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A Walk Along theProvincial Boundary

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97 81 n 104 10 Grand Rapids 30 e 100 117 Play 109 29 Lake 83 106 Lake 61 Coloured Cast-in-Place 25 104 119 Concrete Apron 22 u t h S a s k a t c h R e d D e S o e w 21 e r a n B R i v e r R o i Dam v w 66 e 99 r r k e R 105 24 b a i n v e e 67 r 78 e f Old 73 L a k e D i m 23 a Regina n er 20 W e R i v 101 As a reference only. Does not t l 7 Windmill a 9 appear in Water Spray Feature n 5 d r s e v Ri 108 Swift Cur rent W ’s 78 ry St M a 48 e 105 i r UNITED STATES 86 87 Wetlands/Subsurface Flow

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ave you ever wondered what it would be like to walk fromSaskatoon to Edmonton? Well now you can! Andit will only take you afew short minutes. Have you ever wondered how far it is from to MedicineHat? Countyoursteps–everystepyoutakeisapproximately100km. Measure yourwayacrossthePrairies…orexploreyourwayacross,discoveringtreasures,theroutes oftherivers,theoldforttrails,thegeologicalformations,themineralresources,theflora andfaunathat make us intheSaskatchewanRiver Basin unique. Inthe water spray feature you can find water bodies, cities, forts, borders, animal tracks, footprints, and various embedded shapes. They’relistedbelowwithcorrespondingnumbersshownonthemap. See if you can find themall.

Places Forts - License Plates Tree ...... Whitebirch(58) Banff (1) Prince Albert (11) Fort Vermillon (37) Fort St.Louis #2 (39) ...... Westernredlily(59) (86) Manitoba (88) Calgary (2) Melfort (12) Fort Maranquin (38) Fort de L’Isle (40) ...... White-tailed deer (60) Saskatchewan (87) Edmonton (3) Nipawin (13) Flin Flon (14) Fish ...... (61) Drumheller (4) Forts - Other The Pas (15) ...... Sharp-tailed Grouse (62) Chemical Symbols Lethbridge (5) Grand Rapids (16) Fort la Jonquiere (41) Fort Providence (44) Uranium (89) (91) Lloydminster (6) Red Deer (17) Sturgeon Fort (42) Fort St. Louis #1 (45) Manitoba Tree ...... WhiteSpruce(63) Potash (90) Diamonds (92) Medicine Hat (7) Cumberland Fort des Isles (43) Duck Lake (46) (8) House (18) Flower ...... PrairieCrocus(64) Batoche (19) Not all forts are identified on the water play Embedded Shapes Wildlife: As the andits tributaries Swift Current (9) feature. For example Fort La Montee was on the North Bird...... GreatGreyOwl(65) Regina (20)As reference Saskatoon (10) only. Does not appear in Sask Saskatchewan River approximately 5 km upstream Canada Geese (93) Barley (106) flow from mountains to the ocean they contribute to River Basin from andwas dismantledafter the North Footprints Grizzly Bear (94) Canola (107) Water Bodies West Company and the Hudson’s Bay Company merged. variedhabitatssupporting avarietyofplantsandanimals. Jack Rabbit (66) Moose (75) Beaver (95) Corn (108) Piping Plover (67) Shod horse (76) Axe (96) Alfalfa/clover (109) • The Rocky Mountainsarehometomountaingoats,big- (21) North Sask. River (26) Borders / Trail / Divides Sharp-Tailed Bison (97) Trembling Aspen (110) (22) (27) horn sheep andgrizzly bears. • Deer andelk, black bear Continental Divide (47) Alberta (50) Grouse (68) tracks (77) (98) Lodgepole Pine (111) (23) (28) Canada & USA (48) Saskatchewan (51) andwolf,andmanybirdspeciesmaketheirhomesinthe Red Fox/Coyote (69) Tire tracks (78) Sailboat (99) White Spruce (112) Lake Diefenbaker (24) (29) The (49) Manitoba (52) Canadian Work boot print (79) Helm (100) Tamarack (113) forests of the Aspen parklands and rolling plains .• In South Sask. River (25) (30) beaver/muskrat (70) Cowboy boot print (80) Coyote (101) Fossilized shells/ Provincial Symbols White-tailed Deer (71) bones (114) the Canadian Shield fish dine on insects such as Moccasin print (81) Fish, Whitefish (102a) Forts - Company Weasel (72) Dog paw (82) Fish, Trout (102b) Plough marks (115) Above top: Learn about the river from the river. Meewasin mosquitoes andblackflies. • Among fields and pastures Alberta (73) Fish, Walleye (102c) Interpretive CanoeTours (665-6887), Saskatoon City Council Fort Carlton (31) Fort a la Corne (34) Unshod horse (83) Grain swaths (116) Tree ...... LodgepolePine(53) Fish, Pike (102d) Sept 2007. Photo: Anne Porteous oftheprairies,deer,fox,coyote,waterfowl,raptors,ground Pronghorn (84) Barbed wire fence (117) Cumberland (35) Flower ...... Wildrose(54) Antelope (74) Boreal Cones (103) Above middle: Beaver Creek Conservation Area. Beaver House (32) Surveyor’s chain (118) squirrelsandsongbirdsareoftencamouflagedorconcealed Fort Pitt (36) Mammal...... BighornSheep(55) Duck (85) Arrowheads (104) swimming in Beaver Creek. Photo: Lennox Saunders (33) Above bottom: Great Blue Heron. Beaver Creek Conserv- Fish ...... Bulltrout(56) Wheat (105) from view. ation Area 2008. Photo: Lennox Saunders Bird ...... Great-hornedOwl(57) Gardiner Dam Crest (119)