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Wood Mountain (Montana)
Wood Mountain may refer to: * Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan, a village Saskatchewan, Canada * Wood Mountain (electoral district), a Canadian federal electoral district in Saskatchewan * Wood Mountain Regional Park, a regional park in Saskatchewan * Wood Mountain Lakota First Nation, a First Nations in Saskatchewan * Wood Mountain Post Provincial Park, a provincial park in Saskatchewan * Wood Mountain Hills, a plateau in Saskatchewan * Wood Mountain Formation, a geological formation in Saskatchewan * Wood Mountain (Colorado), a mountain in Colorado, U.S. See also * Woods Mountains The Woods Mountains are found in southeastern California in the Mojave Desert, at the southwestern end of the Lanfair Valley just east of Hole-in-the-Wall. The mountains are located in the Mojave National Preserve north of Interstate 40 and the Cli ..., California * Mount Wood (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan
Wood Mountain ( 2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Old Post No. 43 and Census Division No. 3. Its name is derived from the Red River Métis words ''"montagne de bois"'' (meaning mountain of wood in French), due to the abundance of poplar trees in the otherwise barren region. Highway 18 and Highway 358 intersect south of the community. Wood Mountain is known for its annual stampede that has been held every year for more than 120 years. This village is home to the First Nations administrative office for the band government of the Wood Mountain Lakota First Nation. History Wood Mountain was the terminus of the Fort Ellice-Wood Mountain Trail that was used from 1757 to the 1850s to haul provisions such as pemmican by the Metis and First Nations. The trail was over 400 kilometres long. It incorporated as a village on March 4, 1930. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wood Mountain (electoral District)
Wood Mountain was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1949. This Riding (division), riding was created in 1933 from parts of Willow Bunch (electoral district), Willow Bunch riding. It was abolished in 1947 when it was redistributed into Assiniboia (electoral district), Assiniboia, Maple Creek (electoral district), Maple Creek and Swift Current (electoral district), Swift Current ridings. Election results See also * List of Canadian federal electoral districts * Historical federal electoral districts of Canada References * {{coord missing, Saskatchewan Former federal electoral districts of Saskatchewan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wood Mountain Regional Park
Wood Mountain Regional Park is a conservation and recreation area in its natural state set aside as a regional park in south-western region of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The park is set in the semi-arid Palliser's Triangle in an upland area called Wood Mountain Hills. It is in the Rural Municipality of Old Post No. 43, south of the village of Wood Mountain along Highway 18. Adjacent to the southern boundary of Wood Mountain Regional Park is Wood Mountain Creek and Wood Mountain Post Provincial Park. Immediately to the west is Wood Mountain Indian reserve and to the east is the Wood Mountain Game Preserve (). Amenities and attractions within the park include the Rodeo Ranch Museum, Wood Mountain Stampede, Sitting Bull Monument, ball diamonds, campsites, concessions, swimming pool, and hiking and bicycling trails. This is a local park administered by local funding. History In 1874, the Boundary Commission, which was charged with surveying the Canada–Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wood Mountain Lakota First Nation
The Wood Mountain First Nation ( lkt, Tatanka Iyutaka Lakota Oyate, also spelt as ''Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake Lakȟóta Oyáte'') is a Lakota First Nations band government in southern Saskatchewan, Canada. Led across the border by Sitting Bull, they are the only organized Lakota nation in Canada. Their reserve is located at Wood Mountain 160, near Grasslands National Park, although most members reside elsewhere. History In the mid-1800s, nomadic Lakota people were active near the Canada–United States border. After Sitting Bull's victory at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, a number of Lakota fled reprisals by the U.S. Cavalry by camping in this area. Although Sitting Bull himself returned to the United States in 1881, Wood Mountain's 37 founding families remained in Canada. A temporary reserve was created for them on October 29, 1910, and recognized through an Order-in-Council on August 5, 1930, despite the Lakota never formally taking treaty A treaty is a formal, legally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wood Mountain Post Provincial Park
Wood Mountain Post Provincial Park is a 5.48-hectare historical provincial park in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The site was designated an historic site in the 1960s and became a provincial park in 1986. Originally, it was the location of a North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) post that operated from 1887 to 1918. The post was established to develop relations with local Indians, patrol the Canada–United States border, and to perform general policing duties. Wood Mountain Post Provincial Park is located in the RM of Old Post No. 43 along Highway 18, about south of the village of Wood Mountain and north of the Canada–United States border. It is in the Wood Mountain Hills, adjacent to Wood Mountain Creek (which is a tributary of Wood River via Lynthorpe Creek) and Wood Mountain Regional Park. The provincial park has a picnic area and the neighbouring regional park has a campground. History In 1874, the North-West Mounted Police marched west to deal with the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wood Mountain Hills
Wood Mountain Hills are a hilly plateau in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The hills are located in the southern part of the province and are part of the Missouri Coteau, which is part of the Laurentian Divide between the watersheds of the Hudson Bay drainage basin of the Arctic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico of the Atlantic Ocean. The hills are in a semi-arid region known as Palliser's Triangle in the Great Plains ecoregion of North America. The Wood Mountain Hills are known locally as "the Bench" and, at a height of above sea level, are the second highest point of land in Western Canada east of the Rocky Mountains. The highest point is just to the west in the neighbouring Cypress Hills. Geography The south-eastern part of the Wood Mountain Hills was one of the few places in Canada that wasn't covered in ice during the Last Glacial Period. This preserved tertiary sands and gravels at higher the elevations while other parts of the hills have glacial drift and deep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wood Mountain Formation
The Wood Mountain Formation is a geologic formation in Saskatchewan. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period. See also * List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Saskatchewan This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Saskatchewan, Canada. References * {{Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Canada Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by ... References * Neogene Saskatchewan {{Saskatchewan-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wood Mountain (Colorado)
Wood Mountain is a 13,682-foot-elevation (4,170 meter) summit located on the boundary shared by Hinsdale County, Colorado, Hinsdale County with San Juan County, Colorado, San Juan County, in Colorado, United States. Description Wood Mountain is situated nine miles southeast of the community of Ouray, Colorado, Ouray on land administered by the Bureau of Land Management. It is set west of the Continental Divide of the Americas, Continental Divide in the San Juan Mountains which are a subset of the Rocky Mountains. Precipitation Surface runoff, runoff from the mountain's north slope drains to Henson Creek which is a tributary of the Gunnison River, the east aspect drains into the Lake Fork of the Gunnison River, and the southwest slope drains to the Animas River via Cinnamon Creek. Topographic relief is modest as the summit rises approximately above Henson Creek in two miles (3.2 km). Access to the mountain is via the Alpine Loop Back Country Byway. The mountain's to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woods Mountains
The Woods Mountains are found in southeastern California in the Mojave Desert, at the southwestern end of the Lanfair Valley just east of Hole-in-the-Wall. The mountains are located in the Mojave National Preserve north of Interstate 40 and the Clipper Valley in San Bernardino County. The range reaches an elevation of at Tortoise Shell Mountain. The mountain was named in 1971 by Stephen Castagneto due to fragments of shells found atop from birds dropping tortoises so as to break their shells and feed on the inner meat. There are at least two known protected overhangs that show fire scoring as evidence of habitation by pre-contact Chemehuevi The Chemehuevi are an indigenous people of the Great Basin. They are the southernmost branch of Southern Paiute. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
