Riding Mountain National Park

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Riding Mountain National Park
In Riding Mountain National Park
In Riding Mountain National Park
Riding Mountain National Park (Canada)
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Coordinates: 50 ° 51 ′ 50 ″  N , 100 ° 2 ′ 10 ″  W.
Location: Manitoba , Canada
Next city: dauphin
Surface: 2976 km²
Founding: 1933 ( national park )
1986 ( biosphere reserve )
Visitors: 355,523 (2016/2017)
Address: Riding Mountain National Park
Wasagaming, Manitoba
Canada
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The east entrance to the park
The east entrance to the park
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The Riding Mountain National Park ( English Riding Mountain National Park of Canada , French Parc national du Canada du Mont-Riding ) is a national park in Canada's province of Manitoba with an area of ​​2973 km².

The park is located approximately 30 kilometers south of the city of Dauphin and can be reached via Canada Highway No. 10, which runs directly through the park. The terrain of the wooded park with numerous lakes differs significantly from the prairie landscape of Manitoba. When it was founded, people spoke of the “island of wilderness in the ocean from farmland”, without mentioning that the park was still inhabited by Indians who were expelled in 1936. Riding Mountain was founded in 1986 as a biosphere reserve of UNESCO proposed and accepted.

As early as 1919 a site was sought in the east of Manitoba to set up a nature park. The Riding Mountain Forest Reserve became a protected area in 1929. Riding Mountain National Park was officially opened in 1933 after the provincial government decided that there should be only one national park in Manitoba. The competing Whiteshell Park therefore became a provincial park. In 1936 the Keeseekoowenin Ojibway Band was forced to leave the park area. The responsible Department of Indian Affairs agreed, as a life in the rich "wilderness" was contrary to his concept of assimilation through farm work. The Keeseekoowenin watched as park workers burned down their homes.

During the Second World War were between 1943 and 1945 here 450 German prisoners of war in North Africa in captivity were advised interned and used as a lumberjack. The soldiers were released to Germany in November 1945.

In addition to moose , wolves , black bears , elk deer and a large number of other animal species, a large herd of bison lives in a large open enclosure in the park .

In the south of the park is the small town of Wasagaming. This is where the only shops on the park area and a visitor center can be found.

There are six campsites in the park. The offer for tourists is rich: fishing, horse riding, hiking and cycling are just some of the possibilities the park offers.

The Wasagamack Indian Reservation, which is home to Ojibway Indians, borders the southern edge of the park .

The province's oldest archaeological artifacts have been found in the park area. They are around 11,500 years old.

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  1. ↑ UNESCO Biosphere Reserves. Riding Mountain. In: Ecological Sciences for Sustainable Development. UNESCO , accessed April 11, 2013 .
  2. ↑ John Sandlos: Not Wanted in the Boundary: The Expulsion of the Keeseekoowenin Ojibway band from Riding Mountain National Park , in: The Canadian Historical Review 89/2 (June 2008) 189-221.
  3. ^ Gary Adams: Riding Mountain National Park , Manitoba Archaeological Quarterly 9/3 (July 1985) 70-74