Is your hometown "known" for anything?

[Lithium]

Originally Posted by OBCT

Medicine Hat Tigers, the primary Junior club of these current NHLers:
- Cam Barker
- Jay Bouwmeester
- Jason Chimera
- Derek Dorsett
- Vernon Fiddler
- Darren Helm
- Joffrey Lupul
- Clarke MacArthur
- Rob Niedermayer
- Chris Osgood
- Kris Russell

You forgot Kelly Hrudey, he's from the Medicine Hat Tigers.

edit: oh.. current NHLers..

[First Lady]

Originally Posted by octothorp

The sleepy little town I'm from claims to have the oldest unsolved homicide in Alberta's history.

How old?

The one where I went to high school is coming up on 30 year anniversary.

Still makes me sick to think about it.

[edn88]

Originally Posted by Art Vandelay

I was born there, but only lived there 1 month and have only been back once or twice.

I was born there too, but only was there a week before moving to Chetwynd - the Chainsaw Carving Capital of Canada (self proclaimed).

[Hanna Sniper]

[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally Posted by Montana Moe

I was poking fun at T@T's geography...

Which was quite ironic, wasn't it?

[Displaced Flames fan]

[Hemi-Cuda]

my hometown of Lumby, BC was once listed in Rolling Stone magazine as one of the top 10 places in North America to buy weed

[missdpuck]

I grew up in Clifton , New Jersey.
The Sopranos is shot there, and it's known for The Hot Grille (original home of the Texas Weiner. The way the owner shouts out the orders is classic), Hot Bagels (ooooohhhhh), and the Portal to Hell. That's located in Weasel Brook Park

[604flames]

Originally Posted by tanguay'sstillgood

Living in Castelgar but sporting the Smokies logo, hey? Interesting.

Long story.. once 2010-11 starts the Rebels logo will come back.

[Dentoman]

Originally Posted by burn_baby_burn

Don't sell yourself short. When I think of Taber, Mexican Mennonites are the first thing that pop into my head.

I didn't think anybody would get an obscure reference like that ....

[Jayems]

Truro, UK.

Cathedral —



Rugby (Truro City)



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...ase-glory.html

[Flames in 07]

mine is the home of the 2010 WHL Champions.

[KTown]

Grew up around Kitchener, Ontario

Oktoberfest, which I will say is just as good as the stampede if not better.

Born in Prague, Czech Republic

Beer and Hot women!

[habernac]

[simmonjam1]

[COGENT]

Yeah, but unfortunately the huge teepee trumps all... that and the 12 year old girl and her boyfriend that killed her family.

Originally Posted by OBCT

Don't sell us short. The Hat is also known for it's gas! :P

[from Wikipedia]:
"Its major claim to fame is Rudyard Kipling's famous line "all hell for a basement"[4] referring to the vast reserves of natural gas beneath it. Because of the reserves, the city is known as The Gas City. It is Alberta's sixth largest city."

Also, for being dry, sunny and elderly-friendly.

[from Wikipedia]:
"Medicine Hat receives less precipitation annually than many other cities on the Canadian Prairies and plentiful sunshine (widely known as "The sunniest city in Canada")[8], making it a popular retirement city.

Plus, we've got a decent list of notable individuals:

• Roloff Beny, prolific artist and exhibitor
• Richard Edward Taylor, co-recipient of the 1990 Nobel Prize for Physics
• Ronnie Burkett, internationally famed puppeteer
• Terri Clark, country singer
• Murray Craven, former NHL hockey player
• Glen Edwards, test pilot, namesake of Edwards Air Force Base
• Daniel Federkeil, football player for the Indianapolis Colts
• Bruno Gerussi, actor
• Corey Hirsch, former NHL hockey goalie
• Mike Hudema, social and environmental activist
• Gordie Johnson, lead singer of Big Sugar
• Matt Keetley, Calgary Flames hockey goalie
• Blaine Lacher, former NHL hockey goalie
• Trevor Linden, former NHL hockey player and captain
• Susan Nattrass, an Olympian competitive shooter and an officer of the Order of Canada
• Kalan Porter, Canadian Idol winner, Season 2 (2004)
• Ashley van Ham, Winner of Canada's Worst Driver 4

And you can't forget the Medicine Hat Tigers, the primary Junior club of these current NHLers:
- Cam Barker
- Jay Bouwmeester
- Jason Chimera
- Derek Dorsett
- Vernon Fiddler
- Darren Helm
- Joffrey Lupul
- Clarke MacArthur
- Rob Niedermayer
- Chris Osgood
- Kris Russell

[Azure]

Originally Posted by Lithium

Bow Island, Alberta, Canada (The Bean Capital)
Home to the World's Largest Putter

How can you talk about Bow Island and not mention Spitz?

[TheyCallMeBruce]

[To Be Quite Honest]

Originally Posted by Redliner

Milk River, eh? Writing on Stone is awesome.

I'm from Lethbridge, and all you need to know about it is it's very, very windy.

It's also the first concert site for Kiss in Canada.

[kekkone]