Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park

Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park in central Alberta protects a striking badlands landscape along the Red Deer River, centered on a high undeveloped plateau that preserves native prairie grasses. The area is historically important as an ancient buffalo jump where Blackfoot people drove bison over cliffs for food and materials. It is also a major paleontological site, containing the world’s most significant Albertosaurus bonebed, discovered by Barnum Brown in 1910, rediscovered by Dr. Phil Currie in 1997, and excavated again from 2006 through 2008. The park also supports unusual eastern foothills wildlife and plants, with about 150 recorded bird species.

Alberta · Canada