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Southern Zone: Prairie Settlers & Dinosaurs

🗺 Route: Coutts → Warner→ Coutts → Taber → Vauxhall → Brooks → Scandia

📅 Recommended Duration: 2-3 Days

Stops:

  • Devil’s Coulee Dinosaur & Heritage Museum (Warner) – Explore real dinosaur eggs and fossils.

  • Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park (Milk River) – Indigenous rock carvings & hoodoos.

  • Galt Historic Railway Park (Coutts) – Historic train station showcasing prairie railway history.

  • Milk River Visitor Centre Museum – Local history & unique exhibits.

  • Taber Irrigation Impact Interpretive Centre – Learn about irrigation's role in prairie agriculture.

  • Retlaw Ghost Town (East of Vauxhall) – See a preserved church & remnants of a prairie town.

  • Eastern Irrigation District Museum (Scandia) – Water history, irrigation canals & old farming tools.

  • Dinosaur Provincial Park (County of Newell) – Explore real dinosaur fossils in this UNESCO World Heritage Site.

  • Brooks & District Museum – Life-size pioneer village with historical buildings.

    Additional Stops to Complement:

  • Dinosaur Trail: Stop at the T-Rex statue in Patricia and Cory the Corythosaurus in Brooks.

  • Outdoor Adventure: Camping at Dinosaur Provincial Park or Lake Newell.

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