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2018
The South Country Recreation
Area Tourism Guide
Rockglen
The Beautifully Natural, Naturally Beautiful
Heart of the South Country Recreation Area
Visit us online at www.rockglentourism.com
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2018 Events Calendar 2018 Events Calendar
MARCH 15 ood Mountain Lakota Pow Wow, Lakota
W
23 2019 Borderland Bull Sale Community Centre
21 Mud Bog Races at Rockin Beach
APRIL
27-29 14th Annual Gateway Festival
09-12 Borderland Music Workshops, Rockglen
Bengough
MAY
18 Wood Mountain Regional Park Rodeo AUGUST
Ranch Museum opens 2-5 Rockglen High School Reunion for Grade
9-12 students < 1970
18 Grasslands National Park opens
TBA Rockglen/Wood Mountain High School
19 Beyond the Big Dipper – Royal Rodeo
Astronomical Society, Rock Creek 10-12 Mossbank Old Wives Lake Festival, Trade
Campgrounds Show, Tours etc.
25 Rockglen Visitor Center Opens - 15-19 Fossil Fever, East Block, GNP
Doughgod Day 18 Badlands Blast, East Block, GNP
25 Rockglen High School Graduation TBA High School Rodeo, Big Beaver
27 Annual Minor Ball Tournament 22 Mossbank Apple Pie Day + Glo ‘N Swim
Bengough 31 Rockglen Tourism’s Doughgod Day!
JUNE SEPTEMBER
01 South Country Senior Fun Games, 03 Rockglen Visitor Center Closes
Rockglen 03 Wood Mountain Regional Park closes
14 Bengough Annual Corn Fest
09 Arts In The Park - w/ Pancake breakfast
23 United Church Fall Supper
09 Ag. Society Home Fair, Bengough TBA McCord Trade Fair
16 4th Annual Rockglen Business 28 Annual Culture Days, Bengough Museum
Association Shine & Dine + Variety Foods 29 Rummage Sale, Killdeer Hall
17 EMS Team Roping Event, Bengough
16-17 St. Victor Biker Boogie NOVEMBER
22-23 Gravelbourg Summer Solstice Festival 04 Variety Supper, Killdeer Hall
d’Ete 14 Sale of All Sorts, Rockglen
30 Mossbank Show & Shine
DECEMBER
JULY 01 Rockglen Festival of Lights & Santa Day
Parade
01 Canada Day Birthday Party at the
Rockglen Visitor Center
01 Assiniboia Demo Derby
01 Mossbank Canada Day, Baseball, Tours &
Blacksmithing Demo
01 Gathering of Wood Mountain Wagon
Train at Rockglen
6-9 Wood Mountain 129th Stampede
11 The Great Canopus Pig Roast
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The Heartland Heritage Highway
Having trouble deciding whatever the name, from people as they discuss there is a modern bathroom
what to do for holidays the earliest times it was their every-day ranch in the nearby hall. The
this year? If traveling in used because of its of experiences. various attractions are run
heavy traffic over endless beautiful scenery, bountiful As you drive eastward, the by volunteers.
miles of flatland isn’t too game and shelter. short side trip to McCord is One of the historic markers
attractive, experience a If you’re coming from the well worth your time. The that mark the NWMP Trail
relaxing holiday on a road west, turn right off of the village lies just south of that ran between Wood
less travelled. Experience Trans- Canada Highway at Highway #18 and a couple Mountain and Fort Walsh
seeing eons of geological Swift Current onto Highway of kilometers north of the to the west can be seen
history unfold in front of #4 south and begin your historic Fort Walsh – Wood beside the R.M gravel road
your eyes, explore dinosaur Heritage Highway tour on Mountain, or NWMP Trail. just south of McCord. The
digs and see some of the Highway #18. The Museum is a ‘must see’ Trail was actually part of
most unusual and beautiful Your first stop should be attraction with a superb the Old Traders Road that
scenery in Saskatchewan. Tourism’s Visitor Centre collection of memorabilia. was the main trail for First
below It’s
willwhat
pointwe youoffer on a in the attractive village of With commendable Nation and Metis hunters
leisurely drive across Val Marie. Take their tour foresight, the village has set long before it was used by
o some of the onlocal
Saskatchewan Highway of the West Block of the up their Museum in what is the N.W. Mounted Police
#18,
attractions. The
Be sure Heartland Grasslands National Park. likely the best-preserved and the early settlers.
Heritage Highway. You’ll be impressed by 1928 CPR Railway Station in After traveling eastward
o stop The
when you see
Heartland Heritage the buffalo, black tailed the Province, complete with through pleasant farming
one as they will bemost
Highway is the prairie dogs and other a caboose and hand car, country and through
southern highway across wild animals living in the bridge timber platform and Glentworth, you’ll soon
m a r kthei n g
Province t hparallels
and e Park and be captivated by an old X railway crossing pass the Village of Wood
a historic that
attractions pioneeraretrail that its rugged badlands and sign. Each room is Mountain and enter the
over the years has been endless grasslands. furnished much as it would Wood Mountain Uplands
described
called ‘The onOld the Trader’s On down the road around have been in earlier days at the old Wood Mountain
Road” or
Touring Rockglenʼ “The Boundary Mankota lies cowboy and two genuine original Regional Park.
Commission Road” or the country -- the real one, not CPR privies are located History lives at Wood
page. “NWMP Trail,” depending the rhinestone one -- where west of the station building, Mountain. It was a trading
Enjoywhothewas worldusingthat
it. But, you can visit with real ranch ‘though for visitors use post as early as 1845, a
was. The Aboriginal
People, Metis and
pioneers made their
own trails. So take
he back roads and
ake your time. After
all, it is a vacation! 3
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The Heartland Heritage Highway (Continued)
supply depot for the Border Park. guided tour of the Effie such historic outlaws as
Commission party, the first The Park is worth a visit Mattson Nature Walk and Sitting Bull, Butch Cassidy,
building purchased by the at any time but if you rent Archeological Centre Dutch Henry and Sam Kelly.
NWMP on their long trek a Cabin or even a tipi and with its locally discovered The rugged landscape
west and the command post spend a night camped out Miocene fossils. Enjoy served as the starting
adjacent to Sitting Bull’s in the Killdeer Badlands, the small-town ambiance, point for the Outlaw Trail
main encampment during you’ll be amazed. As you the Art Galleries, eating from Canada to Mexico, so
the stay of the Lakota in gaze up at more stars than establishments and other the real stories of the area
Canada, with both Walsh you ever thought existed, businesses, then hike the are both interesting and
and Sitting Bull spending listening to the coyotes and rugged Burning Hills and unpredictable.
considerable time there. In knowing there are a very Yost Wildlife Hike. You’ll You shouldn’t leave
1885 it was a major NWMP few people within miles want to take photos of the Highway #18 before
Post during the North West of you, you will feel at one beautiful views they present stopping at Big Beaver
Rebellion, keeping Metis with the universe and be to prove to doubters that to visit Aust’s ‘50’s style
from the U.S.A. from coming better able to understand Saskatchewan really isn’t Department store that’s
north to join the Rebellion. it’s significance to Canada’s all flat! Best of all, if you are been featured on CBC
It is also the site of the aboriginals. here on July 1st you can join television, Maclean’s
oldest continuous Rodeo in Then it’s on east to the Wood Mountain Wagon Magazine and the Western
Canada. Rockglen, the Heart of the Train and experience a Producer. Their well-
You can explore our South Country Recreation week of true ‘old west’ living. deserved motto is “If we
history at the Rodeo Ranch Area. Park your rig at the To complete your South don’t have it, you don’t
Museum, turn the kids loose Rockglen Visitor Centre Country Recreation Area need it!” It truly is a blast
for a swim in the heated and visit with the helpful visit, stop at Coronach fifty from the past that will bring
Olympic size swimming staff about Oliver, the metal km. east and schedule a back fond memories.
pool and after a bite to eat art Mastodont that stands tour of the Poplar River You may head back for
at the Concession Booth beside the building. Have Mine and Power Station or ‘civilization’ by Hwy. #34
you can enjoy the wooded a coffee on the wheel-chair of the Big Muddy Badlands. north through the Big Muddy
valleys before you continue accessible deck, make use Rich in history, the wild and Valley to Bengough, home
southward to the East Block of their laundry facilities broken land of deeply cut of the Gateway Festival,
of the Grasslands National or take an educational ravines, weathered buttes or continue east along
and eroded sandstone of the Heartland Heritage
the Big Muddy Badlands Highway to Highway #6
whisper their secrets north to Regina. Either way,
from generations past; you’ll take along special
indigenous people, cattle moments of the heart that
rustling and visits from you’ll treasure for a lifetime.
The Old Trader’s Road
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McCord and District
McCord is located ¾ km. Street. There are places to so it is best to phone ahead orful display, or as they say
south of Highway #18, but a sit, visit or have a picnic. to arrange a visit. “a maze of quilts,” besides
visit is well worth the short There’s also playground McCord continues to be which they have some his-
detour. equipment for children, an an active community as can toric quilts in the museum.
Here, you can easily step exercise machine for adults be judged by last year’s To Contact the Museum,
back in time to the days and horseshoe pits that can Quilts in the Park activity at phone (306) 478-2522,
of the 1930’s or 40’s when be used for exercise or a which there were about 189 (306) 478-2559 or (306)
the railway station was the little competition. Walk the quilted items. Quite a col- 478- 2535.
center of communication, paths and admire the wood-
industry and travel with carvings, flowers and native
people and goods coming plant garden.
and going from there to all There are several markers
parts of the world. in the area around McCord,
The former 1928 CPR Sta- marking the historic NWMP
tion is now an excellent Trail that ran from Wood
Museum that is fully fur- Mountain to Fort Walsh in
nished with railway arti- the west. The trail is a part of
facts, household objects, the Old Trader’s Road that
tools, livestock gear and was an early super highway
items from area businesses. for First Nation and Metis
Autographed quilts, books, people before it was ever
photos and maps help to used by the N.W. Mounted
tell the stories of the many Police and early settlers.
people that once lived in In the 1960’s markers were
the area. Each room in the put up by Saskatchewan
station is furnished much History and Folklore Soci-
like it would have been ety almost every mile along
in earlier days, though the NWMP Trail and several
the waiting room now is a of them can be seen near
kitchen, and the former tiny the R.M gravel road that
kitchen is a library area. A goes west to Mankota south
1972 caboose, likely one of McCord.
of the last cabooses made, Sometimes you can find a
rests on a short track. Two guide at the local store on
original CPR privies are short notice, but the Mc-
located west of the station Cord and District Museum
building though there is a is operated by volunteers,
modern bathroom in the
hall nearby for visitors use.
A Park, that was built by
seniors and the commu-
nity and officially opened
in 2010, beautifies Main
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Exciting Developments in the East Block of
Grasslands National Park!
Come visit our brand-new that will run between the Colin Schmidt (East Block) - (306)
Rock Creek Campground, park’s east boundary and Product Development 476-2018 - May 1st to
located on the edge of the the escarpment, providing Officer Thanksgiving weekend
East Block south of Wood amazing scenery while Grasslands National Park - Main Visitor Centre (Val
Mountain and west of carefully navigating of Canada Marie) - (306) 298-2257 -
Killdeer. This is the perfect through archaeological Box 150 May 1st to Thanksgiving
place to launch your concerns and sensitive Val Marie, SK S0N 2T0 weekend (seven days a
adventure, whether that habitat. The road is being Contact: week), Monday to Friday
is hiking, photography, designed and built for - McGowan Visitor Centre the rest of the year
horseback riding, family bicycles, cars, recreational
camping, sightseeing or vehicles and tour buses.
simply hanging by the We appreciate the
creek for a lazy Sunday ongoing support of our
afternoon. regional neighbors and
The campground has stakeholders, who again
been fully renovated expressed their support
with several significant during a site-review
additions. There are now meeting (fall 2015), as well
24 finished sites with full as the advice and guidance
electrical power at every of those who live and work
site, regardless of your adjacent to the project.
type of equipment. Potable These various projects,
water service will soon combined with the
be in service at various inspiring guided
stations throughout the programs and special
campground. Each site has events, have “opened the
brand-new, sturdy picnic door” to the beauty and
tables and fire rings. There magic of the East Block.
are an additional eight sites Please visit us in 2018 to
with new canvas wall tents enjoy the park, partake
known as oTENTiks - Parks in programs and events
Canada’s unique style of and observe the latest
camping accommodation. developments.
These are ideal for several
adults, families with small
kids or seniors looking for
a little bit more ‘comfort’ in
their camping experience. Fossil Fever: A Badlands Dig Badlands Blast
August 18, 2018
For the next phase, we Exclusive and Extreme 2:00 p.m. East Block
Dig into an extravaganza of fossil fun for all and hop on
expect to build a new August 15 -19, 2018
the wagon to view the badlands! Come for the day, stay
Uncover secrets of the past in the rugged badlands
shower building this of the Grasslands National Park East Block with the for the weekend.
Royal Saskatchewan Museum Paleo team.
construction season, to be 2:00 p.m. Kids Pavillion & Wagon Tours commence
ready for the 2019 season. Lunch and shuttle included. (tours on the hour)
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. BBQ Supper
This will be the first in the 12 spots available per day. Reserve early! 7:00 p.m. “Paleontology in Grasslands” with world
park, and a much-needed Fee: $73.60 per person per day renowned Dr. Emily Bamforth.
8:00 p.m. Rock Creek Hoedown - Kick up your heels,
service for our camping bring an instrument and jam with the locals.
visitors. Special Event Fees:
$22.00 / adult $10.80 / youth $54.80 / family
Also, stay tuned for Supper included in event fees.
developments regarding
a Badlands Scenic For more information and to register:
Viewpoint Road. We hope 306-476-2018
to begin construction this
parkscanada.gc.ca/grasslands
fall on a 10.7 km road
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Wood Mountain Post Regional Park
The Regional Park is a ranch lore, the histories of Across the creek from 1874 and was headquarters
great place for families local pioneer families and the swimming pool is the for Inspector Walsh in
to relax and enjoy the exhibits of early ranch life, site of the Wood Mountain 1878/9 during the Lakota
summer-- you can book fully researched by the Post Provincial Park, which refugees stay in Canada.
swimming lessons at the Wood Mountain Historical is historically one of the The Post was quarters for
Swimming pool, explore Society. Rodeo fans will most important Police Posts as many as 41 North West
among the trees of the enjoy the rich history of in Saskatchewan and the Mounted Police as they
creek and enjoy the the cowboys who made oldest Post in the South monitored the Border to
morning serenade of the ranching development Country Recreation Area. prevent American Metis
resident birds that will help possible. They did the Situated on the Old Trader’s from coming north to join
you unravel the stresses of manual labor – the broke Road that was in use the North West Rebellion
travel. The Park has lots of the horses, rode and roped, throughout the mid 1800’s, in 1885 and remained open
R.V. parking, an Olympic herded cattle, put up hay, it was the site of a Trading to provide Immigration and
sized, heated swimming fenced the range and fed Post as early as 1845. In quarantine services until
pool, a Concession booth the cattle in winter - all 1874 the local Trading 1919 when the Province set
in Centennial Hall and the things that make a Post was used as a Supply up their own police force.
the famed Rodeo Ranch ranch function. The Rodeo Depot for Her Majesty’s All this and much more
Museum. It’s also home of Ranch Museum also has a North American Boundary is at your fingertips in the
the historic Wood Mountain large collection of original Commission when they Rodeo Ranch Museum and
Rodeo, the longest saddles, bridles, hats, surveyed the Canadian Regional Park.
continuously running chaps, hackamores and Border at the 49th parallel. The Museum is open from
Rodeo in the West, which ropes, together with the That building was the first May 18th to September 3rd
will be holding its 129th stories and pictures of the one purchased by the and can be contacted by
event from July 6th to 9th many local and regional NWMP on their trip west in calling 1-306 266-4859.
this year. cowboys who have won
Your children can also fame as ropers, bronco and
enrich their knowledge of bull riders.
the history of the settling The NWMP Post at Old
of the West by visiting the Wood Mountain was only
Rodeo Ranch Museum three miles from the main
adjacent to the swimming encampment of Sitting Bull
pool. Outside the main and the refugee Lakota
building there is an people during their stay in
adobe Metis House and a Canada, so the Museum’s
Heritage House, furnished Lakota history section has
with tools and appliances an excellent arrowhead
from the 19th and early and beadwork collection,
20th centuries, along with artwork, moccasins and
wagons and other tools and history display. While
machines appropriate for you’re there, climb the hill
the era. behind the museum and
The Museum contains visit the Cairn erected to
many displays of early commemorate Sitting Bull.
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The Wood Mountain Wagon Train
After the Boundary to establish the smaller with the Wood Mountain by Trail Boss Teresa
Commission finished ranches and farms of today. Wagon Train! Broeder, who has years of
surveying the 49th Parallel, This summer our heritage This year on July 1st 2018, experience guiding wagon
the land was surveyed into of wagons rolling through the Wagon Train will gather trains through this historic
newly laid out townships the Uplands will happen approximately 1 mile South and beautiful countryside.
and sections. The large again as they wend their of Rockglen, SK, to set up To enjoy this true
ranching outfits like the N way from Rockglen to the base camp. Until Friday western experience,
– N that needed the open Old Post at Wood Mountain the 6th, our Wagon Train send your name, address,
cattle ranges to function for its annual Stampede. If will leave there to explore phone number and the
began to be fenced off as you’d enjoy the same fresh the rugged beauty of the number of outriders, horses
the new settlers started air, wide open spaces and surrounding hills and deep, and wagons you plan to
farms and ranches. This breathtaking views that well-treed valleys that have bring, along with a cheque
caused the big Corporate our pioneers did, grab made the Uplands a special payable to “Wood Mountain
Ranches to disappear as your gear, grease the place over the centuries. Wagon Train” to Teresa
settlers wagons continued wagon wheels and saddle Riding the prairies on Broeder, Trail Boss, Wood
rolling into the Uplands up for the time of your life horseback or in your Mountain Wagon Train, Box
wagon, you’ll see wild 1345 Assiniboia, SK S0H 0B0
life, vibrant sunsets and Single $50, Couples $80,
magnificent star-lit open or Family $100. (Requires
prairie skies that will one or both parents with
amaze you. Then on Friday children under age 18)
the 6th we will start our For more information call
trek to the historic Wood Teresa at 1 (306) 642-4073
Mountain Stampede, which or Marty at 1 (306) 642-3221
originated in 1880, making The Wood Mountain
www.gwranch.info
it the oldest continuous Wagon Train believes in
Annual Rodeo in Canada. safety, respect of the land
This authentic old west and providing a unique
adventure will be guided heritage event.
THE BROEDER FAMILY
gwranch@outlook.com
WOOD MOUNTAIN WAGON TRAIN
Gathering July 1st 2018
ASSINIBOIA, SASK 306-642-4073
~1 Mile South of
Rockglen, Sask
Contact:Teresa Broeder 306-642-4073
or Marty Kuysten 306-642-3221
Email: gwranch@outlook.com
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The 14th Annual Great Canopus Pig Roast!
Every year on the regular tourists and a bunch salads, veggies and a herd of For more information on
Wednesday preceding the of locals to turn up here to deserts. this evening of genuine
Wood Mountain Stampede, be treated to a scrumptious Supper is from 6:00 to 8:00 country style entertainment,
the Canopus Community and feast of pit-roasted pork, p.m. – bring your appetite! call Bruce at 1 (306) 476-2276.
Hall Board throw a Pig Roast,
and this year, July 11th marks
the 14th annual production of
this highly anticipated event.
It’s a chow down that brings
hungry visitors from far and
wide to sample the now
famous Canopus Country
Cuisine. Happening as it
does during the week of the
Wood Mountain Wagon Train
event, expect some hungry
wranglers along with the
The Wood Mountain Lakota First Nation
The Wood Mountain Lakota Lakota left Canada before tain, Moose Jaw, Lebret and friends and family together
First Nation is located in a or with Sitting Bull in 1881, a elsewhere. for a memorable weekend of
beautiful valley just south of remnant of about 250 Sioux On the 15th of July the Com- visiting and reminiscing.
the Village of Wood Moun- remained in Canada, eventu- munity Centre will be home Contact the Lakota Com-
tain. ally achieving what was de- to their annual Pow Wow. It munity Centre at 1 (306)
It is the only registered La- nied Sitting Bull – a home of will be special time to cele- 266-2039 for further infor-
kota First Nation in Canada their own in the Wood Moun- brate tribal customs, uniting mation.
and is home to the descen- tain Uplands. Here, they have
dants of the Lakota who came become successful ranchers,
north with Chief Sitting Bull. rodeo riders, farmers and
While the great majority of artists, living at Wood Moun-
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Rockglen is a Fully Serviced Town
• Restaurants • Visitor Center & Museum • Hardware
• Post Office • Parks & Hikes • Library
• Churches • Confectionery with ATM • Lumber Yard
• Bowling Alleys • Meat Shop • Auto & Machinery Repair
• Shopping • Rockglen Schools K-12 • Elevator and Rail Service
• Hotel • Art Galleries • Buses and Trucking
• Cabin Rentals • Curling and Hockey Rinks • Financial Services and Insurance
• Liquor Outlets • 4G Internet & Wi Fi • Seed Cleaning Plant
• RV Sites • Groceries
Located at the junction of #2 and #18 Highways,
18 Kilometers from the Montana Border.
Phone (306) 476-2144, e-mail rockglen1@sasktel.net
Heart of the Beautifully Natural, Naturally Beautiful
South Country Recreation Area
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Rockglen Visitor Center
Lying in a verdant valley mascot standing watch your rig in our R.V. Park, Provincial, National or
that was formed by two beside the Visitor Center. which is fully serviced with Regional Parks, so rent a
separate advances of the Oliver represents our rich excellent spring water, cabin and take them in
last glacier, Rockglen is Miocene Era archeological sewer, dumping station, along with our Local Tour,
historic in many senses of history that may be more 30 amp electrical service a Sitting Bull Tour, the Effie
the word. fully explored by a tour of and public washrooms -- Mattson Nature Walk and
Vestiges of the old Wood the Effie Mattson Nature complete with shower and Archeological Centre and
Mountain – Scobey and the Walk and Archeological laundry facilities. It’s close various local Hikes.
Verwood – Glasgow Trails Centre. to Main Street where you The Visitor Center is
remain here near what was Stop in for information can shop, check out local open from the Victoria
once called Valley City, about the hiking trails and art at the Gallery or the Day weekend through
reminding us that Rockglen other tourist attractions Burning Hills Restaurant, Labor Day and is staffed,
has been a crossroads for or just for a visit with the have a cool one at the Bar upgraded and maintained
travelers for well over a friendly staff. Enjoy the or top up your funds at the by volunteers.
century. Today’s vacationers sunshine with a coffee, Credit Union. You’re across We can be reached at 1
along the Heritage Highway a sundae, Pop or home the street from L & J Auto (306) 476-2002, at 1 (306)
will find many reverberations made deserts in the Coffee and just over the railway 476-7280 or on our website
of the hospitality that has Room or on our large tracks from the Co Op www.rockglentourism.com,
marked the Town throughout wheelchair accessible Service Station where you
that time. deck. A museum, craft shop can gas up before hitting
The Rockglen Visitor and railway memorabilia the trail.
Center is found on room are included for you Use our R.V. site as
Highway 18 at its junction to explore at your leisure, home base as you explore
with Highway #2. It’s so be sure to check out our South Country Recreation
housed in the original 1928 picture gallery and local Area, the countryside and
CPR Railway Station and crafty creations for a totally Grasslands National Park.
identified by Oliver, the unique gift or momento. We are no more than 35
metalwork art Mastodont We invite you to park miles from half a dozen
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Local Tour Map & GPS Locations
Rockglen Local Tours
A. YOST WILD LIFE FEDERATION HIKE
B. SOUTH HILL TOWER HEADLAND
VIEWPOINT & BURNING HILLS HIKE
C. DIPPONG HILL (WILDFLOWERS)
C. BIRDING @ FIFE LAKE NARROWS
E D. ROCKIN BEACH REGIONAL PARK
C. REUNION SITE & RV PARKING
Fife Lake E. BIRD VIEWING
F. BUFFALO JUMP
G. LISIEUX FISHING PONDS
D H. METEORITE IMPACT CRATER
I. QUANTOCK CEMETERY
K J. PATHWAYS OF PEACE LABYRINTH
K. ROCKGLEN - FULL SERVICE
- VISITOR CENTRE
- EFFIE MATTSON NATURE WALK
C - CONFERENCE CENTRES
J - MOTEL & B&B
- RV PARKING
G.P.S. Locations
Rockglen Visitor Rockin Beach Park Jct. w/ #2 to Lisieux Frenchman Road
Center 49 11ʼ 43.00” N 49 12ʼ 37.48” N Turnoff
49 10ʼ 43.53” N 105 51ʼ 27.09” W 105 57ʼ 39.94” W 49 17ʼ 27.01” N
10557ʼ01.93” W 106 04ʼ 24.65”W
Zoller Reunion Site Lisieux Trout Pond
Effie Mattson Center 49 11ʼ 55.93” N 49 16ʼ 16.55” N Turn to Meteor Crater
49 11ʼ 04.00” N 105 51ʼ 15.19” W 105 58ʼ 37.36” W 49 13ʼ 57.69” N
105 57ʼ00.34” W 106 03ʼ 44.13” W
Bird Watching Site Lisieux / Antique
Yost Wildlife Hike 49 14ʼ 12.81” N Tractors Meteor Impact Crater
49 09ʼ 47.00” N 105 50ʼ 49.08” W 49 16ʼ 39.25” N 49 13ʼ 54.66” N
105 57ʼ16.10” W 105 58ʼ 25.84” W 106 02ʼ 55.69” W
Fife Lake Buffalo Jump
Burning Hills Hike 49 12ʼ 24.80” N Lisieux Road #2 Jct. Frenchman
49 09ʼ 09.85” N 105 52ʼ 46.88” W Turnoff Road /W #2
105 56ʼ 34.00” W 49 17ʼ 26,50” N 49 10ʼ 38.16” N
Triangle Corner 105 59ʼ 05.56” 106 02ʼ 21.29” W
Dippong Hill Turnoff 49 12ʼ 35.34” N W
49 08ʼ 43.70” N 105 105 54ʼ 23.73”W Quantock Cemetery
55ʼ 25.24”W 49 10ʼ 27.04” N
106 01ʼ41.38” W
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Around Rockglen
So you’ve chosen to take a and hike among concretions centuries. takes you between some
break from driving and to get and ironstone fossils millions Farther up South Hill Road, hedgerows where, if you’re
on with vacationing. Good of years old as you enjoy an you’ll come to the Communi- really observant you may
Choice! We invite you park profusion of wild flowers on cations Tower at the top of the see Northern Shrikes. When
your rig in one of the Rock- the Hike. hill. The Tower is at the be- you reach the #2 Highway
glen Visitor Center’s fully ser- If you stop early, you may ginning of the Burning Hills pavement, turn right toward
viced R.V. Parking lots, spend be able to book a Sitting Bull Hike, named for the fires that Lisieux. Near the bridge just
a night at Rockin’ Beach’s fully step-on Tour that will take you the Assiniboine, Cree and out of Lisieux there’s an ex-
serviced R.V. sites beside Fife to actual sites where the leg- Sioux built along the hilltops cellent Trout fishing pond
Lake or even rent a cabin all endary Chief and Medicine to smoke their meat in prepa- for you fishermen. Stop in Li-
to yourself out in the country. Man spent his four and a half ration for making pemmican. sieux to view the antique trac-
Your first stop is the Rock- year stay in Canada. You’ll At 3,010 feet of elevation, the tor display then, 2 km. north
glen Visitor Center that’s see buffalo rub stones, bea- views will provide any cam- on #2, head west on Lisieux
housed in the 1928 CPR Sta- ver dams, pemmican prepa- era buff with pictures that will Road for 7 km. At French-
tion at the bottom of 2nd St. N. ration bowls and many other be prized forever. men’s Road, turn south for 7.3
You can wash up, shower and artifacts of that time. Going south down South km. where a 1 km. side trip
use the laundry in the Public The local tour around the Hill Road and turning left at east will take you to the Rock-
Washroom, take a trip down area covers about 70 km. of the first turn, then turning left glen Meteor Crater. After re-
memory lane in our Museum paved and gravel roads. On again 3.3 km east at the Dip- turning to Frenchmen’s Road,
and the Train memorabilia the local tour you can take pong Hill turn will take you continue south to #2 Highway
room, check out the arts photographs from our many past numerous Tiger Lilies as and turn left toward Rock-
and crafts in the main room, great view sites, see wildlife you go down into the valley. glen. On your right, about a
have a coffee and a snack in in its natural habitat, bird- When you get to the pave- km. before you descend from
the Coffee Room, out on the watch at Fife Lake where ment (#18) turn right and fol- the bench lands toward Rock-
deck or just have your picture the endangered Piping Plo- low it until you come to the glen, you’ll see the archeo-
taken with Oliver, our four- ver nests on the beach and sign for Rockin’ Beach. Turn- logical dig where many Mio-
tusked Mastodont! Northern Shrikes inhabit the ing toward the lake will take cene Era fossils have been
Our friendly volunteer staff hedgerows or enjoy the many you to Rockin’ Beach Park on discovered, including the
will be happy to answer your and varied waterfowl that Fife Lake where R.V.ers can fossilized remains of the four
questions and book you a tour spend their summers at the park and relax to the sound tusked mastodont which may
of the Effie Mattson Nature Narrows of Fife Lake. of waves on the shore, bird be seen in the Effie Mattson
Walk and Archeological Cen- For a pleasant hike, you can watch, go boating with the Archeological Centre.
tre. At the Effie Mattson Nature drive a mile south out of town kids, kayak, windsurf, play There’s a really nice view
Walk & Archaeological Cen- to the Yost Wildlife Hike at the some paint ball or even ride of the town as you break over
ter you can learn about the corner of #18 and South Hill your bike on the Motocross the hilltop that takes you back
abundance of fossil treasures Road. Be on the lookout for Track. past the Yost Wildlife Park to
that remain here because the deer and other wild animals As you leave the Park, turn Rockglen to end your tour
area has not been glaciated, as you do either a short or right at the Park gate and you with a coffee on the deck of
see a diorama that shows how long hike through the valley will see buffalo jumps on the the Visitor Centre.
the Uplands developed and of natural grasses and trees lake-shore as you head west. We hope you’ll enjoy your
why there are so many sink- that are much like those that Bear right at all the turns until trip and will have lots of
ing hills, springs and trees, were hunted by Assiniboines, you come to the triangle cor- questions about what you’ve
examine Aboriginal artifacts Cree and Metis over the past ner, then turn left. This road seen.
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Valleys, Springs and Underground Streams
Throughout the ages, hill has sunk 30 or 40 feet unknown even to local because the uplands were
people have come to the over the past 80 years. Less people is the fact that not glaciated in the last
Uplands because of their known, but more easily Rockglen itself has two Glacial period. Water
numerous springs, treed found is Skunk (or Beaver) of them, one to the north from rain and snow, that
valleys and abundant Butte, which sits beside of the town and one to accumulates in the hills and
game. But the sinking hills Highway 18 just east of the south, each of which mountains to the west, sinks
are yet another feature that Canopus. It is a landmark overlie a forty foot wide into the soil and eventually
are quite unique to them. that at one time marked stream that passes directly begins to move eastward
The best-known sinking the Wood Mountain to Fort under the town. through layers of gravel or
hill is just west of the Benton Trail that wound Sinking hills are a result sand, 2 to 3 feet a day, 500
Grasslands National Park down the valley past its of underground streams, to 1,000 feet a year.
East Block, where part of a northeast slope. Strangely which them selves occur Usually flowing more
than 100 feet below
ground, the water in these
water-saturated gravel
beds rises to the surface
in the Eastend and Wood
Mountain Upland regions to
present as flowing springs
of pure, filtered water. As
these underground streams
flow through the most
porous gravel beds they
occasionally undermine
a hill, causing part of it to
sink. These sinking hills
are unique to the Uplands
because in glaciated
areas the glaciers have
disrupted and broken up
these ancient gravel beds,
causing springs to be few
and sinking hills absent.
It should be noted that
these streams should not
to be confused with the
aquifer that also lies under
Rockglen as deep-lying
stagnant water.
Because of these
geological facts there is
ongoing concern about
drilling and mining in this
area, as these activities
put the subterraneous
streams at significant
danger of disruption or
contamination.
Ask for a tour of the Effie
Mattson Nature Walk to
see for your self how the
glaciers have affected
everything you see here
in the Uplands. You’ll be
amazed how much more
you will understand what
you are looking at as
you travel the Heritage
Highway!
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The Rockglen Meteorite Impact Crater
The Meteorite Impact meteorite stuck the earth As anyone who has ex- reaching high into the
Crater is one of the stops head-on this reminder of a perimented with a bicycle heavens and traveling at
you can make as you ex- visitation from outer space pump knows, compressed thousands of miles an hour
plore the Rockglen area. could have been the result air becomes very hot. With -- eerily silently, since it
This unassuming meteorite of a meteorite no larger larger meteors in fact, the would be traveling over
crater is all that remains of than a softball. However, it temperature rises to sev- the speed of sound -- fol-
a blast that probably killed would have to have been eral thousand degrees. lowed immediately by to-
most living things in the much larger if it was catch- The meteorite is frequent- tal oblivion.”
surrounding countryside ing up to the earth from be- ly evaporated, as is every- The number of these rel-
and yet, if it had happened hind at a slower speed. In thing in its path as it blasts atively small meteoroids in
in a glaciated area, noth- any case, this event was al- away thousands of tons of Earth-crossing orbits is al-
ing would likely remain to most certainly catastrophic earth. Everything that is most certainly in the hun-
show that it had ever oc- at the time. not immediately killed by dreds of thousands if not
curred. Never-the-less, Even with a small object the heat of entry would be millions per year, and they
after years of erosion, the a great deal of damage is killed by the blast and the are nearly impossible to
Rockglen meteor impact done to the area surround- superheated gases that ra- track. Even so, visitations
site still survives at roughly ing such a strike. Quoting diate out from the impact like this are surprisingly
sixty five feet in diameter Bill Bryson’s, “A Short His- site at almost the speed of rare considering that the
with a low berm of soil sur- tory of Nearly Everything”: sound. For those outside paths of ninety percent of
rounding it. “An asteroid or comet trav- the zone of immediate dev- meteoroids are unknown
Since the earth travels eling at cosmic velocities astation, their first indica- and any one of them might
more than 66,000 miles per could enter the earth’s at- tion of catastrophe would wander into the path of
hour in its orbit around the mosphere at such a speed be a blinding flash of light, the earth on its yearly trip
sun, and meteoroids travel that the air beneath it followed a minute or two around the sun. About two
at up to 90,000 miles per couldn’t get out of the way later by an unimaginable thousand known asteroids
hour through space, if the and would be compressed. roiling wall of darkness are estimated to be big
enough to put all civilized
existence at peril, but
even small ones the size
of a house could destroy a
city. When the Shoemaker-
Levy asteroids struck Jupi-
ter in July of 1994, a single
mountain-sized portion
tore a hole the size of the
earth out of that planet.
We are fortunate that this
impact site survives as a
mute reminder of that sav-
age moment.
Take a moment to con-
sider these facts as you
explore it.
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1010 CENTRE ST., ROCKGLEN 476-2227
Sunday Morning Service 11 A.M.
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The Effie Mattson Nature Walk and Archeological Centre
There comes a defining riches of the Western Cana- At the Effie Mattson Cen- cient inland sea; there’s even
moment in the lives of most dian Sedimentary Basin: coal, tre you can see the treasures a tiny seam of lignite coal
people; an ‘aha’ moment when oil, potassium and other min- of glaciated and unglaciated that marks the remains of the
something makes sense for eral wealth. More than that, the territory. The Uplands are trees and plants that lived on
the first time. For many chil- lake became a treasure trove what the original countryside that ancient shore.
dren at Rockglen School, that of fossils that were encased in was like after the Interior Sea Effie made sure her little
moment came when their its muddy bottom. dried up, leaving all the strata Grade 2 class learned to rec-
teacher Mrs. Mattson took The age of dinosaurs lasted of the soil, the fossils, concre- ognize each wildflower and
them out roaming over the from about 245 million to 65 tions and Aboriginal artifacts the many types of grasses
big hill just north of the school million years ago, with the lying near where they fell. The that have lived there long be-
yard, that we call “Columbus”, very first mammals coming roaring melt waters of the last fore the buffalo; even before
to show them the wonders of on the scene about 220 mil- ice age have bared its secrets the glaciers. They were there
nature. For children and adults lion years ago. Humans didn’t as they carved out the White when the four-tusked Mast-
of this much later decade, arrive in this area between Mud, Rock Creek, West Poplar, odont, represented by our
we hope to bring you one of 14,000 and 13,000 years ago, Poplar and East Poplar Creeks mascot “Oliver”, the three-
those ‘aha’ moments at the Ef- having crossed the ice from and the Big Muddy Valley. The toed horses and the tiny
fie Mattson Nature Walk and Siberia during the last glacial valley that the Town of Rock- pronghorn antelopes grazed
Archeological Centre. period. glen sits in is about four hun- here 75,000 years ago. Their
According to archeologists, There have been at least five dred feet deep and over a forebearers were there when
North America formed about continent wide ice sheets that kilometer wide. It was formed the first dinosaur found in
1,875 million years ago when have advanced and regressed by the second-last and last ad- Canada roamed the country
two huge continental plates over Saskatchewan. We are vances of the last glacier, so 65 million years ago: a huge
collided to form a series of now in an inter-glacial pe- the Nature Walk on Columbus Duck-billed dinosaur whose
volcanic islands that grew into riod of the ice age that began isn’t like other hills .. it has a fossilized remains were found
a chain of mountains. As they about 2.6 million years ago. magic all it’s own. by the Border Commission
eroded away over the next The last glacier was at its peak The valley contains fossils in the Killdeer Badlands of
175 million years or so, most about 23,000 years ago and that were bulldozed up by the Grasslands National Park.
of the continent was covered the majority of the landscapes glacier and deposited on the Today, deer, foxes, gophers
in shallow seas that lasted in in Saskatchewan result from its hills, so Columbus and the and Coyotes may wander
our area from 1,700 million to presence. Ice measuring over adjacent hills are especially the hillside but, were she still
65 million years ago. 1000 meters thick covered the prone to reveal the millen- with us, you know that Effie
The shallow sea, named province, its massive weight nia-old secrets buried within Mattson would be leading her
the Western Interior Seaway, bulldozing and crushing ev- them. And what secrets they little charges up Columbus so
covered North America from erything in its path with the are! Petrified wood, concre- that they, too, could find na-
Alaska to the Gulf of exception of the Cypress Hills tions, fragments of ironstone ture’s ancient treasures -- re-
Mexico. Bounded on the west and Wood Mountain Uplands, -- the same kind that encased minders of the unique ancient
by the Rock Mountains and which were present to block “Scotty”, the T-Rex found at history of the South Country.
on the east by the Canadian the glacier. The Cactus Hills Eastend, rectangular pieces Visit the Rockglen Visitor
Shield, it enlarged and re- south of Moose Jaw, the Regina of sandstone that look as if Center and request a guided
gressed several times, taking Plains and the Qu’Appelle Val- they were poured out in a tour of the Effie Mattson Cen-
the names Elk Point Sea, Lake ley all bear mute evidence of concrete form, sea shells and tre. Make this your year to have
Agassiz, and the Bear Paw Sea its passing. fossil sponges from the an- an ‘aha’ moment of your own!
in various eras. It eventually
became blocked off on the
northwest by the Presqu’ile
Reef and regressed altogeth-
er about 65 million years ago.
From about 50 million years
ago until the beginning of the
Ice Age two million years ago
there was a major change in
climate, with the original for-
ests gradually giving way to
prairie.
Because of all its minerals,
small marine creatures and
plant material, the evaporation
and regression of the Western Photo Credit to Wes Bloom, Paradise Pictures
Interior Seaway resulted in the
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Yost Wildlife & Burning Hills Hikes
These Self-Guided Hiking courages you to hike any- If you climb the highest hills turesque for the camera buff.
Areas are designated for your where you want within the you can enjoy the view of Rock- From the Communication
enjoyment and are long-term fenced property; there are glen framed between two hills. Tower, the Burning Hills Hike
projects of Rockglen Tourism no set trails. The wooded val- It ranks among the more pic- offers two types of hiking. Re-
in co-operation with the Land ley contains many varieties turesque settings of any town maining west of the tower, you
Owners and Volunteers who of trees and bushes – black in Saskatchewan, while the hills can stay on the hilltop and fol-
enjoy a good hike! ash, willow, trembling aspen, themselves provide ample op- low the headlands for some
The Yost Saskatchewan Manitoba maple and shrubs portunities for camera buffs to outstanding photos of the
Wildlife Federation Hike such as snowberry. Depend- capture pictures of outstanding Rockglen valley, the rugged
This hike lies a mile west of ing the season, you may see beauty. hills east and west, the gently
Rockglen at the junction of # 2 crocuses, tri-headed avens, The Burning Hills Hike rolling farmland behind you to
Highway and South Hill Road. buffalo beans, purple and yel- The name is associated with the south and Fife Lake in the
The beautiful hilly landscape low vetches, gaillardia, scarlet an old legend that says: After distance to the north. Its 3,010
of native prairie was donated mallow, wild roses, western the Battle of Little Big Horn in foot elevation also provides ex-
to the Saskatchewan Wildlife red lilies, northern bedstraw, Montana, Sitting Bull’s people cellent vantage points to view
Federation by the William Yost cactus blossoms, rubberweed came to this area in search of wildlife in the valleys.
family who wanted to preserve and many other wildflowers. food. The hills south of Rock- For the adventurous and
it in its natural state for all to Of course, you may also see all glen abounded with deer and more rugged hiker, following
enjoy. the wildlife that love to inhabit after the hunt, strips of meat the fence east, then down into
This larger hiking area en- such habitat. were placed on racks and the valley will provide even a
small fires were built beneath wider variety of trees, bushes,
them to dry and smoke the rugged clay cliffs, grasses,
Hillside Gardens meat to make pemmican. From
a distance, these fires gave the
impression that the hills were
on fire, hence the name “the
flowers and gorgeous views
of the countryside. Your hike
is unbounded to the north but
you can always find you way
Bedding Plants burning hills”. back by looking for the Tower.
This hike is found by follow- OUR BACKCOUNTRY CODE
Visit Marina Pilsner ing South Hill Road from the * Do not hike alone: everyone
entry of Yost Wildlife Hike to hiking does so at their own risk.
To See Gardens at their Best the Communication Tower at * Open fires, overnight camp-
476-2565 the top of the hill. It is our lon- ing and smoking are not per-
gest hike and even more pic- mitted.
* These hikes are natural pas-
ture hiking and are designated
areas for foot traffic only. At
some times during the spring
or fall the pastures may be oc-
cupied with the landowner’s
cattle. Don’t approach any ani-
mals: everyone will do so at
their own risk. Give the animals
their space and please respect
the natural grazing land.
* Land owners and volunteers
who have recommended these
hikes are in no way responsible
for any misfortune that may oc-
cur. Take your time and watch
your step. Removal of relics
and/or plants is strictly pro-
hibited – please leave them for
others to enjoy.
* Keeping your dog in control
keeps people, dogs and wild-
life safe. Being dog respon-
sible means always keeping
your dog on a leash.
* Trash: ... Pack it in, pack it out!
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4th Annual Rockglen Shine & Dine - June 16, 2018
The 4th Annual Rockglen Union are encouraged to arrive hosted by Glasgow’s car
Shine & Dine car show and • Car: sponsored by Star between 10:00 and 10:30 enthusiasts, stay overnight
food festival will be held Tusk Enterprises a.m. for setup. Tractor en- and participate in or attend
on Centre Street from noon • Tractor: sponsored by trants, please contact Jim at Glasgow’s car show on Sun-
until 3 pm on June 16, 2018 Rockglen Co-op (306) 476-7233 for special day, June 17, 2018. Pass-
in Rockglen, Saskatchewan. • Motorcycle: sponsored by instructions. ports are required. RSVPs
Classic car and truck en- Burning Hills Café ***** are encouraged and appre-
thusiasts from the Rock- • Project: sponsored by Shine & Dine Fun Run ciated. Contact Jim at (306)
glen area and beyond will Fishnicki Organics Following the announce- 476-7233 for more details.
compete for cash, trophies, The festival includes ac- ment of the Shine & Dine Additional details will be
prizes and bragging rights tivities for kids, a 50/50 winners, plan to join a Fun posted on our Facebook
in five categories: raffle, lots of great food Run to Glasgow, Montana. page, https://www.face-
• Truck: sponsored by and a farmer’s market and Participants will drive to book.com/rockglenshin-
Rockglen-Killdeer Credit craft sale. Show entrants Glasgow, enjoy a supper edine/
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Pathways of Peace Labyrinth and Arboretum
For those who wish a more usual type, it does provide a one area, loved ones are re- may be a fun walk while you
quiet and contemplative welcome addition for hikers membered by the planting enjoy life and nature. What-
walk, the Pathways of Peace in the area. A labyrinth is not of memorial trees and shrubs ever the reason, the labyrinth
Labyrinth and Arboretum a maze. It is unicursal – i.e. while along another pathway is a place of peace.You are in-
is located at the Yost family one path leads you to the cen- you can enjoy the beauty of vited to enjoy the labyrinth or
farm. Perhaps not so much a tre and the same path leads over one hundred different any of it’s surrounding path-
hike as a walk in a place of re- you out.You can’t get lost! The shrub roses in bloom. ways, walking at your own
laxation and meditation, it is walking paths of the labyrinth For some people, walking pace and at your own risk,
available to view by request are mown grass, four feet a labyrinth may be a spiri- respecting nature and the
only (306 476-7208). wide with the dividing area tual experience or a time of rights of others. There is no
Located 5 miles (7.6 km) between the paths consisting meditation, while for others it admission charge.
west of Rockglen along High- of native prairie grass and
way #2 and then ½ mile alfalfa. The grass dividers,
(.8km) south along the Quan- which are also four feet wide,
tock Cemetery Road, it is have native shrubs and trees
open to the public from early interspersed among them.
spring until late fall. The walk to the centre of the
The Yost Farm has likely the labyrinth is approximately ¼
largest forest of hand-planted of a mile (.4km), so you can
evergreens in the area and walk the entire labyrinth in
the Pathways of Peace Laby- an easy ½ mile stroll.
rinth and Arboretum is the Besides the labyrinth the
most recent of their botanical “work in progress” Arbore-
endeavours. tum contains several other
While it is not a hike of the pathways for you to enjoy. In
Lisieux Trout Pond
Kantenville, Joeville, Li- that made it possible for find a place to establish middle as a sanctuary
sieux …. this well-treed many farmers to remain in some good fishing and, for ducks and geese. The
hamlet 10 km. north of the district through the bad after some serious study, Pond is stocked with Rain-
Rockglen has had various times. Today, Lisieux boasts find it they did! Just south bow, Brown or Tiger Trout
names but it remains, as it a population of about 19 of Lisieux they discovered every year and has been
always has, a place where souls, the C.L. Welding met- an 880 acre glacial aquifer the source of at least two
folks enjoy to live. At one al fabrication firm and John just three feet below the twelve-pound Rainbows,
time it had elevators, dairy Hubert’s interesting collec- surface, filled with pure, several nine pounders and
farms, an Experimental tion of antique tractors. cold, sand-filtered water a routine catch of two and
Farm and as many as two What brings people to that had just the right tem- three-pound pan fryers. So
stores, one operated by Lisieux, from Moose Jaw perature and oxygen levels be sure to stop in Lisieux
Jacque LeTourneau while south, is the Lisieux Trout for trout! if you’d like a feed of fresh
the other was operated by Pond. In 1988, Saskatch- In 1990 a large trout water trout and take in the
O.W. Chretien. O.W. also ran ewan Fisheries contacted pond was dredged out to antique tractor display
the Lisieux cheese factory the local Wildlife Federa- a depth of 21 feet, leav- while you’re there!
during the ‘dirty thirties’ tion to see if they could ing a small island in the
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South Country Recreation Area Ass
FISHING 3
1. Lisieux Trout Pond
2. Cookson’s Reservoir, Coronach
GOLF COURSES
3. Assiniboia
4. Coronach
58
5. Willow Bunch
INTERPRETIVE CENTRES
6. Effie Mattson Centre, Rockglen
Twelve
Mile Lake
7. St. Victor Petroglyphs
HIKING
8. McGowan Visitor Centre
Wood 2 19
9. Burning Hills Hike, Rockglen
Mountain
10. Yost Wildlife Hike
MUSEUMS 16 15
Assiniboia & District Museum 21 20
11. Rockglen Visitor Centre
12. Coronach District Museum
1
13. St. Victor Church Museum
14. Willow Bunch Museum
18
15. Wood Mountain NWMP Post Rockglen 6
16. Wood Mountain Rodeo Ranch Museum 11
PARKS 2 23 9
17. Grasslands National Park and Killdeer Badlands 10
18. Rockin Beach Park, Rockglen Killdeer
19. St. Victor Petroglyphs Provincial Park
20. Wood Mountain Post Prov. Historical Park 8
21. Wood Mountain Regional Park 24 2
BIRDING
22. The Narrows, Fife Lake Grasslands 17 Port of
50km
TOURS National Park West Poplar
23. Sitting Bull Tour, Rockglen
24. Grasslands National Park, Killdeer
25. Big Muddy Badlands Tours, Coronach
26. Poplar River Mine, Coronach
Assiniboia & District Museum Lakota First Nation
Rodeo Ranch Museum Killdeer Badlands Rock
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siniboia
13
Montague
13
Lake St. Victor Petroglyphs
7 St. Victor 5 Willow Bunch
Lake
9 14 Willow
Bunch
22
36
Fife Lake
18
Willow Bunch Museum
26
12 Coronach
4 2 18
m Circle Cookson
25
Reservoir
Port of
Coronach Castle Butte
Wood Mountain Wagon Train Big Beaver
kglen Scout Lake Coronach Golf Club
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Rockglen’s Arts in the Park
A perfect spring day com- singer Kalissa Regier, an en- tival, we maintain a no cost ganizers, local businesses
bined with many talented ar- gaging vocal performance admission policy as well as and the many much appre-
tisans and performers made by young Sophie Kimball free children’s crafts, activi- ciated volunteers from the
for one more memorable at the open mic, Chapman ties and face painting. The community. The Arts in the
Rockglen Arts in the Park. Stick player Brian Baggett, food concession will be by Park committee is continu-
This annual event has been Francophone musicians the Knights of Columbus ally seeking amateur and
held on the second Saturday Solange and Annette Cam- and famous Decadent Des- professional area artists,
in June for 13 years at the pagne, a recital by Saskatch- serts will be provided by a crafters and performers of
Rockglen School courtyard ewan’s 7th Poet Laureate local organization to raise all kinds. It is a great place
and gym. Originally con- Brenda Schmidt and a finale funds for worthy causes. to showcase your talent! In
ceived as a way to showcase with Scott Richmond and Through the years, there the words of musician Scott
local artistic talent, the event Band. Our 14th year’s line- has been an ever-chang- Richmond, “Couldn’t have
has evolved to include art- up promises to be as enter- ing assortment of exhibits, found a better way to spend
ists and visitors from all over taining with an open mic for demonstrations, presenta- a sunny Saturday afternoon
the province and as far away kids, return performances tions, performers, classes ……. what an amazing and
as the Netherlands. by Brian Baggett and Kalissa and vendors; all with an ar- talented community”!
Last year’s entertainment Regier and much more. tistic, cultural or educational Many thanks to the Sas-
line-up consisted of: local A very family friendly fes- bent. Offerings range from katchewan Arts Board and
painting, sculpture, pottery, SaskCulture/Saskatchewan
photography and fabric art Lotteries for the funding as-
to handmade knives, wood- sistance.
working, stained glass, jew- Saturday June 9th 2018
ellery, re-purposed items 10:00 to 5:00 Rain or Shine
and more! There is always For more information call
something new to see and Richard @306-476-2408 or
experience at Arts in the Sandra @306 476-2587
Park! Check us our at www.rock-
This outstanding event glentourism.com or www.
could not take place with- facebook.com/rocklgenart-
out a dedicated core of or- sinthepark
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