Английская Википедия:Horseshoe Canyon (Alberta)

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Badlands, Drumheller
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Horseshoe Canyon in 1988

Horseshoe Canyon is a region of badlands surrounded by prairie in the province of Alberta, Canada. It is located about Шаблон:Convert west of the town of Drumheller, Alberta, along Highway 9.

The canyon gets its name from its horseshoe shape, defined by two coulees that flow into the Kneehill Creek, a tributary of the Red Deer River. The canyon's two arms are approximately 5 km long each, extending from Highway 9 to Kneehill Creek, at two former mining communities of Dunphy and Gatine. In turn, it gives the name to the Horseshoe Canyon Formation.

In 2020, a boy named Nathan Hrushkin discovered a dinosaur fossil at the canyon dating back to 69 million years.[1][2]

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