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Group hopes to make Saskatoon park a United Nations World Heritage Site
SASKATOON – A group hopes to have the Wanuskewin Heritage Park in Saskatoon designated as a United Nations World Heritage site.
Chief Felix Thomas of the Saskatoon Tribal Council says to achieve that goal the park will need to expand and be improved.
The plan also calls for re-introducing a small herd of bison to the park, which is designed to advance understanding of Northern Plains Indigenous peoples.
If the group’s application is successful, Wanuskewin would become Saskatchewan’s first U.N. heritage site.
Canada is home to 17 such sites including Alberta’s Dinosaur Provincial Park, the Viking settlement in Newfoundland and part of Quebec City.
The application will be managed by Parks Canada and the process could take up to 10 years. (CKOM, CJWW)
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