Many friends who visit Calgary mainly go to Banff National Park, if you have a day to spare, you may wish to consider the small town of Drumheller, 1 and a half hours drive from Calgary, there is a unique geological landscape in Canada, paleontologists paradise.
In the vast expanse of Alberta, Canada, lies a place of wonder carved by time - Drumheller, a magical town known as "Dinosaur Village". It's not just a paradise for paleontologists.
Dinosaur Valley is a great weekend getaway, an hour and a half drive from Kaga, and punches the Hoodoos trail, which is famous for its strange rock columns, a masterpiece of nature. The sight was breathtaking.
✅Horseshoe Canyon
The Horseshoe canyon formation, which is common throughout the Drumheller region, is named after it. The advantage of this scenic spot is that there are steps down to the bottom of the canyon, and you can hike and feel the wonders of nature.
✅Drumheller town centre
It's a small town, but it's a little dinosaur. There is the world's largest dinosaur sculpture, $5 can climb.
✅Royal Tyrrell Museum
It's one of the Top 5 paleontological museums in the world, thanks to the region's rich fossil resources - from the Cambrian explosion record Burgess Shale in the Rocky Mountains in the west, to the World Heritage Dinosaur Provincial Park in the south.
This world-renowned dinosaur museum is not only Drumheller's pride, but also an important base for global paleontological research. The museum houses a collection of more than 150,000 fossils, including more than 40 complete dinosaur skeletons.
These precious fossils not only show the diversity and evolution of dinosaurs, but also give people a glimpse into that distant and mysterious prehistoric world. On the museum's "Fossil Prospector Trail," visitors can experience the joy of finding fossils and feel a dialogue with paleontology across time and space.
✅Horsethief Canyon
The Canyon is bigger and more spectacular than the Horseshoe Canyon, but there is no paved road to get down, so you just take pictures and punch in
✅Hoodoos
The formation principle is that different materials have different degrees of wear resistance under the action of water, wind and other erosion, and the wear resistance is finally left. The main body of the column is sandstone, and the top hat-like structure is sandstone mixed with siderite, which is more resistant to erosion. This kind of pillar is a symbol of Alberta, previously issued circulation coins have this erosion pillar.
These peculiar features, made of volcanic or sedimentary layers, have been naturally eroded over millions of years to form mushroom-like clusters of rock pillars. They are either high in the clouds, or low scattered, each rock column carries the thick and vicissitudes of earth history.
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