OUR Alberta 2018 | Page 28

region |alberta south Home on the Range Explore Indigenous culture, western life and Alberta’s ancient past Southern Alberta boasts some of Canada’s most unique and exciting attractions, from world-renowned paleontological sites to historical experiences that will immerse you in the lives of Indigenous peoples and wild west settlers. There are new sights and activities around every bend of the Cowboy Trail in the province’s foothills ranching country and the dinosaur-studded Hoodoo Trail in the Alberta Badlands. A land of park preserves, here you’ll find vast stretches of virgin prairie, rolling mountains and foothills, sculptural hoodoo hills and cliff walls featuring haunting, centuries-old pictographs. 28