Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park
Attractions of the Canadian Badlands
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 aboriginal rock carvings and paintings. The
park is important and sacred to the Blackfoot and many other
aboriginal tribes. The park has been nominated by Parks Canada and
the Government of Canada as a 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.
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.
