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DHL also operates a separate parcel service targeting the German consumer market in conjunction with Deutsche Post. The company DHL itself was founded in San Francisco, United States in 1969 and expanded its service throughout the world by the late 1970s. DHL is an initialism of the surnames of the original company's founders. [7]
Highway 5 is a 129-kilometre (80 mi) highway that connects Lethbridge to Waterton Lakes National Park in southern Alberta, Canada. It begins as an east–west highway in Waterton and transitions to a north–south route before ending at Crowsnest Trail ( Highway 3 ) in Lethbridge.
DHL Group was the largest logistics company worldwide in 2022. [5] [better source needed] DHL Group is the successor to the German mail authority Deutsche Bundespost, the oldest modern postal service in the world, [6] tracing its roots to the middle ages. It was privatized in 1995 and became a fully independent company in 2000.
Canada's Wonderland is a 330-acre (130 ha) theme park located in Vaughan, Ontario. Opened in 1981 by the Taft Broadcasting Company and The Great-West Life Assurance Company as the first major theme park in Canada , it remains the country's largest amusement park.
In 1890, the Galt group built a Coutts–Lethbridge, Alberta, narrow gauge railway. That year, a customs office opened using a room in the train station. [4] In 1891, administrative oversight was transferred from Fort McLeod to the Port of Lethbridge. Oversight moved to the Port of Calgary in 1896, returning to Lethbridge in 1899.
The railway connected Kootenay Landing near Creston, British Columbia to Lethbridge and was the primary method of transport until a rapid increase of private automobile use in the early 20th century. [12] [13] In 1926, major highways in Alberta began receiving numbers; previously all routes had been identified by coloured bands tied to ...
A two-screen Famous Players movie theatre opened at Lethbridge Centre in 1979 and was closed in 2005, around the time of Cineplex Entertainment's acquisition of Famous Players. [5] The 11-storey office tower is the 4th tallest building in Lethbridge and the tallest office tower. [6]
Highway 4 is a 103-kilometre (64 mi) highway in southern Alberta, Canada, that connects Highway 3 in Lethbridge to Interstate 15 in Montana, United States.The highway was designated in 1999 as the First Special Service Force Memorial Highway in honour of elite soldiers who travelled to Helena, Montana, for training before World War II.