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<< Our Photo Pages >> Ootssip'tomowa Look Out Hill - Hill Figure or Geoglyph in Canada

Submitted by TheDruid-3X3 on Saturday, 21 October 2023  Page Views: 167

Multi-periodSite Name: Ootssip'tomowa Look Out Hill Alternative Name: Nose Hill Park
Country: Canada Type: Hill Figure or Geoglyph
Nearest Town: Calgary  Nearest Village: North Haven
Latitude: 51.101111N  Longitude: 114.098611W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Ootssip'tomowa Look Out Hill
Ootssip'tomowa Look Out Hill submitted by TheDruid-3X3 : Site in Canada Picture taken of Ootsspi'tomawa Look Out Hill in 2001 showing the Prairie Grasslands that is commonly found in Nose Hill Park. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hill Figure or Geoglyph in Canada

Ootsspi'tomowa Look Out Hill is a natural park in the northwest quadrant of Calgary, Alberta which covers over 11 km². It is the fourth-largest urban park in Canada, and one of the largest urban parks in North America.

Ootsspi'tomowa Look Out Hill contains significant archaeological sites, including stone Indigenous tipi rings and the Siksikaitsitapi medicine wheel. Nose Hill Park was a sacred place used for ceremonies and burials. This is part of the legacy left by Indigenous peoples in Treaty 7 territory.

Exposed to the drying and warming effects of the recurrent Chinook winds, Nose Hill provided favorable wintering grounds for bison herds which, in turn, attracted people to the hill's grassy slopes. The park today contains numerous tipi rings – circles of stone once used to weigh down the conical-shaped skin dwellings of plains bison hunters. Also within the perimeters of today's park are ancient tool-making stations, a stone cairn, and evidence of bison kills conducted long ago.

The coordinates for this Site is where the Siksikaitsitapi Medicine Wheel is located within the Park.

There is a rather good PDF File about it:
http://www.calgary.ca/content/dam/www/csps/parks/documents/locations/nose-hill-park-landmark-interpretive-sign.pdf
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Ootssip'tomowa Look Out Hill
Ootssip'tomowa Look Out Hill submitted by TheDruid-3X3 : Site in Canada Picture taken of Ootsspi'tomawa Look Out Hill in 2001 showing the Prairie Grasslands that is commonly found in Nose Hill Park. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Ootssip'tomowa Look Out Hill
Ootssip'tomowa Look Out Hill submitted by TheDruid-3X3 : Site in Canada Picture taken of Ootsspi'tomawa Look Out Hill in 2001 showing the Prairie Grasslands that is commonly found in Nose Hill Park. This is the Trail Information Sign nearby the Parking Lot. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ootssip'tomowa Look Out Hill
Ootssip'tomowa Look Out Hill submitted by TheDruid-3X3 : Site in Canada Picture taken of Ootsspi'tomawa Look Out Hill in 2001 showing the Prairie Grasslands that is commonly found in Nose Hill Park. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ootssip'tomowa Look Out Hill
Ootssip'tomowa Look Out Hill submitted by TheDruid-3X3 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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