Facts About Lethbridge
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Lethbridge is the commercial, financial, transportation and industrial centre of southern Alberta.
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The city of Lethbridge is located at 49.7° north latitude and 112.833° west longitude and covers an area of 127.19 square kilometres.
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The city is divided by the Oldman River; its valley has been turned into one of the largest urban park systems in North America at 16 square kilometres of protected land.
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The highest temperature ever recorded in Lethbridge was 40.5 °C on August 10, 2018.
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The lowest temperature ever recorded was −42.8 °C on January 7, 1909, December 18, 1924, January 3, 1950, and December 29, 1968.
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Lethbridge, as well as its railroads, was mentioned in the Barenaked Ladies song “These Apples” from their album Maybe You Should Drive.
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The Estimated Population of Lethbridge is 92,730.
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In October 2020, the Canadian Junior Football League announced an expansion team would begin to play in Lethbridge at the 3,500-seat University of Lethbridge Stadium in 2022.
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Lethbridge is home to Lethbridge College, founded in 1957, and the University of Lethbridge, founded in 1967.
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Lethbridge has designated 16 per cent of the land within city boundaries as parkland, including the 755 hectares (1,870 acres) Oldman River valley parks system.
