Sand Dunes .................................................................................................................90 Contents Athabasca Sand Dunes ................................................................................................. 90 Getting the Shot—Photographing the William River from the air ...................... 102 Great Sand Hills ......................................................................................................... 104 Introduction ................................................................................................................ 6 Douglas Dunes ............................................................................................................108 Getting the Shot—Red-necked grebe at water level .................................................. 9 Good Spirit Lake Provincial Park .............................................................................110 Setting the Stage ........................................................................................................ 10 On the Wing .............................................................................................................111 How to use this book ................................................................................................... 10 Spring on the Prairies ................................................................................................112 Shooting according to the conditions ........................................................................ 13 Getting the Shot—Ruffed grouse on a drumming log ............................................ 115 Preparing for wildlife photography ............................................................................ 18 Chaplin Lake ...............................................................................................................116 Luck Lake Heritage Marsh ........................................................................................121 The Wild Prairie ....................................................................................................... 20 Last Mountain Lake National Wildlife Area ........................................................... 125 Grasslands National Park ............................................................................................. 20 In the Area: Last Mountain Regional Park and Bird Observatory ................ 128 Val Marie and the West Block ............................................................................ 27 Quill Lake International Bird Area ...........................................................................129 East Block and the Killdeer Badlands .................................................................. 32 Getting the Shot—Tipis against the Milky Way ............................................... 36 Crops and Farmlands .............................................................................................132 In the Area: Rockglen and the Wood Mountain Uplands ............................... 38 Lake Diefenbaker and the South Saskatchewan River ............................................. 40 Parklands, Forest, and Lakelands ....................................................................... 137 Leader and Area .................................................................................................... 40 The Crooked Bush .....................................................................................................137 Saskatchewan Landing Provincial Park ............................................................. 42 Snakes of Fort Livingstone ........................................................................................139 Sandcastle .............................................................................................................. 46 Getting the Shot—Photographing the Northern Lights ........................................ 142 Qu’Appelle Valley ......................................................................................................... 49 Prince Albert National Park ......................................................................................144 Lumsden–Craven Area ........................................................................................ 49 In the Area: Anglin Lake ...................................................................................152 Fort Qu’Appelle and the Fishing Lakes .............................................................. 51 Narrow Hills Provincial Park ....................................................................................153 Fort Ellis Trail and the Eastern Qu’Appelle ....................................................... 54 Nipekamew Sand Cliffs .............................................................................................157 Churchill River—Close to the Road .........................................................................159 The Cypress Hills ...................................................................................................... 57 Cypress Hills Centre Block .......................................................................................... 58 Great Northern Lakes and Rivers ......................................................................165 Gap Road .......................................................................................................................62 Wapumon Gorge .......................................................................................................165 Getting the Shot—Photographing wildflowers ......................................................... 64 Larocque Lake Pictographs ........................................................................................167 Cypress Hills West Block ............................................................................................. 66 Smith Narrows ...........................................................................................................168 Conglomerate Cliffs ............................................................................................. 66 Scoop Rapids, Sturgeon-weir River ..........................................................................169 Battle Creek Valley ............................................................................................... 68 Porcupine River .........................................................................................................170 Fort Walsh ............................................................................................................ 71 Sandstone Formations of the Fond du Lac River ................................................... 172 Eastend and the East Block .......................................................................................... 72 Wapiskau Waterfalls .................................................................................................174 Ravenscrag and Middle Bench Roads ................................................................ 72 Clearwater River ........................................................................................................175 Brady Coulee ......................................................................................................... 76 Getting the Shot—Photographing rapids and waterfalls ........................................ 178 Pine Cree Loop ..................................................................................................... 78 Hunt Falls and the Grease River ...............................................................................180 In the Area: Old Man on His Back ...................................................................... 79 Lake Athabasca North Shore ....................................................................................183 Getting the Shot—Canoeing with your camera ...................................................... 190 Badlands ......................................................................................................................80 Avonlea Badlands ......................................................................................................... 80 Other Parks and Natural Areas ...........................................................................192 In the Area: Claybank’s Massold Clay Canyons ................................................. 84 Big Muddy Badlands .................................................................................................... 86 About the Authors ...................................................................................................208 4 5.