Special Interest Sites : 20. Pinto MacBean Icon 21. Prairie Tractor and Engine Museum 1. Bassano Dam 22. Redcliff Museum 2. Brooks & District Museum 23. Saamis Archaeological Site Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park 3. Cornstalk Icon The wheelchair accessible Shoreline Trail (2.4 km) follows the south shoreline of Elkwater Lake, offering bird watching opportunities 24. Saamis Teepee Icon Straddling the Alberta-Saskatchewan border, Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park (www.cypresshills.com) is an island of cool, 4. Devil’s Coulee Dinosaur & Heritage Museum from the paved trail and boardwalks. The remaining park pathways are on natural surfaces, with easily accessed trailheads. A 25. Sammy and Samantha Spud Icon moist greenery perched more than 600 metres above the surrounding prairie, making it the highest point between the Rocky 5. EID (Eastern Irrigation District) Historical Park Mountains and Labrador. This unique mix of forests, wetlands and rare grasslands is home to more than 220 bird, 47 mammal and pleasant short walk is the 1.3 km Beaver Creek Loop, which winds through poplar and spruce forest past a beaver pond. 26. Trekcetera Museum 6. Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre2 700 plant species, including more types of orchids than anywhere else on the prairies. Untouched by glaciation, the Cypress Hill 27. Sunflower Icon A more strenuous outing, popular among mountain bikers, is the Horseshoe Canyon Trail (4.1 km one way), climbing through 7. Etzikom Museum and Historical Windmill Centre landscape is an erosional plateau, resulting from millions of years of sedimentary deposits, followed by an equally long period of 28. Taber Irrigation Impact Museum open fields and mixed forest to a plateau, with a spectacular view of an old landslide in the canyon and rolling grasslands to the north. 8. Galt Historic Railway Park erosion. 29. Tom Trott Memorial Forestry Museum This route links with Firerock Trail, which features grasslands, mature poplar and spruce forest, and a large glacial erratic. 9. Galt Museum and Archives 30. The Badlands Guardian An archaeological project, which began in the 1970s, has revealed human habitation of the hills for more than 8,500 years. Some of Experienced mountain bikers and overnight hikers can also enjoy the 8.4 km (one way) Spruce Coulee Trail, which follows an old 10. Gem of the West Museum 31. Vulcan & District Historical Society Museum and Archives the archaeological evidence from the Stampede Site dig is available for viewing at the Cypress Hills Visitor Centre in Elkwater road through woodlands and open fields, with tenting sites and a picnic shelter along the way. 11. Golden Prairie Arboretum and CDSC Grounds 32. Vulcan Starship Enterprise FX6-1995-A Icon townsite. On the Saskatchewan side of the interprovincial park, Fort Walsh National Historic Site recreates life at a North West Lyalta 12. Hays Reservoir - Important Bird Area In winter, some 30 km of cross country ski trails are groomed and track set in two trail systems. One, Spring Creek, offers a variety of 33. Wind Gauge Icon Mounted Police post in the 1880s, when the Mounties arrived to quell unrest between American whisky traders and Aboriginal groups. 21 trails and two warm up shelters for novice skiers. More experienced skiers can tackle the trails in the Spruce Coulee Trail system, the 840 13. Helen Schuler Nature Centre Strathmore Barnett 34. World’s Largest Putter Crowfoot Creek challenging hills along the Rodeo Loop Trail (2.2 km) or the advanced Highline Trail (1.3 km one way). Snowshoers and 5955363 Lake 14. Lake Newell and Kitsim Reservoir - Important Bird Area Some 70 km of trails crisscross the park and can be explored on foot, mountain bike, horseback, cross country skis or snowshoes. They 35. Police Point Park Nature Centre backcountry skiers can also explore ungroomed park trails. There are also two backcountry huts, each accommodating 8-10 people, Inverlake 15. Lethbridge High Level Bridge range from short walks through pine forests to trails that meander around lakes and flower filled meadows. In the Alberta portion of the T24 1 36. Alberta Birds of Prey Centre available for rent through the visitor centre. 16. McGregor Lake and Travers Reservoir - Important Bird Area park, the Trans Canada Trail follows the Spruce Coulee Trail for 32 km through forest and wetlands between the Saskatchewan border and Elkwater Lake, passing Reesor Lake along the way. Cheadle 17. Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden Several other winter recreational opportunities are available in the park. A luge track has been built above the Discovery Centre in Eagle 18. Nobleford Area Museum 817 Lake Elkwater and the Old Baldy Campground loop turned into a 750 metre skating track. The Hidden Valley ski resort is located in the 19. Pakowki Lake - Important Bird Area park, with a toboggan hill nearby. 5945363 Langdon 24 Namaka T23 Namaka Lake A number of park trails are suitable for snowshoeing. Snowshoes can be rented at the Visitor Centre, as can cross country ski Dalemead packages, kicksleds and bikes. 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