Medicine Hat is a city in southeast Alberta, Canada. It is located along the South Saskatchewan River.
Historically, Medicine Hat has been known for its large natural gas fields, being immortalized by Rudyard Kipling as having “all hell for a basement”.
Medicine is known as “The Gas City”.
The name “Medicine Hat” is an English interpretation of Saamis, the Blackfoot word for the eagle tail feather headdress worn by medicine men.
Medicine Hat is 690 m above sea level.
The highest temperature ever recorded in Medicine Hat was 42.2 °C on July 12, 1886. The coldest temperature ever recorded was −46.1 °C on February 4, 1887.
The Estimated Population of Medicine Hat is 63,260.
Medicine Hat averages 330 days of sunshine per year.
The Medicine Hat Family Leisure Centre is the largest indoor multi-purpose facility in the city.
Medicine Hat is home to the South Alberta Light Horse (SALH), an army reserve unit. The SALH dates back to 1885 when it took part in the North-West Rebellion.