29 September, 2025 3 comments Leave a comment

This summer my husband and I spent five weeks exploring and camping in the southern half of Saskatchewan, along with our good friends Roger and Carolyn who have been our camping buddies for the last 50 years.

Last month, I shared my favourite landscape photos from our western adventure in my post Saskatchewan Skies: Through an Artist's Eye

One of the highlights of the trip was a visit to Grasslands National Park in the southwestern corner of the province, just north of the state of Montana.

Before the Park's creation, Indigenous peoples inhabited the area for thousands of years, followed by Euro-Canadian settlement, including ranching and homesteading efforts.

Grasslands National Park evolved from a vision in 1981 to official proclamation in 2001. It's mandate is to preserve Canada's mixed-grass prairie by protecting the remaining native grassland and its cultural and paleontological heritage.

I invite you to enjoy this short video I produced, which is a collage of the wildlife we encountered during  four days of camping, hiking, and driving in the Park. I hope this brief glimpse inspires you to visit this beautiful part of Canada in person one day.

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