page_title: Shaunavon, Saskatchewan
section_title: Regional Attractions
hierarchical_section_title: Shaunavon, Saskatchewan / Attractions / Regional Attractions
caption_attribution_description: English: The Great Sandhills Museum (formerly a school) in the village of Sceptre, Saskatchewan, Canada.
context_page_description: The town of Shaunavon is in southwest Saskatchewan at the junction of Highways 37 and 13. It is 110 kilometres from Swift Current, 163 kilometres from the Alberta border and 74 kilometres from the Montana border. Shaunavon was established in 1913 along the Canadian Pacific Railway line.
  The town has several nicknames including Bone Creek Basin, Boomtown, and Oasis of the Prairies. The latter name is derived from the park located in the centre of town.
  The Shaunavon Formation, a stratigraphical unit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin is named for the town.
context_section_description: Big Muddy Badlands, a series of badlands in southern Saskatchewan and northern Montana along Big Muddy Creek.
  Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, an interprovincial park straddling the southern Alberta-Saskatchewan border, located north-west of Robsart. It is Canada's first and only interprovincial park.
  Cypress Hills Vineyard & Winery, open by appointment only from Christmas until 14 May.
  Fort Walsh, is part of the Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park. As a National Historic Site of Canada the area possesses National Historical Significance. It was established as a North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) fort after and at the location of the Cypress Hills massacre.
  Grasslands National Park, represents the Prairie Grasslands natural region, protecting one of the nation's few remaining areas of undisturbed dry mixed-grass/shortgrass prairie grassland.
  The Great Sandhills, is a sand dune rising 50 feet (15 m) above the ground and covering 1,900 square kilometers.
  Robsart Art Works, opens July 1 to August 28, 2010 from 1 to 4 p.m. and by appointment and features Saskatchewan artists featuring photographers of old buildings and towns throughout Saskatchewan.
  T.rex Discovery Centre, a world class facility to house the fossil record of the Eastend area started many years before the discovery of "Scotty" the T.Rex in 1994.
caption: Great Sandhills Museum in Sceptre
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