Page 169 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Canada
P. 169
Giant pysanka at Vegreville,
the largest such sculpture
in the world
(48km) Dinosaur Trail
through the “Valley of the
Dinosaurs.” The loop passes
the Royal Tyrrell Museum,
takes in stunning views of the
badlands landscape from
highpoints such as Horse shoe
Canyon, and leads to
intriguing rock hoodoos.
Dinosaur Trail
n Drumheller; www.
traveldrumheller.com
SHOP
Elliot Home
and Lifestyle
An attractive gift the Cypress Hills Interprovincial
shop selling locally 15 Park offers fine views of the
made ceramics, Vegreville plains from its 5000ft
textiles, and body (1500m) high peaks. The
care products. @ n Hwy 16A E; www. park’s landscape is similar
⌂ 462 4th St SE, vegreville.com to the foothills of the Rocky
Medicine Hat Along the Yellowhead Hwy, Mountains, with its lodgepole
¢ Sun & Mon east of Edmonton, lies the pine forests and abundant
∑ shopelliot.com predomi nantly Ukrainian town wildflowers. Walking trails
of Vegreville. Its community is offer visitors the chance to see
Inspire Studio, famous for producing tradi moose, elk, and whitetailed
Gallery, and Café tionally Ukrainian, highly deer, as well as the many
A cozy café, with local decorated Easter eggs (or species of bird that stop here
art for sale displayed on pysanky). Visible from the road during migration, such as the
the shelves and walls. is a giant pysanka covered with rare trumpeter swan and
⌂ 675 2nd St SE, intricate bronze, gold, and mountain chickadee.
Medicine Hat silver designs that tells the In the eastern section of
¢ Sun ∑ inspire story of the region’s Ukrainian the park, in Saskatchewan,
art.ca settlers, and cele brates their Fort Walsh National Historic
faith, bountiful harvests, and Site houses a reconstruction
Medalta Potteries the protection they received of Fort Walsh, which was built
National Historic Site from the RCMP. The egg is 23 ft in 1875 by the Mounties to
After browsing the (7 m) high, and is made of over keep out the illicit whisky
museum here, you 3,500 pieces of aluminum. traders who were causing
can buy replica trouble among the Aboriginal
Medalta ware on-site, population. Costumed guides
including the iconic 16 relate the history of the North
bean pots. Cypress Hills West Mounted Police.
⌂ 713 Medalta Interprovincial Park
Ave SE, Medicine Hat Fort Walsh
¢ Sun & Mon ⌂ Hwy 41 # Daily National Historic Site
∑ medalta.org ∑ cypresshills.com " § (306) 662 2645
# Mid-May–Jun & Sep:
Straddling the border between 9:30am–5pm Tue–Sat; Jul &
Saskatchewan and Alberta, Aug: 9:30am–5pm daily
169
168-169_EW_Canada.indd 169 28/01/2019 14:44
