate sections of railway track to the Galt that had been part of the old Lethbridge Rail Yard. The rail yard was built around the 1910s and was removed in the 1980s by Cadillac Fairview Company in preparation for the construction of Park Place Mall.

ArticleGraham RuttanJanuary 28, 2020Park Place MallMall, Construction, Engineering, Toys "R" Us, Lethbridge, Railway, Park Place Mall, TrainComment

Back to School

The very first school built in Lethbridge was the Lethbridge Public School Building and it had some features that are not at all familiar to schools in Lethbridge today. Constructed in 1888, it included a large fence to keep cattle out of the school yard.