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Le Dinosaur Trail Et Le Centre De L'alberta Derrière les mots Pour une deuxième édition consécutive, la mise à jour du guide Ulysse Ouest canadien a été confiée à Annie Gilbert. À la suite de ses études en tourisme, Annie a oc‑ cupé plusieurs fonctions chez Ulysse. Elle a com‑ mencé comme libraire, pour ensuite se joindre à l’équipe des éditions où ses connaissances appro‑ fondies sont essentielles à la qualité de nos guides. Native de l’Abitibi, elle aime bien se retrouver sur un lac à pêcher tranquil‑ lement, mais aussi parcourir les boutiques branchées de Paris, New York et Londres. Annie a aussi contribué à la rédaction des guides Ulysse Croisières dans les Caraïbes, Hawaii, On va où aujourd’hui?, Boston, Le Québec, Ville de Québec, Escale à Washington, Escale à Calgary et Banff et Escale à Niagara Falls et la Route des vins. 3 Les contreforts du centre de la province p. 9 La route Yellowhead p. 16 L’intérieur des terres p. 13 Le Dinosaur Trail et les Badlands p. 5 Le Dinosaur Trail et le centre de l’Alberta Accès et déplacements 5 Sorties 23 Attraits touristiques 5 Achats 23 Hébergement 19 Index 24 Restaurants 21 guidesulysse.com Grouard High Prairie 97 Grande 34 Prairie 2 63 33 40 43 Lac Athabasca La Biche 33 32 44 2 Cold Lake 16 63 55 Grande Cache 36 Bonnyville Smoky Lake guidesulysse.com 4 ET LECENTREDEL'ALBERTA TRAIL LE DINOSAUR d Y 16 ello whe Parc national Edson ad St. Albert Highway d Elk Island Hinton d 16 Edmonton Vegreville 22 Mount Devon Robson d Vermillion Tête Jaune P.P. N Drayton Leduc Cache Valley 39 14 d Lloydminster Jasper Pigeon Lake c 834 Provincial Park 2 36 Camrose 41 Parc national 872 Jasper Ma-Me-O Beach Wetaskiwin Provincial Park 2A c Wainwright Crimson Lake Wells Gray 93 13 Provincial Park 22 P.P. Nordegg Jarvis Bay Ponoka 56 11 Provincial 36 SASKATCHEWAN 16 b Park 53 Sylvan Lake Lacombe Provincial Rocky Mountain Park c House c Sylvan Lake 12 Stettler 23 Markerville Red Deer 54 592 Dry Island 41 COLOMBIE- Saskatchewan 872 River Crossing Buffalo Jump Innisfail Olds Provincial Park BRITANNIQUE 22 a Consort Parc national b 21 12 Banff Olds 56 Clinton Sundre 27 Trochu Parc national 2a Yoho Rowley Rogers a 886 Lake Louise 22 Pass 2 806 Morrin 9 Hanna Cache Creek 580 Carstairs 1 Drumheller Youngstown b Rosedale Parc national Banff Beiseker a 9 Kootenay Oyen Revelstoke Cochrane Wayne Rosebud 36 Canmore 1 1A 1 Calgary a 570 Logan 41 Lake Les circuits Bragg Creek 876 22X Le Dinosaur Trail et les Badlands 2 Dinosaur Merritt a 762 Provincial Park 40 1 Bassano Turner Okotoks 24 b Les contreforts du centre de la province Buffalo 855 Valley a 6 c L’intérieur des terres High River Patricia 5 Nakusp Longview d La route Yellowhead Brooks 0 25 50km 97c Voir Drumheller et le Dinosaur Trail p. 425 2 22 36 Princeton Kaleden Taber 3 3 Osoyoos Castelgar 3 Etzikom 2 3 6 61 Grand Forks 93 5 5 Grouard High Prairie 97 Grande 34 Prairie 2 63 33 40 43 Lac Athabasca La Biche 33 32 44 2 Cold Lake 16 63 55 Grande Cache 36 Bonnyville Smoky Lake ET LECENTREDEL'ALBERTA TRAIL LE DINOSAUR d Y 16 ello whe Parc national Edson ad St. Albert Highway d Elk Island Hinton d 16 Edmonton Vegreville 22 Mount Devon Robson d Vermillion Tête Jaune P.P. N Drayton Leduc Cache Valley 39 14 d Lloydminster Jasper Pigeon Lake c 834 Provincial Park 2 36 Camrose 41 Parc national 872 Jasper Ma-Me-O Beach Wetaskiwin Provincial Park 2A c Wainwright Crimson Lake Wells Gray 93 13 Provincial Park 22 P.P. Nordegg Jarvis Bay Ponoka 56 11 Provincial 36 SASKATCHEWAN 16 b Park 53 Sylvan Lake Lacombe Provincial Rocky Mountain Park c House c Sylvan Lake 12 Stettler 23 Markerville Red Deer 54 592 Dry Island 41 COLOMBIE- Saskatchewan 872 River Crossing Buffalo Jump Innisfail Olds Provincial Park BRITANNIQUE 22 a Consort Parc national b 21 12 Banff Olds 56 Clinton Sundre 27 Trochu Parc national 2a Yoho Rowley Rogers a 886 Lake Louise 22 Pass 2 806 Morrin 9 Hanna Cache Creek 580 Carstairs 1 Drumheller Youngstown b Rosedale Parc national Banff Beiseker a 9 Kootenay Oyen Revelstoke Cochrane Wayne Rosebud 36 Canmore 1 1A 1 Calgary a 570 Logan 41 Lake Les circuits Bragg Creek 876 22X Le Dinosaur Trail et les Badlands 2 Dinosaur Merritt a 762 Provincial Park 40 1 Bassano Turner Okotoks 24 b Les contreforts du centre de la province Buffalo 855 Valley a 6 c L’intérieur des terres High River Patricia 5 Nakusp Longview d La route Yellowhead Brooks 0 25 50km 97c Voir Drumheller et le Dinosaur Trail p. 425 2 22 36 Princeton Kaleden Taber 3 3 Osoyoos Castelgar 3 Etzikom ments dedinosaures. considérablement occasionnelle d’osse stimuléparladécouverte tourisme, oublierle sanstoutefois tations pétrolièresencommandentl’économie, exploi l’agricultureetles Lasylviculture, deressourcesnaturelles. regorge secondaires nesontpastoujoursasphaltées. quelesroutes notertoutefois Veuillez gratuites. lesdeuxsont Toutes en passantparEdmonton. l’Alberta d’estenouest quitraverse Highway), Yellowhead 16(ou etlaroute Edmonton, région cette Deux grandsroutierstraversent axes (www.ama.ab.ca) Lodge), 403‑343‑8866 Red Red Deer Gares routières et tarifs. contacter pourconnaître leshoraires pouvez (800-661-8747, www.greyhound.ca) sont desservies parlacompagnie l’Albertadu centrede La majoritédesvilles site Internet del’ consulterlasection « pouvez vous etàlamétéo, routières liéesauxtravaux informerdesconditions tenues; pourvous Les routesdecetterégionsonttrèsbienentre proposés danscechapitre. partie une circuits des d’emprunter chance la ainsi auront ils direct retour; plus au chemin un pas denel’emprunter qu’àl’alleretdeprendre cequinelesempêche Parkway), 93 (Icefields laroute ensuivant laires montagnesRocheuses consisteàpasserparlesspectacu indirecte, quoiqueplutôt d’entreelles, L’une options. au départ deCalgary disposentdeplusieurs Les visiteursquidésirentserendreàEdmonton etdéplacements Accès La route Yellowhead desterres L’intérieur Les contreforts ducentredelaprovince etlesBadlands Trail Le Dinosaur Ce chapitreestdiviséenquatrecircuits h h 2 V En autocar 3 En voiture 6 61 Grand Forks 93 5 Reserve, en passant par les terres centrales, lecentredel’Alberta enpassantparlesterres centrales, Reserve, MountainForest etàlaRocky jusqu’aux contreforts desRocheuses aste panduterritoiredepuislesCanadianBadlands albertain, : laroute2, 5 : 4303 Gaetz Ave. (en face du Red Deer (enfaceduRed 4303 GaetzAve. Alberta MotorAssociation . qui relie Calgary à quirelieCalgary à R oad Reports Greyhound , que vous quevous , : » du - - au départ de com) www.absteamtrain. 800-282-3994, ou 2811 780‑352‑4713 et Le DinosaurTrail touristiques Attraits Excursions Alberta Railway Prairie Hinton Lloydminster Wetaskiwin indiqué pourlesdinosaures. de laFlorideet constituait unhabitattout Everglades des celui à doute sans s’apparentait merintérieure;sonclimatcôtière d’unevaste portion la jadis trouvait se Deer Red rivière la de vallée la actuelde l’emplacement Sur Les bonnesadresses À nepasmanquer 0 H h h h h Theatre p. 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(403-742- 8 8 - - 5 Le Dinosaur Trail et le centre de l’Alberta - Accès et déplacementsguidesulysse.com St. Albert 16 Yellowhead Highway Stony Plain 60 Edmonton Devon Vegreville Leduc 14 Tofield Pigeon Lake 2 Provincial Park 834 2A 21 13 36 Wetaskiwin Ma-Me-O Beach Provincial Park Camrose 13 2A 20 Ponoka Morningside 6 Après l’extinction de ces derniers, la glace à 17h, mi-mai à mi-sept dim à jeu 9h à 17, Agrandissement 13 Sylvan Lake Bleriot Ferry DRUMHELLERLacombe 53 recouvrit le territoire et, au moment de se ven-sam 9h à 19h, mi-oct à mars lun-ven 9h Provincial Park 36 retirer, il y a 10 000 ans, elle creusa de pro- à 16h; 403-378-4342), vous pourrez visiter le ET LESylvan DINOSAUR Lake TRAIL 838 12 N fondes tranchées dans la prairie. Cette érosion petit Royal Tyrrell Museum’s Field Station 9 Stettler de même que d’autres subséquentes ont mis (adultes 5$, enfants 2$; même horaire que le Red Deer 11 837 Dinosaur Markerville Trail 592 R au jour plus de 300 squelettes de dinosaures et centre d’accueil des visiteurs) du Royal Tyrrell ed Royal Tyrrell D Museum 781 ee 872 r 12 ont donné forme à un fabuleux et mystérieux Museum (voir p. 8) de Drumheller. Avant Dry Island Buffalo R iv Little paysage de cheminées des fées et de « coulées » d’arriver au centre des visiteurs, ne manquez Innisfail Jump Prov. Park 56 er Church 575 Badlands typique des badlands, ou « mauvaises terres » pas de vous arrêter au belvédère qui offre une N Drumheller les comme les appelaient les explorateurs français, vue époustouflante sur la vallée de la rivière 10 du fait qu’on y trouvait ni nourriture ni castors. Red Deer. Olds Rosedale 27 Trochu 585 9 East Coulee 2A Drive rail et Les deux sentiers autoguidés, le Cotton wood Rowley Hoodoos Brooks Didsbury Three Hills East Coulee Flats Trail et le Badlands Trail, vous donne- Horseshoe Wayne Brooks (13 600 hab.) a fait ses débuts comme 581 Canyon ront un bon aperçu du parc. Vous verrez deux Morrin 56 Carstairs 806 27 halte ferroviaire au cours des années 1880 et 9 squelettes de dinosaures à l’endroit même où Hanna n’a pas tardé à s’équiper d’un important sys- 21 Voir agrandissement ils ont été découverts. La meilleure façon de 2 Le Dinosaur T tème d’irrigation qui forme aujourd’hui le Lieu visiter le parc consiste toutefois à participer ‑ Youngstown historique national de l’Aqueduc-de-Brooks Crossfield Drumheller à l’une des excursions organisées dans la 36 (2$; mi-mai à début sept tlj 10h à 17h; 8 km Beiseker 9 Rosedale 9 réserve même, qui compte pour la plus grande 9 au sud-ouest de Brooks, 403-362-4451 ou 403- 567 partie du parc et dont l’accès est restreint.
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