Tourism in Saskatchewan - National and Provincial Parks

National and Provincial Parks

  • See List of protected areas of Saskatchewan for the complete list of national, provincial and regional parks in Saskatchewan.
  • The Athabasca Sand Dunes Provincial Park is a unique geophysical land feature in the Boreal Shield ecosystems of the province of Saskatchewan. It's 400 to 1,500 meter long dunes are the most northerly in the world.
  • The Buffalo Pound Provincial Park is a Saskatchewan Provincial Park located in southern Saskatchewan about 25 km northeast of the city of Moose Jaw.
  • The Cannington Manor Provincial Park is a historic park which was established in 1882 by Captain Edward Michell Pierce (d. June 20, 1888) as an aristocratic English colony. Pierce's death, drought, and the placement of a CP railway 10 kilometers away instead of through the town, all contributed to the demise of the colony.
  • The Grasslands National Park is one of Canada's newer national parks and is located in southern Saskatchewan along the Montana border. Part of the national park system, the park aims to protect representative areas of the country's 39 natural regions.

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