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TRAVEL GUIDE TO CANADA maintained law and order in Canada's West between nomadic First Nations people and white hunters, traders and settlers. You can drive to Saskatchewan's Trails of 1885 sites, related to the 1885 Northwest Resistance events (www.trailsof1885.com ). The free self-guided tours visit places like the Duck Lake Regional Interpretive Centre. Its museum and art gallery help you understand pioneer life, the impact of the near extinction of buffalo on the First Nations and the aftermath of the Northwest Resistance on the Métis ( www.dlric.org ). The First Nations Gallery in Regina's Royal Saskatchewan Museum portrays First Nations culture and lifestyles with dioramas, maps, stone tools, furs and traditional medicines. Wanuskewin Heritage Park, located fi ve km (three mi.) north of Saskatoon, features First Nations sites older than Egypt's pyramids. Besides buffalo kill sites, teepee rings and a 1,500-year-old medicine wheel, you'll see dance demonstrations, tools and artefacts in the visitor centre ( www. wanuskewin.com ). MUST SEE, MUST DO Watch a Saskatchewan Roughriders football game in Regina (www.riderville.com). Hike along the longest documented hiking trail in Saskatchewan provincial parks, the Boreal Trail in Meadow Lake Provincial Park (www.saskparks.net/borealtrail). Explore the Tunnels of Moose Jaw to learn about 1920s Prohibition-era gangsters, bootleggers and rum-runners, who hid in a network of tunnels under downtown Moose Jaw streets. On The Chicago Connection and Passage to Fortune tours, you can see a gang- ster's living quarters, a bootlegging operation and a Chinese laundry and restaurant ( www.tunnelsofmoosejaw.com). Look for more than 380 species of birds throughout the year. From late-August to November, view massive waterfowl migrations (www.naturesask.ca). Bob like a cork in Little Manitou Lake and Manitou Springs Resort and Mineral Spa. Like the Dead Sea, the water contains dissolved minerals and salts that allow you to fl oat easily ( www.manitousprings.ca). SCENIC DRIVES The two-day "From Field to Fork" drive takes you north and west of Saskatoon to visit farmers' markets, orchards and restaurants serving local foods. Highlights include the Living Sky Winery in Perdue and the Hepburn Museum of Wheat, which offers awesome views from the top of a wooden grain elevator. The fi ve-day "Driving through Southwest Splendour" tour includes: the Big Muddy Badlands; the monolithic Castle Butte landmark; the Frenchman River Valley— the only place in Canada where you can see black-tailed prairie dogs in the wild; and Eastend, home to Scotty, Canada's most complete T. rex skeleton. Other road trips focus on Saskatchewan's heritage, scenery, art and culture ( www. tourismsaskatchewan.com/experience- saskatchewan). FAMILY FUN Although they often get lost, every fall kids have fun navigating their way through Saskatchewan's corn mazes. Bulldog Park Corn Maze in Cut Knife, northwest of Saskatoon, is the newest maze. Pumpkin Hollow Corn Maze, near Regina, also features pony and wagon rides as well as a petting zoo ( www.pumpkinhollow.ca). PARK PICK BATOCHE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE Batoche is one hour northeast of Saskatoon and one hour south of Prince albert. riding a new open- air shuttle, relive the last battle of Métis resistance in 1885, led by Louis riel and Gabriel Dumont against the Canadian government at Batoche. Cemetery gravestones tell eloquent tales. in the Journey Through Time, interact with the townsfolk of Batoche in the 1800s: talk to Métis settlers, help out with their chores, take cover in a rifl e pit, discover stories of how Batoche was the last battlefi eld in the 1885 northwest resistance, and view bul- let holes that are still visible. on the Geocache treasure Hunt, use your smartphone or rent GPS units to fi nd clues and earn geocoins (www. parkscanada.gc.ca/batoche). More info on National Parks and Historic Sites: www.pc.gc.ca • 1-888-773-8888 QUICK FACT CURLING IS THE OFFICIAL SPORT OF SASKATCHEWAN. La reata ranCH • CtC

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