Dry Island Buffalo Jump

Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park preserves a dramatic badlands landscape along the Red Deer River valley in central Alberta, featuring one of the province's most significant archaeological sites. The park's name derives from the ancient buffalo jump where Indigenous peoples drove bison over steep cliffs for thousands of years, and the "island" of elevated badlands surrounded by prairie. This unique landscape combines rugged erosional features, fossil-bearing formations, and important cultural heritage. The park offers visitors a window into both Alberta's deep geological past and its Indigenous cultural history.