Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park
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Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park is a culturally significant natural area in southern Alberta renowned for its dramatic badlands landscape and extensive Indigenous rock art sites.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
protected area
ⓘ
provincial park ⓘ |
| alternateNameLanguage | Blackfoot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | semi-arid ⓘ |
| contains |
archaeological sites
ⓘ
rock art panels ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| designation | UNESCO World Heritage Site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| established | 1957 ⓘ |
| governingBody | Alberta Parks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternateName | Áísínai’pi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArea |
approximately 1,780 hectares
ⓘ
approximately 17.8 square kilometres ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificanceFor |
Blackfoot Confederacy
NERFINISHED
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Indigenous peoples ⓘ |
| hasEcosystem |
prairie grassland
ⓘ
riparian habitat ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
campground
ⓘ
visitor centre ⓘ |
| importantFor |
conservation of rock art
ⓘ
preservation of Blackfoot cultural heritage ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Indigenous rock art
ⓘ
petroglyphs ⓘ pictographs ⓘ |
| landscapeFeature |
cliffs
ⓘ
coulees ⓘ sandstone hoodoos ⓘ |
| landscapeType | badlands ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alberta
ⓘ
Great Plains region NERFINISHED ⓘ Milk River Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | southern Alberta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Canada–United States border
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Milk River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meaningOfName | it is written ⓘ |
| nearestSettlement | Milk River, Alberta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| offersActivity |
camping
ⓘ
cultural interpretation ⓘ hiking ⓘ wildlife viewing ⓘ |
| protectedAreaCategory | IUCN Category III ⓘ |
| provinceParkSystem | Alberta provincial parks system ⓘ |
| rockArtAgeRange | up to 2,000 years old ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria |
(iii)
ⓘ
(vi) ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear | 2019 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus | cultural site ⓘ |
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Southern Alberta