Medicine Hat Hotels
Hotels in Medicine Hat are often required for tourists who require short term accommodation. Some may want to stay at hotels in the city that have good access to scenery and to culture. Some may want to stay at hotels that have good reputation. Some may want to stay at hotels that have a good reputation. Some may want to stay at hotels that have good access to scenery and to culture. Many may want to stay at hotels that have access to parking facilities and luxury services.
Hotels in Medicine Hat are often required for tourists who want a place to stay. Some may want to stay at hotels that have a decent range of prices.
Medicine Hat, known to locals as "The Hat", is a city located in the southeastern part of the province of Alberta, Canada. It is enclaved within Cypress County along with the nearby town of Redcliff, although neither is part of the county.
It is situated on the Trans-Canada Highway, the eastern terminus of the Crowsnest Highway, and the South Saskatchewan River. Nearby towns considered part of the Medicine Hat area include Dunmore, Seven Persons, Redcliff, and Irvine. The Cypress Hills (including Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park) is a relatively short distance (by car) to the southeast of the city. Its major claim to fame is Rudyard Kipling's famous line all hell for a basement referring to the vast reserves of natural gas beneath it. Because of the reserves, the city is known as The Gas City. It is Alberta's sixth largest city.
The Medicine Hat landscape is dominated by the South Saskatchewan River valley. In addition to this major river, both the Seven Persons Creek and Ross Creek empty into the South Saskatchewan River within the City of Medicine Hat boundary. The presence of these water bodies provide for a dramatic valley landscape with numerous cliffs, and finger coulees throughout the City. Beyond the City and river valley the land is flat to slightly rolling and is characterized by short-grass vegetation.
Neighbourhoods
North Flats - the oldest area in medicine hat.
South Flats
SE Hill
SW Hill
Riverside
River Heights
Crescent Heights
Parkview
Ranchlands
Southview
Park Meadows
Crestwood and Norwood
Ross
Glen
South Ridge
South Vista Heights
Saamis Heights
Southlands
Cottonwood
Desert Blume
The name "Medicine Hat" is the English translation of 'Saamis' (SA-MUS)- the Blackfoot word for the eagle tail feather headdress worn by medicine men - or 'Medicine Hat'. Several legends are associated with the name from a mythical merman river serpent named Soy-yee-daa-bee, the creator, who appeared to a hunter and instructed him to sacrifice his wife to get mystical powers which were manifest in a special hat.
A number of factors have always made Medicine Hat a natural gathering place. Prior to the arrival of Europeans the Blackfoot, Cree and Assiniboine nations used the area for hundreds of years. The gently sloping valley with its converging water ways and hardy native cottonwood trees attracted both man and the migratory bison herds which passed through the area.
In 1883, when the Canadian Pacific Railway
(CPR) reached Medicine Hat and crossed the river a town site was established using
the name from the Indian Legends. As the west developed, Medicine Hat became instrumental
with the development of the first hospital past Winnipeg in 1889 and as a CPR
divisional point. It was incorporated as a town on October 31, 1898, and as a
city on May 9, 1906. Medicine Hat is 1/2 way between Winnipeg and Vancouver.
Alberta is located in western Canada, bounded by the provinces of British Columbia to the west and Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories to the north, and the U.S. state of Montana to the south. Alberta is one of three Canadian provinces and territories to border only a single U.S. state (the others being New Brunswick and Yukon). It is also one of only two Canadian provinces that are landlocked (the other being Saskatchewan).
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