🏛️ Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump

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Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump is a museum of Blackfoot culture 18 kilometres (11 mi) west of Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada. The now disused buffalo jump is a UNESCO world heritage site in an area where the foothills of the Rocky Mountains begin to rise from the prairie.

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Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump is a cultural World Heritage site in Canada, in Americas. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More sites in Canada

Historic Areas of Old Quebec · L'Anse aux Meadows · Wood Buffalo National Park · Nahanni National Park · Gros Morne National Park · Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks · Old Town Lunenburg · Dinosaur Provincial Park · Waterton Glacier International Peace Park · Miguasha National Park · Pimachiowin Aki · Rideau Canal · S<U>G</U>ang Gwaay · Joggins Fossil Cliffs · Landscape of Grand Pré · Red Bay Basque Whaling Station · Mistaken Point · Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi · Tr’ondëk-Klondike · Anticosti.

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