Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park
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Cypress Hills Provincial Park - access to which is by way of the Buffalo Trail (Highway 40) - lies about 60 km (37 mi.) south-east of Medicine Hat by the TransCanada Highway. This impressive piece of countryside extends into the neighboring province of Saskatchewan. The plateau are covered with rich forests in the midst of a flat, dry prairie. Scientists assume that about 30 million years ago a river running westwards deposited both coarse and fine sediment over an area which thus gradually became higher and was then shaped by the forces of erosion.
In the middle of the prairie wooded mountainous country rises to as high as 1462 m (4800 ft) above sea-level. During the last Ice Age this region was not covered by glaciers. When John Palliser arrived here in 1859 when on an expedition he described it as a green oasis in the middle of the dry prairies he had spent weeks in crossing. The hills rising 500 m (1640 ft) above the flat surrounding countryside represent an eco-system which is unusual for this part of Canada, and the vegetation is somewhat reminiscent of Alpine regions.
In the middle of the prairie wooded mountainous country rises to as high as 1462 m (4800 ft) above sea-level. During the last Ice Age this region was not covered by glaciers. When John Palliser arrived here in 1859 when on an expedition he described it as a green oasis in the middle of the dry prairies he had spent weeks in crossing. The hills rising 500 m (1640 ft) above the flat surrounding countryside represent an eco-system which is unusual for this part of Canada, and the vegetation is somewhat reminiscent of Alpine regions.
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Address:
Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, Box 12, Elkwater, AB T0J1C0, Canada
Phone: 1 (403) 893-3833, Fax: 1 (403) 893-0007
Phone: 1 (403) 893-3833, Fax: 1 (403) 893-0007
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Fort at Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park.
