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unusual facts about Medicine Hat



Central Mountain Air

Prior to October 1, 2011, Central Mountain Air operated Air Canada Express flights from Calgary to Cranbrook, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat.

Cumberland House Provincial Park

Cumberland House was established in 1774, and was an important stop for the transport of good and passengers by steamship along the Saskatchewan River on routes between Grand Rapids, Manitoba on Lake Winnipeg and Edmonton and Medicine Hat to the west.

Cypress County, Alberta

Cypress County is served by the Federal Electoral Division of Medicine Hat and represented in the Canadian House of Commons by Conservative MP LaVar Payne.

Ian MacLachlan Arrol

Arrol's first foray into electoral politics was with a different party: he ran as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) candidate in the 1948 Alberta general election in the electoral district of Medicine Hat.

John Draper Perrin

Perrin was born in Medicine Hat, North-West Territories, to William Perrin, a former British soldier in the Wolseley Expedition, (1st Battalion, 60th King's Royal Rifles) and Sergeant in the North West Mounted Police and Sarah Lytle; both parents were Irish immigrants.

Prairie Post

The Prairie Post is a weekly published newspaper for farmers from Medicine Hat, Alberta and Swift Current, Saskatchewan and area.

Suffield Block

Learmouth, Bemister and Kalbeck are place names along the HannaMedicine Hat Canadian Northern Railway grade within the Suffield Block that was never completed.


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Christiansburg, Ohio

His stock consisted of groceries, dried meats, fruits, nails, glassware, hardware, medicine, millinery, and pewter ware.

Delta Sigma Chi

The founding fathers include Harold Hughes of Medicine Hat, Canada; J.D. Hills of Detroit, Michigan; John Reardon of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Harry Cummings of Fort Lauderdale, Florida and S.E. Julander of Des Moines Iowa.

Halifax Provisional Battalion

Shortly after the headquarters of the battalion left Swift Current for Medicine Hat two companies of the 63rd contingent were ordered to Saskatchewan Landing, where they were employed loading scows, forwarding supplies, and assisting in transporting across the river.

Marguerite Henry

Robert Lougheed; also published as Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion

Medicine Hat Blue Jays

Over the years, some of the most notable players to wear a Medicine Hat uniform include Chris Carpenter, David Wells, Lloyd Moseby, Fred Manrique, John Cerutti, Gustavo Chacín, Mike Timlin, and Jay Gibbons, who won the league's Triple Crown in 1998.

OK Hotel

In its final years, the OK Hotel had become a treasured home for Seattle's lively creative music scene, featuring such artists as Bill Frisell, Wayne Horvitz with Zony Mash and Ponga, Robin Holcomb, Medicine Hat, Sweet Water, the Living Daylights, Amy Denio the Black Cat Orchestra and The Physics.