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Just in time for summer adventures, the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) has unveiled an interactive map highlighting lesser-known Canadian parks that offer stunning natural beauty and fewer crowds.

Among Saskatchewan’s featured hidden gems are Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, Canada’s first interprovincial park, known for its towering mixed forests, rare orchids, and Dark Sky preserve with an observatory. Echo Valley Provincial Park in the Qu’Appelle Valley offers sandy beaches, boating, hiking trails, and family-friendly activities just an hour from Regina.

For those interested in history, Last Mountain House Provincial Historic Park preserves an 1869 Hudson’s Bay Company fur-trade outpost with reconstructed buildings and interpretive programs. Other natural escapes include Duck Mountain Provincial Park, a boreal forest upland teeming with wildlife and trails, and Eagle Creek Regional Park near Saskatoon, with fishing, golf, and camping.

Conservation areas such as Redberry Lake Biosphere Reserve and McKell Wascana Conservation Park offer birdwatching, interpretive tours, and tranquil prairie landscapes, while Beaver Creek Conservation Area near Saskatoon combines prairie creek valleys with educational programs and dark-sky stargazing.

Canadians can explore the full map of these “road less travelled” parks online at cpaws.org/discover-the-beauty-of-lesser-known-parks-this-summer.

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