Writing-on-Stone (Aisinai'pi), Alberta, Canada

WRITING-ON-STONE (AISINAI'PI) (ALBERTA, CANADA)

Sacred to the Blackfoot and other tribes, the Writing-on-Stone (Aisinai'pi) area in Alberta, Canada, contains the greatest concentration of rock art on the North American Great Plains, with over 50 petroglyph sites and thousands of works. Archaeological remains in the area date back as far as 4,500 years. This area of sandstone cliffs and columns (hoodoos) straddles the Milk River.

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Grand-Pre Landscape, Canada

GRAND-PRE LANDSCAPE (Canada)

The Nova Scotia town of Grand-Pre ("Great Meadow") was the setting for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem Evangeline. It's situated near a marshland displaying agricultural development using dykes and sluices in a system dating to the Acadians of the 17th century. Archaeological sites reveal the origins of European settlement on the North American Atlantic coast.

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Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, Canada

HEAD-SMASHED-IN BUFFALO JUMP (Canada)

North America Plains Indians developed a hunting method using buffalo jumps, where bison herds were driven over low cliffs and, once disabled, slaughtered. One such is found at the  foot of the Rockies less than 100 miles south of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. This 35-foot cliff was used for over 5,000 years, til about 1850. Vast quantities of skeletons are still found.

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Dinosaur Provincial Park

DINOSAUR PROVINCIAL PARK (near Calgary, Alberta, Canada)

East of Calgary, Alberta, Canada in the Red Deer River valley, the Park has badlands and an abundance of dinosaur fossils--in fact, one of the richest deposits in the world. Fifty-eight dinosaur species and over 500 specimens of plants and fish, birds, reptiles, and other animals have been found here; they are exhibited in museums around the globe.

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The Viking Settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows

THE VIKING SETTLEMENT (L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada)

L'Anse aux Meadows is the site of the only authenticated Viking settlement in North America. Settled about 1,000 years ago, it is located in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is evidence of voyages like those of Leif Erikson, written down in the Icelandic sagas in the 1200s. It has remains of buildings and some reconstructions.

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