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3 unusual facts about Spruce Woods Provincial Park


Schinia avemensis

It is found in only three colonies in the southern prairie provinces of Canada, the Spirit Dunes at Spruce Woods Provincial Park, Manitoba, the Burstall dunes in south-western Saskatchewan, and in a small dune complex in the Red Deer River valley north of Bindloss.

Spruce Woods Provincial Park

This region is not a true desert, but the remnant of a sandy delta of the Assiniboine River, from a time when it ran into glacial Lake Agassiz.

The sandhills are home to many unique plants and animals; including some cacti and hognose snakes.



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