This is the Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden in Lethbridge, on the road to Calgary. Our guide said it was built in the 1960s as a “thank-you” (her words) to the Japanese that graciously gave up their property in BC and moved to Alberta during World War II to work in the beet fields.
Lethbridge is also known for its high railway bridge spanning a nearby canyon, which the town hoped would put it on the map. It is impressive but I accidentally deleted my pictures. We also toured a reconstructed Fort Whoop-Up but I never learned how it got its name. The fort was built by Americans in 1869 as a trading post – guns and illegal alcohol to the Indians, furs to the traders. This indiscretion (they also were rumored to be flying the US flag) led to the introduction of the North West Mounted Police to the area, and that is how the west was won.
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