Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park Alberta
Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park Alberta
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This park is a sacred landscape that has special spiritual significance for the Blackfoot people who hunted & travelled the Great Plains for generations. The traditional culture of the Blackfoot is based on a long & intimate relationship with the land and this landscape is still part of that tradition. The First Nations petroglyphs (carvings) & pictographs (paintings) that cover the park's sheer sandstone cliffs are protected here as a legacy to this spiritual connection.
The park's archaeological preserve was established in 1977 to ensure protection of one of the largest concentrations of rock art on the North American Plains.
A flight through Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park - Alberta Canada
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The area around the Sweetgrass Hills (Kátoyissiksi) have been held sacred for centuries by the nations of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Niitsítapi) and other First Nations groups such as the Gros Ventre, Plains Cree, Assiniboine and Salish. It was a place used for gathering sweet grass (Hierochloe odorata) and other medicinal/spiritual plants, for spotting bison herds, hosting vision quests for youth and for observing interloping rival tribes. Also in high honour was the nearby collection of hoodoos below the the meandering Milk River. Amongst these hoodoos are a massive collection of indigenous art.
In post-contact times the area saw significant activity as a trade route between Fort Benton, MT and communities in S. Alberta (especially modern-day Lethbridge). A smugglers route into the same communities was also established. This activity, as well as in an effort to keep peace between skirmishing First Nations, led to the establishment of a North-West Mounted Police outpost, who had a presence there from 1887-1918.
I've had the pleasure of climbing both the West Butte and the Middle/Gold Butte as well as short hikes in Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park / Áísínai'pi National Historic Site. The petroglyphs (carved images) and pictographs (carved images meant to resemble words) are an amazing sight that really must be seen. Unfortunately, more than a few 20th century and 21 century vandals have added their crude creations in the delicate sediment in the hoodoos around the park.
In October 2017 I had the rare opportunity to jump in a helicopter with a couple of government workers who were surveying the area (mostly as a human-sized ballast) . We flew over restricted parts of the park (including Police Coulee) that are currently off-limits for hiking.
Sources:
Dormaar, J.D. (2009). Alberta's 49th Paralle: A natural and historical journey. Lethbridge, AB: Lethbridge Historical Society.
Dormaar, J.D. (2003). Sweetgrass Hills: A natural and cultural history. Lethbridge, AB: Lethbridge Historical Society.
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In the latest vlog, we head into my home province of Alberta. I haven't been around since December, so it's definitely good to be back. The episode mainly consists of us heading to Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park and me nearly stepping on a snake. Erin isn't a big fan of the snake I nearly step on, or the fact that I almost stepped on it. Of course, I'm never properly prepared.
We end the night staying at my aunt and uncle's farm in Southern Alberta near the town of Milk River.
Writing On Stone Provincial Park Alberta - history is on the rock
Writing on Stone Provincial Park is a destination not to be missed, when travel through southern Alberta. This area has some of the oldest rock carvings to be found in Alberta, dating back almost a thousand years. While these pictures are carved into stone they will not last forever, already erosion is starting to erase some of this history of the Blackfoot people.
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Explore the sacred ground of Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park in the Canadian Badlands where 8,000 years of First Nations history is carved and painted in rock art.
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Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park's sacred roots | Travel Alberta
When Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park / Áísínai’pi was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2019, it was an opportunity for the world to learn about the sacred Indigenous roots of this special place.
Writing-on-Stone gets its name from the ancient rock art among its sandstone cliffs (the Blackfoot name of Áísínai’pi means “where the writings are”). For generations, the park was a sacred place for the region’s Indigenous Blackfoot people, and other Indigenous groups of North America.
For at least 4,000 years, Indigenous people have come here to pray, perform ceremonies and go on vision quests. The petroglyphs carved into the rock and the pictographs painted there are a testament to the place’s importance. The carvings depict sacred people, spirits, battles, journeys and moments.
This is the story of one of those families and their connection to the place: Alvin Manychief, his daughter Camina Weasel Moccassin and his grandson Dragen.
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Camping in my Scamp - Writing-on- Stone Prov. Par Milk River Alberta, Canada
I camped here at the beginning of October it was Super Fall. The leave were turning with all the autumn colors! I missed videoing the Visits Center but the day before I did go into it. It was very nice with alot of information about the Park. It had a inside Teepee with real Buffalo Hides that You could walk and sit on!( You had to take Your shoes off) The Park itself was very nice very clean. The bathhouse was also very nice....the showers were pay showers and a bit on the cold side. Over all I was very Impressded with this Park!!!
Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park
Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park is a sacred landscape that has special spiritual significance for the Blackfoot people. The provincial park is located 44 kilometres east of Milk River, Alberta.
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Looking east to west at Milk River near the visitors centre. Taking in the view of the hoodoos, and the Sweetgrass Hills which are located in Montana. Writing On Stone Provincial Park straddles the 49th Parallel where Canada and the United States Border meet separating Alberta and Montana.
This site is about 45km east of the town of Milk River, Alberta off of Highway 4. Last Alberta community before Coutts at the International Border.
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Coordonnées GPS: 49°05'09.5N 111°37'10.8W
Ce parc est renommé pour ses pétroglyphes et ses pictogrammes gravés par les autochtones sur les falaises de grès il y a plus de 3000 ans.
Ceux-ci croyaient que cette région était habitée par des esprits très puissants. Ils créaient ces gravures et peintures dans le but de transmettre des messages aux esprits.
Pour éviter que ces écritures soient endommagées ou même vandalisées, cette section du parc n'est permise que lors de visites guidées.
Nous n'avons pas visité cette partie du parc. En fait, nous avons plutôt préféré faire une randonnée dans le sentier qui serpente à travers les cheminées de fée (hoodoos).
Il faut dire qu'à notre arrivée au parc, nous avons été vraiment impressionnés par la multitude de ces étranges formations rocheuses.
Nous avions déjà vu des cheminées de fée lors de notre voyage dans la région de la Cappadoce en Turquie, mais étions vraiment étonnés d'en découvrir également au Canada.
Le paysage est vraiment unique. Ces cheminées de fée ont été créées par différents phénomènes d'érosion (eau, vent, gel, dégel) et elles peuvent, par le fait même, prendre des formes différentes.
Il n'y a qu'à laisser aller son imagination. On y voit des personnages, des animaux, des maisons et, dans l'ensemble, un immense village.
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Writing on Stone Provincial Park Alberta
Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park is located about 100 kilometres southeast of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, or 44 kilometres east of the community of Milk River, and straddles the Milk River itself. It is one of the largest areas of protected prairie in the Alberta park system, and serves as both a nature preserve and protection for a large number of First Nations (indigenous) rock carvings and paintings. The park is important and sacred to the Blackfoot and many other aboriginal tribes. The park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its UNESCO application was filed under the name Áísínai'pi which is Niitsítapi (Blackfoot) meaning it is pictured / written.The provincial park is synonymous with the Áísínai'pi National Historic Site of Canada.
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Episode 18: Writing On Stone - Bill and Mike leave B.C. for the Milk River Country of Southern Alberta. The badlands are the sources for several interesting stories.
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Summer camping in Alberta. Writing On Stone Provincial Park. It takes 3 hr 30 min to get there from Calgary. We got a group site that can fit 10 trailers with an amazing view. I will definitely go back there again.
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Writing On Stone Provincial Park(Alberta, Canada)
Writing-On-Stone is an amazing place to visit. The hoodoo's are amazing, and the history to it is even better. If you go, to take the tour available; it is will worth it.
Writing on stone Provincial Park 2 Alberta, October 17, 2015
A run through historical Writing on Stone Provincial Park. Writing-On-Stone, a bad land landscape that has been settled by First Nations people for thousands of years. Much of this country has not changed since the time of the buffalo. We ran the routes that were once used by First Nations people, whiskey traders, fugitive outlaws, and the North-West Mounted Police. In In 1887 in response to whisky smuggling, Native horse raiding parties, and concerns about mining activities as Gold Butte, Montana, the North West Mounted Police establish a summer tent camp at Writing-On-Stone. In 1889 On the Milk River at the mouth of what is now called Police Coulee Wooden buildings are erected and the post becomes part of the boundary patrol system stretching from the Rocky Mountains to Manitoba.
Writing On Stone Provincial Park
Writing On Stone Provincial Park
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Writing-On-Stone, provincial park, located in Alberta, Canada