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| Eagle Butte -- I'm not sure what's where, but I love this sign. © SB |
Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, Canada: Propped in the sand before the final climb up to 70 Mile Butte, there is a wonderfully rustic sign.
Reading it at first, I thought I must be standing on Eagle Butte — but maps in the GNP Visitors' Guide indicate Eagle Butte is some distance north.
The arrows on this sign are also intriguing. What lies 0.7 km in one direction, and 8.8 km in another?
The posts stood beside Yarrow plants, and a feet away, Prairie Roses grew in barren-looking sand, and I didn't care where I was, or what this sign meant, beyond the obvious: You are now in the land of buttes, dry grasses and erosion — surrendered ranches in the wild old West.
I wish all Parks Canada signs were so evocative. I hope this one is not replaced with a cold metal plate.
What is this? A sign high on the climb up Grasslands' 70 Mile Butte, so called because it's visible from at least 70 miles away.
Location: Grasslands National Park.
Photo Date: July 27, 2011.
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