Chinook Country Rest Area - Lethbridge, Alberta
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N 49° 40.162 W 112° 48.044
12U E 370066 N 5503427
Chinook Country Rest Area plaque is attached to the retaining wall in front of the Lethbrige Information Visitor Centre.
Waymark Code: WMXRJ4
Location: Alberta, Canada
Date Posted: 02/20/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member lumbricus
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Lethbrige Information Visitor Centre offers local and regional maps, information and brochures of local attraction and free WiFi.

The Chinook Country Rest Area has something for every traveler and visitor to the area. Included in the rest area: picnic tables, playground, exercise equipment, informational sign boards about area and history, walking trails, day use area and huge shade trees to just relax.

The rest area was commemorated for Lethbridges's 100th Birthday on MAY 15, 1985.

THE CHINOOK COUNTRY REST AREA
WAS DEVELOPED AS A JOINT PROJECT OF

ALBERTA TRASPORTATION

CHINOOK COUNTRY TOURIST ASSOCIATION

OFFICIALLY OPENED DURING THE
CENTENNIAL YEAR OF THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE
MAY 15, 1985

BY
THE HONOURABLE MARVIN E. MOORE
MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION

THE HONOURABLE DICK JOHNSTON
M.L.A. LETHBRIDGE EAST 8
MINISTER OF ADVANCED EDUCATION

JOHN GOGO
M.L.A. LETHBRIDGE WEST

HIS WORSHIP MAYOR A.C. ANDERSON
CITY OF LETHBRIDGE

CAPITAL FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT WAS SECURED
THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF THE
CHINOOK COUNTRY TOURIST ASSOCIATION
REST AREA COMMITTEE

W.S. (BILL) BAKER, PRESIDENT
J. CAM BARNES
ALDERMAN DON LEBARON

JOHN WICHERS
HUGH CRAIG
RANDY SMITH , G.M.

Subject: City

Commemoration: MAY 15, 1985

Date of Founding: 1885

Date of Commemoration: MAY 15, 1985

Address:
2805 Scenic Drive South Lethbridge, Alberta Canada T1K 5B7

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