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	Canadian Geographic Magazine: Maps, Travel, Photography, Geography Contests, and Canadian Geographic Magazine ...
		Cypress Hills is the highest Canadian land elevation east of the Rockies and west of Labrador.
		The plateau of the Cypress Hills area is what’s known as an erosional plateau because it was formed first by millions of years of sedimentary deposits, then by millions of years of erosion.
		Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, established in 1989, merged the adjoining provincial parks in Saskatchewan and Alberta.
	www.canadiangeographic.ca /snapshots/Cypress_Hills (2194 words)

	Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park
		Located in the CYPRESS HILLS, Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park straddles the Alberta-Saskatchewan border 65 km north of the Canada-US border.
		Responding to the Cypress Hills Massacre of 1873, the NORTH-WEST MOUNTED POLICE established Fort Walsh in 1875.
		On the Alberta side of the park, facilities are centred on Elkwater Lake, 65 km southeast of Medicine Hat.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?Params=A1ARTA0002098 (367 words)

	Virtual Saskatchewan - Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park
		Cypress Hills park — Canada’s first interprovincial park — is divided into two sections: the centre block, where the amenities and most of the campgrounds are located; and the west block, an undeveloped wilderness area adjacent to Fort Walsh National Historic Site.
		The infamous Cypress Hills Massacre, in which several dozen Assiniboia men, women and children were slaughtered by a group of "wolfers" who wrongly suspected the Indians of stealing ponies, occurred in what’s now the west block of the park.
		Cypress Hills Provincial Park can be enjoyed not only for what it is, a vibrant and verdant oasis that beckons exploration and recreation, but also for what it was.
	www.virtualsk.com /current_issue/lodgepole_legacy.html (1432 words)

	Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, Canada
		Cypress Hills Provincial Park - access to which is by way of the Buffalo Trail (Highway 40) - lies about 60 km (37 mi.) south-east of Medicine Hat by the TransCanada Highway.
		The hills rising 500 m (1640 ft) above the flat surrounding countryside represent an eco-system which is unusual for this part of Canada, and the vegetation is somewhat reminiscent of Alpine regions.
		these hills provided a refuge for many species of animals threatened by the increasing numbers of settlers on the plains; the last bison was shot here in 1882, the last puma in 1912 and the last wolf in 1925.
	www.planetware.com /canada/cypress-hills-interprovincial-park-cdn-ab-abch.htm (411 words)

	PALLISER'S COUNTRY: Dark Sky Preserve
		Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park is the first provincial park in both Saskatchewan and Alberta to be officially recognized as a Dark Sky Preserve.
		Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park is one of the most popular tourism attractions n southwest Saskatchewan and southeast Alberta and has a $50 million combined economic impact on the local economies every year.
		Cypress Hills was established as a provincial park in Saskatchewan in 1931, as a provincial park in Alberta in 1951, as an interprovincial park in 1989, and as a Dark Sky Preserve in 2004.
	www.eidnet.org /local/grassland/dark.htm (750 words)

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		The Cypress HIlls is a forest plateau up to 600 m higher than the surrounding plains and covering 2500 sq.
		The Cypress Hills in an island of forest in the dry prairies.
		Covering 20,250 hectares (50,000 acres), Cypress Hills Provincial Park reaches an elevation of 1466 meters at the highest point known as the Head of the Mountain.
	www.uleth.ca /vft/cypresshills/park.html (508 words)

	Southwest region, Southwest sSaskatchewan, Celebrating Saskatchewan's Heritage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Grasslands National Park preserves a wide expanse of the broad Frenchman River Valley, along with weathered buttes and badlands, untouched native prairie, and grassland flora and fauna.
		A highlight is Fort Walsh in the Cypress Hills, originally a Mounted Police post that was established in 1875 to ensure peaceful settlement and to control the illegal whisky trade.
		Among the city’s attractions are the parks of the picturesque Wakamow Valley, 36 giant outdoor murals that vividly portray Moose Jaw’s past, and the Tunnels of Moose Jaw tours, relating the city’s early rum-running days, infamous underground activities, and the tale of Chinese immigrants’ persecution in Canada.
	olc.spsd.sk.ca /de/saskatchewan100/southwestregion.html (1429 words)

	Calgary's Attractions in Nearby Communities: Cypress Hills
		Cypress County covers the corner of Alberta southeast of CFB Suffield including around Medicine Hat and the Cypress Hills.
		Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, is a large park that protects unique environment that straddles the Alberta and Saskatchewan boundary.
		The Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park began as a forest reserve in 1906, that was expanded in 1910 to cover its present area of 1,300 square kilometres.
	calgary.foundlocally.com /Travel/Near-CypressHills.htm (525 words)

	Ontario - Parks
		The Battlefords Provincial Park (386-2212) is considered one of the recreational jewels of the province.
		Farther off the beaten track, the park is noted for several good canoe routes and hiking trails that provide access to bird and plant life: bird enthusiasts, for instance, come to glimpse Canada's second-largest colony of American white pelicans, who nest on Lavallee Lake.
		The park is most famous, however, for wise old Archibald Bellaney, an Englishman who came here in 1931, took the name of Grey Owl, and lived on a remote lake.
	www.ulyssesguides.com /loa/sask/sask/sask_parks.htm (888 words)

	Saskatchewan NDP - Articles
		The harvesting is part of the park's forest and fire management objectives and is in accordance with the recommendations of the forest and fire management plan.
		The park's forest management plans are developed in consultation with stakeholders and the public, including park users, area residents and the Cypress Hills park advisory committee.
		Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park is located in southwestern Saskatchewan, approximately 30 kilometres south of Maple Creek.
	ndpcaucus.sk.ca /topics/read.php3/491.html (571 words)

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		We rode back down the hill and located the trail we were originally looking for (a group of riders went passed on the other side of the road).
		It is important to note that the 30 Km of designated hiking and equestrian trails in the Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park West Block have been developed and are maintained by the Boy Scouts Wilderness Rendevous Group and Saskatchewan Parks and Renewable Resources.
		The first day in the park, the Ranger informed us that it is very hard to get lost in the park even though there are 50 some odd sections of land in the West Block.
	www.muletrader.ca /trail.htm (3160 words)

	Cypress Hills Golf Course, Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park - SaskGolfer.com Featured Course
		Canada's first interprovincial park with 1,436 m altitude has some of the highest hills east of the Rockies.
		The Cypress Park Resort Inn, located near the core area, is the southwest's premier four-season accommodation for retreats, conferences, reunions and weddings.
		Cypress Hills Golf Course is located only a few kilometers from the core area of Cypress Hills Park which offers a variety of facilities and great recreation opportunities.
	www.saskgolfer.com /cypress (273 words)

	Virtual Saskatchewan - T.rex Plus
		And the Cypress Hills area about an hour to the west is prime prospecting territory for fossils of the mammals that replaced the dinosaurs when they became extinct.
		Fallout from this 'extinction event' is visible as whitish clay patches punctuating the hills of the Frenchman River Valley around Eastend.
		The facility housing him is lodged in the side of a hill on the north bank of the Frenchman River Valley, its low-profile façade overlooking the town.
	www.virtualsk.com /current_issue/dino2.html (888 words)

	Fort Walsh National Historic Park, Canada
		Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, 55 km SW of Maple Creek.
		The first thing to do on arriving in the park is to call at the Visitor Reception Center.
		Here in the large gallery an exhibition illustrates the highlights of the region's rich history, such as the Mounted Police, the people of the plains, the fur and whisky traders, government expeditions and the town of Fort Walsh.
	www.planetware.com /canada/fort-walsh-national-historic-park-cdn-sk-skfw.htm (520 words)

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		Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park has been called “an oasis in the desert”.
		Rising out of the flat prairie this park is a lush forested plateau up to 600m (1800 feet) higher than surrounding plains.
		The Saskatchewan and Alberta Cypress Hills Parks together formed the first Interprovincial Park in Canada in 1989.
	www.albertabirds.com /wildwest/cypresshills1.htm (215 words)

	Marcel Granger — Cypress Hills Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		striking geological anomaly on the flat plains, the Cypress Hills are located in the extreme southwestern part of Saskatchewan and in adjacent southeastern Alberta.
		The «hills» are actually part of a dissected, flattopped plateau.
		Formed as a Saskatchewan Provincial Park in 1931, it became part of Canada's first interprovincial park when Saskatchewan and Alberta signed an agreement in 1989 designating the two parks as one.
	www.lino.com /~marcelg/pc_sk_an.htm (169 words)

	PALLISER'S COUNTRY: In the News
		Work is continuing on Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park's new $3.6 million visitor information centre adjacent to Elkwater Landing grocery store along the park's main drive.
		The proponent has asked to install turbines on a wide swath of land near Cypress Hills Provincial Park, but the details are still not known.
		The County of Cypress has been placed in the awkward position of ruling on an incomplete proposal, and possibly reversing their earlier decision to protect a buffer area around the Hills from industrial development.
	www.eidnet.org /local/grassland/news.htm (1553 words)

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		So the Cypress Hills are different from the surrounding plains in that they have been less intensively eroded.
		The Cypress Hills are composed of many layers of sedimentary rocks where each layer is called a formation (formed at a different time and under different conditions).
		"Capping the summit surface is a formation known as the Cypress Hills conglomerate, a mass of rounded pebbles and cobbles of variable thickness carried eastward in early and middle Tertiary time by streams originating in the ancient Rockies" (Beaty, 1975).
	www.uleth.ca /vft/cypresshills/geo.html (447 words)

	Welcome to Windspeaker's Guide to Indian Country - 2001.
		Nekaneet and Carry the Kettle each have a member of their band on staff in the interpretive program and plans are in place for summer students from each of the First Nations to work with and mentor the interpreters.
		The Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park has already successfully piloted two educational programs with students from the Maple Creek area, and is getting ready for an influx of school groups before summer holidays.
		At the other end of the province, the Meadow Lake Provincial Park and the Waterhen Lake First Nation are co-operating with the provincial and federal governments to bring the interpretive program to their northern park.
	www.ammsa.com /guide/GIC01-saskatchewan.html (441 words)

	Welcome to Windspeaker's Guide to Indian Country - 2005.
		For thousands of years, the Cypress Hills in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan have been a gathering place for Aboriginal people.
		The annual event, organized by the Miywasin Society of Aboriginal Services in Medicine Hat, is a celebration of the rich history of the Cypress Hills area, and of the culture and heritage of the Aboriginal groups that have a strong connection to this sacred place.
		Staff from area parks and heritage sites will also be providing their services as interpreters during History in the Hills.
	www.ammsa.com /guide/GIC05-Centennial.html (793 words)

	Spring Valley Guest Ranch - Area Attractions
		They mistook the lodgepole pines for the cypress or jack pine of eastern Canada.
		Encompassing both the park and private ranch lands, the Cypress Hills is a world of high forested hills, panoramic views, quiet valleys and cool clean air.
		During its short but colourful existence, Fort Walsh helped bring law and order to the West and the stamp of Canadian sovereignty to a vast territory that was then the topic of annexation among some American politicians.
	www.springvalleyguestranch.com /attractions.htm (180 words)

	ZoomInfo Web Summary: Brad Mason (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Park Managers Brad Mason (CHIPP SK), Rick Goett (CHIPP SK), Julie MacDougall (CHIPP AB) and David Rohatensky (Ft. Walsh) are delighted at the declaration and look forward to protecting their natural dark skies environmentally, historically and culturally for park visitors to enjoy.
		Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park superintendent Brad Mason does not discount the value of interpretive programming to the park.
		Cypress Hills Park Manager Brad Mason did more than coordinate the star party and the monument dedication, he used his woodworking skills in its manufacture.
	www.zoominfo.com /directory/Mason_Brad_232221186.htm (266 words)

	Environment #05-780 - CYPRESS HILLS INTERPROVINCIAL PARK CELEBRATES SASKATCHEWAN CENTENNIAL - Government News Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		During centennial celebrations at Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, Environment Minister David Forbes unveiled three Centenary plaques to recognize the province's $267,000 investment in the park.
		Saskatchewan's provincial parks celebrate our diverse natural and cultural heritage and are an important legacy for future generations.
		Each park highlights specific natural or historic features and offers a range of recreational and educational opportunities.
	www.gov.sk.ca /newsrel/releases/2005/08/26-780.html (263 words)

	ongoing · FSS: Cypress Hills Again
		Friday Slide Scan #24 is a shot that should have appeared in FSS #6: Cypress Hills; it caught my eye when I was going through the files and it is, if you like the Prairies, just too pretty to skip.
		I suppose I should, as with that other picture, plug Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park on the Alberta-Saskatchewan border, a wonderful place.
		Half an hour later I came over the edge of those long slow Prairie hills, and not too far in front of me was a fl camper being followed pretty close by a patrol car, both going pretty slow.
	www.tbray.org /ongoing/When/200x/2006/02/24/FSS (596 words)

	Cypress Hills Provincial Park , Maple Creek SK, Canada
		It's Cypress Hills; Canada's first interprovincial park - straddling the Saskatchewan/Alberta border.
		Enjoy a world of high forested hills, panoramic views, quiet valleys and cool clean air...
		With information on Provincial, Marine and National Parks and an extensive list of services you will find it easy to navigate through Canada's recreational activities both locally and across the country.
	www.playday.com /ShowAccount.asp?Account=CYPHPP (161 words)

	Top of the World Challenge—The Summit of Saskatchewan
		Elevations in the Cypress Hills are comparable to Banff, Alberta in the Rocky Mountains and some of the flora and fauna are characteristic of those found hundreds of kilometres away in the foothills of the Rockies.
		The Cypress Hills are this way because the glaciers that scoured the central plains of North America left this region untouched.
		On a hot Friday, August 24, 2001 my spouse, Jennifer, and I headed for the hills – Cypress Hills, that is. As we traveled farther south and east in Alberta, we began to understand the concern of rancher Ross Bierbach.
	www.arsqrp.com /ars/pages/back_issues/2001_text/1101_text/sas_tow.html (1702 words)

	Saskatchewan Summer Star Party 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		This is a beautiful park, nested in Lodgepole pines on a butte that reaches 1460 meters above sea level, and is the highest point in Canada between the Rockies and Labrador.
		Historical weather maps published by Jay Anderson in the RASC ObserverÍs Handbook indicate that the area around Cypress Hills has the best chance for clear skies (less than 30 percent mean nighttime cloud cover) in July and August compared to any other site in Canada.
		The park is very modern and well equipped for families of tired astronomers.
	duke.usask.ca /~ges125/rasc/sssp2004.html (798 words)

	Visions Aboriginal Health Resource Directory
		History in the Hills is a collaborative partnership that comes together to celebrate Aboriginal culture from an historic perspective in the beautiful Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park - Alberta.
		She opens her presentation with a traditional Nakoda song and speaks about the Nakoda people in the Cypress Hills area.
		The Park staff will highlight the importance of the land and it’s bounty and what they are doing today to preserve and promote environmental harmony and respect.
	www.visions.ab.ca /content/conferences/historyinthehills06.asp (1362 words)

	Club Photo Gallery - Regina Centre
		Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park (CHIPP) is now the largest Dark-Sky Preserve in Canada with a total of 39,600 hectares (97,800 acres).
		The signing took place as part of the Canadian Parks Council Conference, where about 70 park managers from all across Canada and the northwest U.S. were in attendance to witness this historical event.
		Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park West Block was host to a special event for the Canadian Parks Council Conference.
	www.ras.sk.ca /lpc/dsp/dsp.htm (813 words)

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