Follow locals in the Canadian Badlands

We’re always on the lookout for good tweets and Facebook posts to source on road trips. Here are some for the Canadian Badlands.

Drumheller’s famous T-Rex mascot

Drumheller

Dinosaur fossils have put Drumheller (pop. 8000) on the world map. You’ll find them at the Royal Tyrrell Museum, the world’s largest museum devoted to palaentology. [...]

Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park

We were dusty, hot and thirsty when we turned off the TransCanada highway and began the climb into Cypress Hills, a green oasis on a parched, summer prairie landscape. Canada’s only interprovincial park is a year-round destination that straddles the Alberta- Saskatchewan border, one hour east of Medicine Hat.

Sunset at Cypress Hills Interprovincial [...]

New for 2011

Every year, there’s something new to see or do in the Canadian Badlands.

The town of Irricana, 45 minutes east of Calgary, will celebrate its 100th Sports Day and Centennial with a special weekend party, July 8-9. Old photo courtesy of http://irricanacentennial.wordpress.com Sports Days are an established western tradition in the Canadian Badlands.

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