WRITNG-ON-STONE
PROVINCIAL PARK

Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park is located about 100 kilometres southeast of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada and 44 kilometres east of the town of Milk River.

Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park comprises 17.80 square kilometres (4400 acres) of coulees and prairie habitat, and boasts a diverse variety of animals and birds.

There is evidence the Milk River Valley was inhabited by the Blackfoot people as long as 9000 years ago. These people probably created much of the rock carvings (petroglyphs) and paintings (pictographs) which cover the sheer sandstone cliffs today.

Writing-on-Stone is a sacred place of special spiritual significance to the Blackfoot people and is still part of Blackfoot tradition.

Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park
Writing-on-Stone in the fall
Hoodoos in the park
Hikers take a rest on one of the many trails in the park

Alberta Facts:

Alberta is famous for its chinook winds, which sweep into southern Alberta several times each winter. This dry, warm wind can rapidly lift the province out of a deep freeze. During one chinook, which reached Pincher Creek on January 27, 1962, temperatures soared from -18.9°C to +3.3°C in one hour.



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