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A rich abundance of fine clay made Medicine Hat a centre for industrial cermaics. Most of the businesses are gone but the area has been set aside as a historic district. The district features examples of over 20,000 pieces of ceramic and pottery. It offers guided tours, educational and arts programming, as well as experience through collections, exhibits, and interpretation.
The Medalta Potteries was a Canadian ceramics manufacturing company in Medicine Hat, Alberta, that operated from 1916 to 1954. It was the first manufacturer in Western Canada to ship its products east of Ontario.
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Strathcona Island Park is along the south bank of the South Saskatchewan River. The park has 5 km (3.1 mi) of walking trails, playgrounds, a water park, ball diamonds, a pavilion centre, washrooms, ice skating, kitchens and fire pits. The park is heavily treed.
Police Point Park was an early North-West Mounted Police outpost. It has 300-acre (1.2 km²) and shale paths next to the South Saskatchewan River. It is one of Southern Alberta's well-known birding destinations. The Medicine Hat Interpretive Program building is on-site, to run programs and inform the public about nature around the city.
Saamis Memorial Funeral Chapel & Crematorium
A historical landmark built in 1906 by James Shannon for his wife and nine children. He had purchased the land and a team of horses for $40 in 1895. The family kept the property for three generations, using part of it as a campground in the early 20th century. In 1930, they built the Maple Leaf Motel on the property to generate some income. In 1990 a local family bought the property. With a view toward keeping the prominent property as part of the community, they adapted it as the Saamis Memorial Funeral Chapel & Crematorium.
Contains the city's Cenotaph, a World War II-era Sherman tank, a brick mural by James Marshall, and two Canadian Pacific Railway locomotives.
A large multi-purpose cultural centre in downtown Medicine Hat. The facility features a more than 700 seat performing arts theatre, art gallery, museum, archives, gift shop, and café.
The world's largest chess set, it features full-sized three-dimensional pieces. The tallest piece, the king, is tall, and the heaviest piece, the knight, weighs in at approximately pounds. Passers-by are free to stop by for a game on this massive chess board.