Ecotour Scenic Drive
About a 20 km unpaved road through the Frenchman River valley in the West Block of the park, with prairie dog colonies, bison and prairie overlooks.
Saskatchewan · Canada
In the destination Grasslands (Val Marie).
In the photo: Historic Val Marie grain elevator.
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The city
A village of about a hundred residents in southern Saskatchewan, gateway to the West Block of Grasslands National Park, with a visitor centre, an old grain elevator and few services. The Ecotour road and the butte trails start there.
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The local experience
About a 20 km unpaved road through the Frenchman River valley in the West Block of the park, with prairie dog colonies, bison and prairie overlooks.
A solitary hill above the Frenchman River valley in the West Block of the park, with a trail to the top and wide prairie views.
Badlands of the East Block of Grasslands National Park, with striped clay hills, buttes and layers where dinosaur fossils have been found.