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'''Wood Mountain Regional Park''' is a conservation area in its natural state set aside as a [[List of protected areas of Saskatchewan#Regional parks|regional park]] in southern area of the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Canadian province]] of [[Saskatchewan]]. It is located in the [[Rural Municipality of Old Post No. 43]], {{convert|8|km}} south of the village of [[Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan|Wood Mountain]] along [[Saskatchewan Highway 18|Highway 18]]. Adjacent to the park is [[Wood Mountain Post Provincial Park]]. |
'''Wood Mountain Regional Park'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Wood Mountain Regional Park |url=https://toponymes.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/HAPMT|website=Canadian Geographical Names Database |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=5 October 2022}}</ref> is a conservation area in its natural state set aside as a [[List of protected areas of Saskatchewan#Regional parks|regional park]] in southern area of the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Canadian province]] of [[Saskatchewan]]. It is located in the [[Rural Municipality of Old Post No. 43]], {{convert|8|km}} south of the village of [[Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan|Wood Mountain]] along [[Saskatchewan Highway 18|Highway 18]]. Adjacent to the park is [[Wood Mountain Post Provincial Park]]. |
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Amenities and attractions within the park include the Rodeo Ranch Museum, Homestead museum, Sitting Bull monument, ball diamonds, campsites, play area, concessions, swimming pool, and hiking and bicycling trails. This is a local park administered by local funding.<ref>{{cite web |
Amenities and attractions within the park include the Rodeo Ranch Museum, Homestead museum, Sitting Bull monument, ball diamonds, campsites, play area, concessions, swimming pool, and hiking and bicycling trails. This is a local park administered by local funding.<ref>{{cite web |
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Revision as of 09:29, 5 October 2022
| Wood Mountain Regional Park | |
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  Location of Wood Mountain Regional Park within Saskatchewan  Wood Mountain Regional Park (Saskatchewan) | |
| Location | RM of Old Post No. 43,  Saskatchewan |
| Nearest city | Wood Mountain |
| Coordinates | 49°19′13″N 106°22′57″W / 49.3202°N 106.3825°W |
| Governing body | Saskatchewan Regional Parks Association |
Wood Mountain Regional Park[1] is a conservation area in its natural state set aside as a regional park in southern area of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is located in the Rural Municipality of Old Post No. 43, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) south of the village of Wood Mountain along Highway 18. Adjacent to the park is Wood Mountain Post Provincial Park.
Amenities and attractions within the park include the Rodeo Ranch Museum, Homestead museum, Sitting Bull monument, ball diamonds, campsites, play area, concessions, swimming pool, and hiking and bicycling trails. This is a local park administered by local funding.[2]
History
The North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) were sent to the Wood Mountain area to establish the Queen's Law in the frontier west of early Canada. It was the 1870s, and Sitting Bull had led his large Sioux tribe away from The Little Big Horn after defeating Custer's incursion upon their native land. The Canadian government was concerned that the Sioux would cause problems, and charged James Walsh of the NWMP with maintaining control of what amounted to Canada's first attempted peace keeping mission. Walsh succeeded, as he and Sitting Bull became close friends over the years, and there were never any serious problems caused by the Native American settlers. Members of the tribe remain in the Wood Mountain area to this day, including several families who live on the Wood Mountain Lakota First Nation.
In 1890 the Wood Mountain Stampede was established, and it became an annual event held even through the World War years of 1914-1918 and 1939–1945, which has allowed it to attain the title of the longest-running annual rodeo in Canada. It is held each year, the second weekend in July.
Rodeo Ranch Museum
The Rodeo Ranch Museum features exhibits about the cowboys and ranchers who settled the area in the 1880s. Exhibits include photographs, pioneer, rodeo and Western artifacts.
Wood Mountain Post Historic Park
Also known as Wood Mountain Post Provincial Park, the Historic Park is a partially restored 1870s post of the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP). The two post buildings include displays about the history of the NWMP and its activities in the area, as well as the history of the Sioux tribe members and its chief medicine man, Sitting Bull, who came to the area after the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn.
A monument to Sitting Bull is located on a hill in the Regional Park.
The Historic Park is administered by the provincial parks board and tourism, and is located near the Regional Park at 49°19′00″N 106°22′30″W / 49.31667°N 106.37500°W.
Area description
Wood Mountain Hills 49°14′00″N 106°30′00″W / 49.23333°N 106.50000°W is a large upland area just east of the East Block of the Grasslands National Park in southern Saskatchewan, which covers hundreds of square kilometers.
External links
References
- ^ "Wood Mountain Regional Park". Canadian Geographical Names Database. Government of Canada. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
- ^ Saskatchewan Regional Parks Association. "Wood Mountain Regional Park". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 27 April 2007.