Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park

Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park is reached by first going to Milk River (pop. 1000) 85 km (53 mi.) south of Lethbridge, then traveling east on Highway 501 for 32 km (20 mi.) and turning south down a tarmac road for another 10 km (6 mi.).

The Park gets its name from the many Indian drawings on the sandstone rocks, eroded into bizarre shapes, that form the steep gulch of the Milk River.

These lands were of great spiritual significance for the Plains Indians who believed the spirits of the departed would "write" messages on the rock walls. Warrior braves came here to try and discover what might happen if they went on the warpath, but they never stayed long since it was too dangerous to linger near the spirits of the dead