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Originally Posted by gja1000
Hi Lindsay! We will be coming up into Canada from Glacier National Park. It looks like we will go through Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Swift Current, Moose Jaw, and Regina - heading south around Regina. Anything that you can tell me we should do/see in that area would be great!!!
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I have never been to Lethbridge but I have a few friends who have lived there and loved it! I've been told it's really beautiful there!
On your way to Medicine Hat, you'll pass through Taber - famous for corn! Try to eat some corn on the cob while you're there, it's delicious
"The Hat"... I had one wild night there a few years ago on my way to the mountains for a snowboarding trip... not to say I remember much of it! It looks like Cypress Hills is just 32 km south of the city, so a 20 minute drive. If you're interested in beautiful scenery, I'd suggest you make that trip!
Swift Current is.... boring. lol I don't know what to say about it. Been there lots, and never had anything to do! I just looked at their website and apparently there is a casino there lol.
On your way to Moose Jaw you'll pass a sign for a little town called Herbert... I tested all the concrete for their senior's complex a few years ago
I love Moose Jaw!!! It's a very old city, and small and sleepy in the summer when most of the college classes are out. The mineral spa, as I mentioned before, is a great tourist attraction. People from all over the world go to Moose Jaw for it! The Tunnels are also really cool... they discovered that the city was built on top of a series of tunnels. There are two different tours explaining their uses, with dressed-up tour guides that take you right back in time. The Chicago Connection is based on Al Capone and bootlegging, and the Passage to Fortune is about Chinese Immigrants. Both are great tours! And you HAVE TO stop at "The Chocolate Moose" downtown... on top of having souveniers they also have amazing fudge and the best gelato I've ever had!
http://www.tunnelsofmoosejaw.com/
Regina is our capital city, so a nice stop is the Legislature building which is in Wascana Park. Wascana park is the fourth largest urban park in Canada, at 2,300 acres (almost 3 times larger that Central Park which is 843 acres!) and it is gorgeous! If you have a nice day, definitely take a walk around the park. Regina also has the RCMP Training Academy which is pretty cool. I went there on a class trip when I was 14
They do guided tours around the facility and you'll get to catch them marching in uniform and cool stuff like that! They also have an RCMP Museum right there.
Not sure what else I can tell you but I'm sure more will come to me!