| Woodland Caribou Provincial Park is located on a relatively flat granite plateau. A fault-line cuts through the 2.5 to 3 billion-year-old rock from Indian House Lake in the east to Wanipigow Creek in the west. North of the fault rocks are intrusive granites molded into smooth whaleback; south of the line the granites are rough and weathered and reflect volcanic intrusions. At Donald and Royd Lakes paddlers can see the shearing and fractures of the fault. The climate in Woodland Caribou is hotter and drier than in the popular canoeing areas to the east. The dry climate, combined with Woodland Caribou’s well-drained plateau topography and its proximity to the western prairies creates a unique prairie-boreal ecosystem. Nearly 100 plants of the drier prairie habitats make a home in the park.
The park, as its name implies, also features a creature of the north–the woodland caribou. The park boasts the largest population of the shy ungulate south of the Hudson Bay lowlands.
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