Welcome to Gray Park Natural Area. This landscape has been protected for you and future generations to enjoy thanks to the Western Sky Land Trust, the generous donation of Gordon Gray, and the town of Diamond Valley.
As you explore the flood plain of the “Eetookiap” or Sheep River, you will be traveling on the traditional territory and home of the Treaty 7 signatories: the Blackfoot Confederacy: Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, the îethka Nakoda Nations: Chiniki, Bearspaw, Goodstoney and Tsuut’ina Nation. This territory is home to the Otipemisiwak Métis Government of the Métis Nation within Alberta Districts 5 and 6.
Gray Park Natural Area represents the Foothills Parkland ecoregion of Alberta. This landscape is ecologically significant as part of a healthy Sheep River Watershed. It is a rich patchwork of grassland, riparian forests, wetlands and river.
As you explore the flood plain of the “Eetookiap” or Sheep River, you will be traveling on the traditional territory and home of the Treaty 7 signatories: the Blackfoot Confederacy: Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, the îethka Nakoda Nations: Chiniki, Bearspaw, Goodstoney and Tsuut’ina Nation. This territory is home to the Otipemisiwak Métis Government of the Métis Nation within Alberta Districts 5 and 6.
Gray Park Natural Area represents the Foothills Parkland ecoregion of Alberta. This landscape is ecologically significant as part of a healthy Sheep River Watershed. It is a rich patchwork of grassland, riparian forests, wetlands and river.
Gray Park Bingo Card
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Gordon Gray Gift
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Ecogift
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Pileated Woodpecker
Beaver Lodge
Balsam Poplar
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Red-Winged Blackbird
Beaver Chew
Riverbank
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Silverberry Shrub
Beaver Dam
Pond Leveller
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