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The Philip J Currie Dinosaur Museum is Canada's pre-eminent unidisciplinary<br />
museum in the making, dedicated to the study, research,<br />
collection and display of paleo-fauna and allied narrative drawn from the<br />
rich fossil heritage in northern Alberta. The 41,000 sq.ft. museum is located<br />
on a 10 acre-site with unprecedented sight-lines. It includes a theater, labs,<br />
classrooms, restaurant, a dino-playground and a Gift shop, in addition to<br />
nearly 11,000 sq.ft. of cutting-edge exhibit galleries.<br />
With its exposed layers of clay, sandstone and coal, the Kleskun Hill Natural<br />
Area to the east has the distinction of containing Alberta’s northernmost<br />
badlands, made up of rocks from the same age as those found in the<br />
badlands of Drumheller. Fossils of dinosaurs, lizards, fish and mammals<br />
were found in these badlands over 60 years ago, and more are found here<br />
every year. Kleskun has the most extensive and diverse native upland<br />
prairie vegetation in the Peace Region. You’ll even find prickly pear cactus<br />
here, a native plant more common to the grasslands of southern Alberta.<br />
But there’s still more to us than beautiful scenery and ancient fossils. For<br />
outdoor enthusiasts, we are an all-season recreational paradise. From<br />
picturesque rivers for canoeing and jet-boating, lakes for para-sailing, and<br />
creeks for fishing, to wildlife watching, geo-caching, hiking, cycling,<br />
snowmobiling, and riding ATV’s, the County of Grande Prairie offers<br />
recreation galore.<br />
If you want something a little less on the wild side, we have farmers’<br />
markets, festivals, cultural events, golf courses, museums, rodeos, historic<br />
sites, and pleasant country drives. We have plenty of campgrounds,<br />
restaurants, hotels, motels and coffee shops to help you enjoy our<br />
hospitality.<br />
The County Crosslinks Sportsplex is a 176,043 sq. ft. facility boasts two<br />
NHL sized hockey rinks, a 50,000 sq. ft. indoor field house, a 240 metre<br />
indoor running track, a 4,000 sq. ft. gym as well as a retail store, concession<br />
booth, outdoor patio and a fully licensed lounge. This 42 acre site is also<br />
home to eight outdoor playing fields, made up of a premier size<br />
soccer/football field, two full sized football fields, three youth soccer mini<br />
pitches, and two full-sized rugby fields.<br />
But if you come in the summer, what you’ll never forget are the indulgently<br />
long days when the sun rises just after 5 am and doesn’t set until nearly<br />
11 pm. Winters here can be crisp when the Chinook winds from the Rockies<br />
aren’t keeping things warm, but you’ll never tire of the sunshine; we have<br />
an average 314 sunny days waiting for you every year.<br />
Visit us and you’ll quickly understand why were called “la grande prairie”.<br />
But beware, legend says that once you taste the waters of the Peace River<br />
Country, you will always long to return.<br />
Melanie Alde - Splish Splash<br />
Dan Wever - in and out of focus<br />
Linda Shrafnagle - Wagon Rides<br />
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GRANDE PRAIRIE & REGION <strong>2017</strong> VISITOR <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
Judith Standring - Until the Cows Come Home
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