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Grasslands National Park

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Grasslands National Park
Grasslands National Park
Grasslands National Park
Grasslands National Park
Grasslands National Park
Grasslands National Park
Grasslands National Park
Grasslands National Park
Grasslands National Park
Grasslands National Park
Grasslands National Park
Grasslands National Park
Grasslands National Park
Grasslands National Park
Grasslands National Park
Grasslands National Park
Grasslands National Park
Grasslands National Park
Grasslands National Park
Grasslands National Park
Grasslands National Park
Grasslands National Park
Grasslands National Park
Grasslands National Park
Grasslands National Park
Phone:
+1 306-298-2257

Address:
Highway #4, Val Marie, SK S0N 2P0, Canada

Grasslands National Park is a Canadian national park located near the village of Val Marie, Saskatchewan, and one of 44 national parks and park reserves in Canada's national park system . This national park is north from the American state of Montana and lies adjacent to the international boundary. The park was established in 1981. Prior to this the province's only national park was Prince Albert National Park. Grasslands National Park represents the Prairie Grasslands natural region, protecting one of the nation's few remaining areas of undisturbed dry mixed-grass/shortgrass prairie grassland. The park is located in the World Wildlife Fund-defined Northern short grasslands ecoregion, which spans much of southern Saskatchewan, southern Alberta, and the northern Great Plains states in the USA. The unique landscape and harsh, semi-arid climate provide niches for several adapted plants and animals. The park and surrounding area house the country's only black-tailed prairie dog colonies. Rare and endangered fauna found in the park include bison, pronghorns, greater sage-grouses, burrowing owls, brown bears, coyotes, ferruginous hawks, swift foxes, elk, wolverines, prairie rattlesnakes, black-footed ferrets and greater short-horned lizards. Flora includes blue grama grass, needlegrass, plains cottonwood and silver sagebrush.Erosion by glacial meltwater formed many of the park's characteristic features. Highlights of the park's geological landscape include the Frenchman River Valley, the Seventy Mile Butte, and the badlands of Rock Creek. In 1874, Sir George Mercer Dawson discovered western Canada's first dinosaur remains in the Killdeer Badlands during the International Boundary Survey. Later, in 1877, Sitting Bull took refuge in the area with around 5000 Sioux after the defeat of General Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
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