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Park celebrates 6,000 years of Aboriginal history

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Just a few minutes north of Saskatoon, where the South Saskatchewan River and the Opimihaw Creek meet, is the Wanuskewin Heritage Park. This was a camping, hunting and meeting site used by the Aboriginal people of the northern Plains for more than 6,000 years. It is now home to one of the most important archeological sites in the world, as well as a visitor's centre, life-size sculptures of buffalo and hunters and walking trails.

Park celebrates 6,000 years of Aboriginal history

Page 19

Just a few minutes north of Saskatoon, where the South Saskatchewan River and the Opimihaw Creek meet, is the Wanuskewin Heritage Park. This was a camping, hunting and meeting site used by the Aboriginal people of the northern Plains for more than 6,000 years. It is now home to one of the most important archeological sites in the world, as well as a visitor's centre, life-size sculptures of buffalo and hunters and walking trails.

Park celebrates 6,000 years of Aboriginal history

Page 19

Just a few minutes north of Saskatoon, where the South Saskatchewan River and the Opimihaw Creek meet, is the Wanuskewin Heritage Park. This was a camping, hunting and meeting site used by the Aboriginal people of the northern Plains for more than 6,000 years. It is now home to one of the most important archeological sites in the world, as well as a visitor's centre, life-size sculptures of buffalo and hunters and walking trails.

First Nation's historical centre for tourism and education

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As you drive down the Yellowhead Highway, you'll find a sign that reads "Chief Poundmaker Historical Centre and Tee-Pee Village" near the border of Alberta and Saskatchewan, at the town of Paynton. The Poundmaker First Nation, located about 20 km south of Paynton, established the centre and tipi village for tourists, history buffs and cultural camps.

Saskatchewan preserves untouched ecosystems

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Two of the largest nature preserves in Saskatchewan are about as far apart as they could be and still both be in the province. Both Grasslands National Park in the south, which borders on the U.S., and Athabasca Sand Dunes Provincial Wilderness Park, which is on the south shore of Lake Athabasca in the far north, save large areas of two ecologically fragile ecosystems, and both contain archeological evidence of Aboriginal visitors to and use of the areas.

Saskatchewan preserves untouched ecosystems

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Two of the largest nature preserves in Saskatchewan are about as far apart as they could be and still both be in the province. Both Grasslands National Park in the south, which borders on the U.S., and Athabasca Sand Dunes Provincial Wilderness Park, which is on the south shore of Lake Athabasca in the far north, save large areas of two ecologically fragile ecosystems, and both contain archeological evidence of Aboriginal visitors to and use of the areas.

Saskatchewan preserves untouched ecosystems

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Two of the largest nature preserves in Saskatchewan are about as far apart as they could be and still both be in the province. Both Grasslands National Park in the south, which borders on the U.S., and Athabasca Sand Dunes Provincial Wilderness Park, which is on the south shore of Lake Athabasca in the far north, save large areas of two ecologically fragile ecosystems, and both contain archeological evidence of Aboriginal visitors to and use of the areas.