Japanese Gardens in Lethbridge

Almost fifty years ago Prince and Princess Takamatsu opened the Japanese Gardens in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. The year was 1967 and Canada was celebrating its centenary. In 1992 Prince and Princess Takamado visited to celebrate the garden’s twenty-fifth anniversary. In 2017, when Canada celebrates its 150th birthday, the gardens will be fifty years old. An invitation for another […]

Fort Whoop-Up

Let’s take a visit into Canada’s past. While in Lethbridge, Alberta we can do that by heading down into the coulee and finding Indian Battle Park. Down there, by the Oldman River, signs lead us to Fort Whoop-Up. Come on in! The first section of the museum introduces us to the Blackfoot and their culture and way of life […]

Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

When we told a friend we were spending a week in Lethbridge her response was (and I quote!) A week! What on earth will you do there? Well, we found a lot to do! Our home for the week was at a lovely timeshare in Paradise Canyon…down in a coulee next to the Oldman River, […]