There are also plenty of lakes and recreational areas in the vicinity. Saskatchewan Place is the city s sports, trade and entertainme nt facility. Outside the city, the Wanuskewin Heritage Park , just north of Saskatoon, is worth a visit. Opened in 1992, this cultural center consists of 19 archaeological sites connected by a trail along riverside bluffs. Once inhabited by the Plains Indians, some of the sites date back 6,000 years.
Visitors can learn how to build a tepee and tan a hide.
The park includes the ruins of the Metis village, a church and a museum. Begin your visit at the Great Sand Hills Museum in Sceptre , which has detailed directions on how to get to the dunes. Wood Mountain Provincial Historic Site , southeast of Swift Current, was an outpost staffed by the Mounties in the late 1800s. The post saw more than its share of activity outlaws roamed the area, and Sitting Bull and his Sioux forces encamped there after they defeated Custer at Little Big Horn. Canada s oldest rodeo was set up at Woo d Mountain by the Mounties in 1890.