Westworld Alberta
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weekenders Lethbridge's High Level Bridge, the world's tallest rail trestle bridge; (below) Norland Bed & Breakfast. LETHBRIDGE the getaway You can blow through most Prairie cities without learning anything about how they came to be, but the past is present every- where in Lethbridge. Downtown, turn-of- the-century structures are comfortably juxtaposed with newer ones. More than a dozen historical buildings still line Round Street, once considered the city's commercial and service hub. Look for faded mid-century advertisements painted on many of the building walls. To explore the Oldman River valley, head to Indian Battle Park, home of High Level Bridge, the world's longest and high- est railway trestle bridge, built by the CPR in 1909. The journey back in time con- tinues at Fort Whoop-Up, one of many trading posts established across the Prairies in the late 1800s. Visitors can explore the 14-room fort and its interactive interpreta- tive displays to learn about the people and events that shaped southern Alberta. the hideaway For those who prefer their getaways sur- rounded by nature, elegant Norland Bed & Breakfast is a verdant daydream, with two hectares of well-manicured grounds and a thick canopy of trees. The circa 1910, three- storey mansion, built by American émigré Charles Roland Daniel, was fashioned after 8 WESTWORLD >> SEPTEMBER 2011 the stately homes of the American South. Daniel ordered the pre-fab house from a catalogue and it was shipped in numbered pieces to Canada for assembly. The B&B offers seven Victorian-style bedrooms, seven bathrooms, a lap pool, a hot tub and a scrumptious breakfast spread. –Tracy Hyatt thenorland.com; 403-380-2348 the inside track Catch of the day: Lighthouse Japanese Restaurant rolls some of the best sushi in Alberta. If you can't decide what to order from among the 100-plus menu items, go for a Love Boat, which has a bit of everything (403-328-4828). Into the West: The permanent collection at Galt Museum includes ink, oil and crayon works by Lethbridge illustrative artist Edward Frederick Hagell (1895-1964), whose pieces capture the essence of cowboy life (galtmuseum.com; 866-320-3898). Way, way off Broadway: Lethbridge isn't the fi rst place you'd think to visit for great theatre, but you can't go wrong with whatever you choose here. In late September, New West Theatre mounts In a World Created by a Drunken God (newwesttheatre.com; 403-329-7328), while the Lethbridge Musical Theatre stages Oliver!, a musi- cal adaptation of Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist, this November (lethbridge musicaltheatre.ca). (Norland Bed & Breakfast) Tracy Hyatt; (top) Travel Alberta