Geological feature resembling a head wearing a feathered headdress. You can reach Medicine Hat by road on the TransCanada Highway 1 between Calgary and Regina. Annual precipitation is around 333.8 mm (13.142 in), with June being the wettest month. January is the coldest month, with average low temperature of -15.9☌ (3.4☏). July is the warmest month, with average high temperature rising to 26.9☌ (80.4☏). Winters are cold and dry while summers warm to hot. Located in the steppe region, Medicine Hat experiences a semi-arid continental climate. Medicine Hat was incorporated as a town in 1898, and as a city in 1906. The city dates back to 1883, when it was established when the Canadian Pacific Railway line was built through the area. The name Medicine Hat is in fact a translation of the Blackfoot word for saamis, the feathered headdress word by their medicine men. The landscape of the city includes cliffs and finger coulees. The Seven Persons Creek and Ross Creek also enter the South Saskatchewan River in Medicine Hat. Medicine Hat is situated on the South Saskatchewan River. The famous English writer Rudyard Kipling once described it as "all hell for a basement". Due to its reserves of natural gas, it is often called "The Gas City" or "Pittsburgh of the West". The city covers 112 sq km (43.25 sq mi) and has a population of around 60,000 people (2012 estimate). Medicine Hat is a city on the southeastern part of Alberta, Canada.
Medalta Potteries, Medicine Hat Clay Industries National Historic District
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