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

100 Years Ago: 6A Avenue South is up in arms

A century ago the micro neighbourhood of 6A Avenue South was neglected by the city authorities to the point that it provoked the local residents to take action.

ArticleAndrew ChernevychJuly 8, 2020Galt Museum & ArchivesDowntown, Lethbridge, Alberta, City Council, Civic Planning, Neighbourhoods, Neighbourhood Asociations, ResidentialComment

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.

ArticleLaRae SmithSeptember 10, 2019Galt Museum & ArchivesSchool, Education, Teacher, Construction, Neighbourhoods, History, Lethbridge Comments

Places and Traces: The Westside

West Lethbridge was considered a “planners’ dream”—a chance to experiment with contoured streets and a new “neighbourhood village” concept incorporating residential, retail and recreational services.

ArticleAimee BenoitJuly 30, 2019Galt Museum & ArchivesNeighbourhoods, Westside, Planning, Lethbridge, The Bend, Development, Community, Places & Traces: Our NeighbourhoodsComment

Places and Traces: The Southside

In the 1880s, Lethbridge went from coal mining camp to boomtown. The population shifted in 1885 from the river valley into a newly surveyed townsite on the prairies. The Southside boomed.

ArticleAimee BenoitJuly 23, 2019Conybeare, Lethbridge, Boundaries, Neighbourhoods, Coal Mining, Camp, River Crossing, City Planning, Fairgrounds, Places & Traces: Our NeighbourhoodsComment