Dinosaur Provincial Park
Attractions of the Canadian Badlands
Dinosaur Provincial Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located
about two and a half hours drive southeast of Calgary, Alberta,
Canada or 48 kilometres (30 mi), about a half hour drive, northeast
of Brooks. The park is situated in the valley of the Red Deer
River, which is noted for its striking badland topography. The park
is well known for being one of the richest dinosaur fossil locales
in the world. Forty dinosaur species have been discovered at the
park and more than 500 specimens have been removed and exhibited in
museums across the globe. The renowned fossil assemblage of nearly
500 species of life, from microscopic fern spores to large
carnivorous dinosaurs, justified it becoming a World Heritage Site
in .
This cache is part of the Legacy Trail produced by the Canadian
Badlands Geocaching Association for the Best of the Bad Mega
Event.
The Legacy Trail
The Legacy Trail is a collection of geocaches that circles its
way over 100 miles on country roads traversing some of the most
scenic and spectacular landscape in this part of the Canadian
Badlands. A large number of caches in a variety of types, sizes and
difficulty are placed on the Trail. Every town, village and hamlet
in the Canadian Badlands has its own cache. Some caches were named
after local historic events and people, as well as celebrities who
grew up in this area. Some caches were sponsored by geocachers who
attended the Best of the Bad Mega Event. The Legacy Trail was
produced by the Canadian Badlands Geocaching Association for the
Best of the Bad Mega Event.
The Canadian Badlands
The Canadian Badlands in Alberta are like no other place on
earth, home to the world's most extensive dinosaur bonebeds,
badlands and hoodoos, and a world-class museum that shelters a 75
million-year-old legacy. The region is rich in culturally and
historically significant sites that tell the story of the First
Nations people and early settlers, and of a complex and diverse
modern society that is still deeply rooted in the spirit of the
frontier.
