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Past stories Living off-the-grid New Brunswick's Saint John River Ontario's Bruce Trail Canadian Ski Marathon Elk Island National Park Rallying for rallysport Montreal - Circus city Beluga Bytes Dawson - a musical adventure Bald Eagle Confederation Trail Boning up on the badlands Ukkusiksalik National Park Geocaching Discover Cypress Hills Saint Joseph's Oratory A walk through Stanley Park Sudbury's science centre Acadia continues Toronto's underground world

Historical highlights from the Cypress Hills.

• Early 1800s Named by French-Canadian fur traders who mistook abundant lodgepole pines for cypress.
• 1873 Whisky traders and wolf hunters kill more than 20 Nakoda adults and children in a mix-up over a missing horse. Cypress Hills Massacre hastens government's creation of North West Mounted Police (NWMP).
• 1875 Fort Walsh established. NWMP charged with controlling whisky trade, asserting sovereignty and enforcing Canadian Indian Policy to "protect, civilize and assimilate" native people into farming life on reserves.
• 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn in the United States sparks refugee crisis in Canada as Lakota Sioux ride north to safety.
• 1883 Fort Walsh closed.
• 1942 Remount Ranch built at Fort Walsh to train horses for RCMP Musical Ride.
• 1968 Fort Walsh transferred to Parks Canada
• 1970s Statue erected to mark formation of NWMP, when two cultures met.
• 1989 Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, Canada's only interprovincial park, established.
• 2000 Fort Walsh added to park.