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56-575: Moose Mountain Upland , Moose Mountain Uplands, or commonly Moose Mountain, is a hilly plateau located in the south-east corner of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan , that covers an area of about 13,000 square kilometres (5,000 sq mi). The upland rises about 200 metres (660 ft) above the broad, flat prairie which is about 600 metres (2,000 ft) above sea level . The highest peak

112-576: A provincial park in 1986. Cannington Manor is located west and north of Highway 603 . The Colony is 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) south-east of Moose Mountain Provincial Park , and 60 kilometres (37 mi) south of Moosomin . Captain Pierce established an agricultural college and attracted remittance men as students for £100 a year. The intention of the college was to instruct these bachelor sons of wealthy families to farm and homestead in

168-540: A depression that geologists call a kettle. These kettles are the wetlands or sloughs that are prevalent on the prairie landscape. Indigenous people have lived in the area of southern Saskatchewan for about 11,000 years and were originally nomadic hunters and gatherers. The area provided plenty of big game such as buffalo , deer, and elk as well as a variety of berries such as saskatoons , blueberries, and raspberries and edible plants like wild rice, turnips, and onions. The earliest archaeological evidence of First Nations in

224-459: A homestead 7 miles east of Kenosee Lake, and the Fripp brothers who owned land on the north-east corner of Kenosee Lake (where the village of Kenosee Lake sits today). Fred Christopher and his two sons cut through 6.4 kilometres (4.0 mi) of bush going from east to west and the Fripp brothers, Harold and Percy, started at Kenosee Lake and cut through 4.8 kilometres (3.0 mi) of bush to meet near

280-470: A living proving their land and making improvements to earn land title grants from the Dominion Government. Soon a dairy, a school / town hall, blacksmith, Moose Mountain trading company store, Harold Fripp flour mill, C.E. Phipps Land Titles Office, carpenter shop, and Mitre hotel were built to support a burgeoning community which soon reached 200 residents. Captain Pierce, the founder of

336-635: A much lower elevation than most of the plateau at just over 660 metres (2,170 ft). Lost Horse Hill is part of the Lost Horse Hills, which are a cluster of rolling hills partially on the Ocean Man Indian Reserve. These hills are located on the far western side of the plateau at the point where the plateau tapers off, south of Moose Mountain Lake and just west of the junction of Moose Mountain and Wolf Creeks. Highway 47 traverses

392-553: A river was already there, though not necessarily on exactly the same course. Then, subterranean geological forces caused the land in that part of North America to gradually rise by about a centimeter per year for millions of years. An unusual balance occurred: the river that would become the Colorado River was able to erode into the crust of the Earth at a nearly equal rate to the uplift of the plateau. Now, millions of years later,

448-563: A section located along the southern border of Moose Mountain Provincial Park and along the eastern shore of Kippan Lake, about 2 miles west from the south-western most corner of White Bear Indian reserve. [REDACTED] Media related to Moose Mountain Upland at Wikimedia Commons Plateau Plateaus can be formed by a number of processes, including upwelling of volcanic magma, extrusion of lava, plate tectonics movements, and erosion by water and glaciers. Volcanic plateaus are produced by volcanic activity . The Columbia Plateau in

504-553: A significant role in the fur trade. Also, combined with its unsuitability for agriculture, much of the plateau remained in situ until the late 1800s. Even today much of the area remains undeveloped and in a natural state. One of the first major trails to be built was the Christopher Trail . It was built from Kenosee Lake to Cannington Manor in the 1890s by the Christopher family, who were German immigrants that had

560-470: A small park with a picnic area and dock and is accessed off Highway 47. At the north end of Moose Mountain Lake on the north side of Highway 711, is Saint Clair National Wildlife Area . It is one of 28 Prairie National Wildlife Areas in Saskatchewan. In 1974 Saskairie , a Nature Conservancy of Canada property, was established on the southern slope of Moose Mountain Upland. It is three-quarters of

616-544: Is "Moose Mountain" at 830 metres (2,720 ft) above sea level. The upland was named Moose Mountain because of the large number of moose that lived in the area. When it was originally used by fur traders , Métis , and the Indigenous peoples , the plateau was called Montagne a la Bosse , which is French for "The Mountain of the Bump or Knob". Before the most recent continental glaciation 23,000 years ago, Moose Mountain

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672-404: Is composed of two separate parcels of land. Firstly, a 15-hectare parcel contains archaeological remains of the village and several replica buildings. A 1920s one-storey, wood-frame schoolhouse serves as the park's visitor reception centre near the entrance. All Saints Anglican Church , built in 1884 and still in use, is near the centre of the village site, but it is not on park property. The church

728-622: Is divided into three main flat regions: the Bogotá savanna , the valleys of Ubaté and Chiquinquirá , and the valleys of Duitama and Sogamoso . The parallel Sierra of Andes delimit one of the world highest plateaux: the Altiplano , (Spanish for "high plain"), Andean Plateau or Bolivian Plateau. It lies in west-central South America, where the Andes are at their widest, is the most extensive area of high plateau on Earth outside of Tibet. The bulk of

784-637: Is on the Canadian Register of Historic Places . A second, 32-hectare parcel, which is located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of the village site, consists of a farmyard and 2 ½-storey wood-frame house and remnant walls of two stone outbuildings. The house, built in 1888, is known as the Humphrys / Hewlett House and it too is on the Canadian Register of Historic Places. The buildings were formally recognised on 26 May 1986 and were put on

840-710: Is sometimes called the Roof of Africa due to its height and large area. Another example is the Highveld which is the portion of the South African inland plateau which has an altitude above approximately 1,500 metres, but below 2,100 metres, thus excluding the Lesotho mountain regions. It is home to some of the largest South African urban agglomerations . In Egypt are the Giza Plateau and Galala Mountain , which

896-545: Is the Scottish Highlands . Plateaus are classified according to their surrounding environment. The highest African plateau is the Ethiopian Highlands which cover the central part of Ethiopia. It forms the largest continuous area of its altitude in the continent, with little of its surface falling below 1,500 metres (4,921 ft), while the summits reach heights of up to 4,550 metres (14,928 ft). It

952-592: Is the centrepiece of Moose Mountain Provincial Park. White Bear (Carlyle) Lake , formally Carlyle Lake , is entirely within the White Bear First Nation. Little White Bear Lake is right beside it, just to the west. On the east side of the plateau is Cannington Lake with the small resort community of Cannington Lake on its shore. Moose Mountain Creek was dammed in 1937 on the west side of the upland to create Moose Mountain Lake . Moose Mountain Upland

1008-422: Is the highest peak and is located on the south side of the plateau near the middle. Highway 605 passes to the west of it. In the vicinity there are other unnamed hills over 800 metres (2,600 ft). The next highest named hill is Heart Hill on the eastern side of the plateau located on White Bear First Nations. It is 774 metres (2,539 ft) high. The only other named summit in the region is Lost Horse Hill with

1064-572: Is the home of more than 70 million people. The Western Plateau , part of the Australian Shield , is an ancient craton covering much of the continent's southwest, an area of some 700,000 square kilometres. It has an average elevation between 305 and 460 metres. The North Island Volcanic Plateau is an area of high land occupying much of the centre of the North Island of New Zealand, with volcanoes, lava plateaus, and crater lakes,

1120-802: Is within the aspen parkland ecoregion and was designated as a forest reserve under the Dominion Lands Branch through the Dominion Forest Reserves Act of 1906. In 1908, it was re-designated as Moose Mountain Forest Preserve to protect the forests from being cleared for farmland and to ensure the forests could be used sustainably. In 1930 under the Natural Resources Acts , the Canadian government transferred natural resources control over to

1176-585: The Antler River flows south to just across the Canada–United States border into North Dakota then back up into Canada and east into Manitoba where it meets up with the Souris River. Moose Mountain is dotted with hundreds of small lakes and sloughs, most of which are closed basin , meaning they have no regular out-flow. The largest is Kenosee Lake , which, along with Little Kenosee Lake ,

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1232-511: The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) regional branch line was constructed about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south of the village rather than through the village. During a time of travel by horseback this distance was detrimental to the growth of the community. The passing of the founder, a few years earlier, a drought and low grain prices soon made it unfeasible for settlers to continue the lifestyle at Cannington Manor. The park

1288-895: The Deccan Plateau (≈1,900,000 km (730,000 sq mi), elevation 300–600 metres (980–1,970 ft)). A large plateau in North America is the Colorado Plateau , which covers about 337,000 km (130,000 sq mi) in Colorado , Arizona , New Mexico , and Utah . In northern Arizona and southern Utah the Colorado Plateau is bisected by the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon . This came to be over 10 million years ago,

1344-484: The Prairie Pothole Region . A large portion of the Canadian prairies is classified as having a knob and kettle topography. It is believed that this topography was formed by glacial movement. As the glaciers advanced, till was pushed into mounds in some locations and in other locations large blocks of the glacier ice were buried. After the glacier retreated these large buried blocks of ice melted leaving

1400-567: The " Roof of the World ", which is still being formed by the collisions of the Indo-Australian and Eurasian tectonic plates . The Tibetan Plateau covers approximately 2,500,000 km (970,000 sq mi), at about 5,000 m (16,000 ft) above sea level. The plateau is sufficiently high to reverse the Hadley cell convection cycles and to drive the monsoons of India towards

1456-563: The 1920s. Walleye and yellow perch can be found in the lakes. The population density of Moose Mountain is quite low and is mostly found along Highway 9 in and around Moose Mountain Provincial Park. The entirety of the upland is within the Saskatchewan census division 1 . There are three First Nations that are on at least part of the plateau. Carlyle Lake Resort and White Bear 70 , which are part of White Bear First Nation , are centred around White Bear (Carlyle) Lake. The 2016 population

1512-688: The Altiplano lies within Bolivian and Peruvian territory while its southern parts lie in Chile. The Altiplano plateau hosts several cities like Puno, Oruro, El Alto and La Paz the administrative seat of Bolivia. Northeastern Altiplano is more humid than the Southwestern, the latter of which hosts several salares , or salt flats, due to its aridity. At the Bolivia-Peru border lies Lake Titicaca ,

1568-489: The Bible camps are today. At that time, there was a resort on the west side of the lake called Arcola Resort. The south side of Moose Mountain Upland rises sharply above the flat plains while the north side has a more gradual ascent. Compared to the surrounding landscape, the upland, which appears oval in shape when viewed from above, is quite hilly and heavily wooded. Moose Mountain at 830 metres (2,720 ft) above sea level

1624-713: The Moose Mountain area is the Moose Mountain Medicine Wheel which carbon dates to about 800 BC. The Medicine Wheel is located on the plateau's highest peak and is under jurisdiction of the Pheasant Rump Nations Band . From the 1700s a large network of trails were developed that criss-crossed the prairies that the Métis, First Nations, and other fur traders used as a transportation network for furs and other goods . One of

1680-721: The North Rim of the Grand Canyon is at an elevation of about 2,450 m (8,040 ft) above sea level , and the South Rim of the Grand Canyon is about 2,150 m (7,050 ft) above sea level. At its deepest, the Colorado River is about 1,830 m (6,000 ft) below the level of the North Rim. Another high-altitude plateau in North America is the Mexican Plateau . With an area of 601,882 km (232,388 sq mi) and average height of 1,825 metres, it

1736-736: The Saskatchewan government, which created the Department of Natural Resources. In 1931, the Saskatchewan government created a provincial park on the plateau called Moose Mountain Provincial Park that covers over 40,000 hectares (99,000 acres). The park was officially opened on 1 July 1932. Unlike the surrounding prairie, most of Moose Mountain is wooded with aspen, white birch, balsam poplar, and green ash. The animals that are found there include moose, white-tailed deer, snowshoe hare, white-tailed jack rabbit, eastern cottontail, coyote, red fox, skunk, weasel, bobcat, lynx, cougar, raccoon, black bear, beaver, and muskrat. Wolves were hunted to extinction in

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1792-465: The area southward into the Souris Spillway . As the ice was melting away, large chunks were left behind forming depressions called kettles or potholes (locally, the depressions are called 'sloughs') in the ground. The retreating ice also left small shallow lakes, knobs , and moraines dotted all over Moose Mountain and the surrounding prairies. This region of North America is referred to as

1848-611: The community died on 20 June 1888. C.E. Phipps established the land titles office here in 1889 and moved to Oxbow in 1891. Spencer Page was the colony's first teacher in 1889 before turning to politics in 1894. Louis Kent the second teacher in Cannington Manor started his duties in 1894 and passed on in 1896. Robert Bird the Moose Mountain trading company store keeper moved to British Columbia in 1898. Ernest Maltby postmaster and his wife Mary arrived in 1892 and then also moved in 1901 to British Columbia. Between 1901 and 1902,

1904-761: The crust. Tectonic plateaus are formed by tectonic plate movements which cause uplift, and are normally of a considerable size, and a fairly uniform altitude. Examples are the Deccan Plateau in India and the Meseta Central on the Iberian Peninsula . Plateaus can also be formed by the erosional processes of glaciers on mountain ranges, leaving them sitting between the mountain ranges. Water can also erode mountains and other landforms down into plateaus. Dissected plateaus are highly eroded plateaus cut by rivers and broken by deep narrow valleys. An example

1960-491: The eastern slope of Lost Horse Hill. The entirety of Moose Mountain Upland is in the Souris River watershed. There are no major rivers or lakes in the region and most of the water flow depends on surface flow, such as from rains and melting snow in the spring. The surrounding lowlands are susceptible to flooding, as happened with the 2011 Souris River flood . There are several small rivers and creeks that flow away from

2016-616: The gods" in the native tongue of the Pemon , the Indigenous people who inhabit the Gran Sabana . Tepuis can be considered minute plateaus and tend to be found as isolated entities rather than in connected ranges, which makes them the host of a unique array of endemic plant and animal species. Some of the most outstanding tepuis are Neblina , Autana , Auyan and Mount Roraima . They are typically composed of sheer blocks of Precambrian quartz arenite sandstone that rise abruptly from

2072-474: The heart of Moose Mountain Provincial Park. Outside of the Indian reserves , it is the largest community in Moose Mountain with a 2016 population of 234 people. There are several towns near Moose Mountain, including Carlyle , Wawota , Redvers , Kipling , and Stoughton . The only major highway to traverse the plateau is Highway 9 . It travels in a north-south direction through the upland. Highway 47 skirts

2128-688: The heart of Moose Mountain Upland is Moose Mountain Provincial Park , which features the Moose Mountain Chalet and an 18-hole golf course. The development of the park and the building of the Chalet between 1931 and 1933 were part of an effort by the Saskatchewan Government to get people working during the Great Depression . The chalet and golf course were built in tandem with the idea of bringing wealthy people to

2184-475: The intersection of Highways 9 and 48. In the winter there is ice fishing, a tobogganing hill, and sledding . On the White Bear First Nation, there is the Bear Claw Casino & Hotel , Carlyle Lake Resort , and White Bear Lake Golf Course. At the far western end of the upland, there are two other parks. At the south end of Moose Mountain Lake by the dam, there's Lost Horse Hills Heritage Park. It's

2240-492: The jungle, giving rise to spectacular natural scenery. Auyán-tepui is the source of Angel Falls , the world's tallest waterfall . The Colombian capital city of Bogota sits on an Andean plateau known as the Altiplano Cundiboyacense roughly the size of Switzerland. Averaging a height of 2,600 m (8,500 ft) above sea level, this northern Andean plateau is situated in the country's eastern range and

2296-599: The largest lake in South America. [REDACTED] Media related to Plateaus at Wikimedia Commons Cannington Manor Provincial Park Cannington Manor Provincial Park is an historic park in the RM of Moose Mountain in the south-east corner of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan . An aristocratic English colony was established at the site in 1882 by Captain Edward Michell Pierce. It became

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2352-441: The last best west. The brothers Ernest, Billy, and Bertie Beckton constructed "Didsbury", ranch house within Cannington Manor colony. The cultural and recreational life emulated English upper class society. Thoroughbred racing, polo matches, theatrical plays, fox hunting , billiards, soccer, and tennis were all enjoyed by the colony students and settlers. This was a contrast to the neighbouring homesteaders who were barely eking out

2408-418: The middle. Along the trail, two human skeletons were found near a lake. That lake was named Skeleton Lake. Today, that trail is a well-travelled gravel road that runs from Kenosee Lake to Cannington Manor. The first road to Kenosee Lake was built in 1905 and went from about 3 miles west of Carlyle north into the upland past the lakes of McGurk, Stevenson, and Hewitt to the west side of Kenosee Lake, near where

2464-601: The most notable of which is the country's largest lake, Lake Taupō . The plateau stretches approximately 100 km east to west and 130 km north to south. The majority of the plateau is more than 600 metres above sea level. A tepui ( / ˈ t ɛ p w i / ), or tepuy ( Spanish: [teˈpuj] ), is a table-top mountain or mesa found in the Guiana Highlands of South America, especially in Venezuela and western Guyana . The word tepui means "house of

2520-442: The north-western United States is an example. They may be formed by upwelling of volcanic magma or extrusion of lava. The underlining mechanism in forming plateaus from upwelling starts when magma rises from the mantle , causing the ground to swell upward. In this way, large, flat areas of rock are uplifted to form a plateau. For plateaus formed by extrusion, the rock is built up from lava spreading outward from cracks and weak areas in

2576-474: The park. The largest lake on the plateau, Kenosee Lake , is found in the park. Kenosee Lake is stocked with fish, has a beach area, docks , miniature golf , and camping. Overlooking the lake is the Kenosee Inn & Cabins which features a conference room, 30 hotel rooms, and 23 cabins. Three Christian camps, Kenosee Lake Bible Camp, Clearview Christian Camp, and Kenosee Boys & Girls Camp are located on

2632-415: The plateau, such as north flowing Montgomery Creek and east flowing Little Pipestone Creek. Both of those are tributaries of Pipestone Creek , which flows across provincial borders into Manitoba . Moose Mountain Creek originates in the north-west corner of the plateau and heads south, then south-east into the Souris River. From the east side of the plateau, with its source near Kenosee and White Bear Lakes,

2688-866: The south. The Deosai Plains in Pakistan are situated at an average elevation of 4,114 meters (13,497 ft) above sea level. They are considered to be the second highest plateaus in the world. Other major plateaus in Asia are: Najd on the Arabian Peninsula , elevation 762 to 1,525 m (2,500 to 5,003 ft), Armenian Highlands (≈400,000 km (150,000 sq mi), elevation 900–2,100 metres (3,000–6,900 ft)), Iranian Plateau (≈3,700,000 km (1,400,000 sq mi), elevation 300–1,500 metres (980–4,920 ft)), Anatolian Plateau , Mongolian Plateau (≈2,600,000 km (1,000,000 sq mi), elevation 1,000–1,500 metres (3,300–4,900 ft)), and

2744-480: The surrounding coastline through enormous glaciers . The polar ice cap is so massive that the echolocation measurements of ice thickness have shown that large areas are below sea level . But, as the ice melts, the land beneath will rebound through isostasy and ultimately rise above sea level. The largest and highest plateau in the world is the Tibetan Plateau , sometimes metaphorically described as

2800-491: The surrounding prairie has very few trees. As a result, in the early days of settlement, settlers relied upon the forests of Moose Mountain for firewood, building materials, and hunting. While sport hunting and fishing are still popular, the forests are no longer relied upon the way they once were. The main industries now in the Moose Mountain Upland include tourism, agriculture, oil , and gravel quarries . At

2856-570: The trails, the Fort Ellice - Wood Mountain Trail ran along the east and to the south of the Moose Mountain Upland. It was mainly a provisions trail transporting pemmican from buffalo hunting grounds near Wood Mountain back to Port Ellice. It operated from 1757 to about the 1850s. Since there are no major waterways near Moose Mountain and since beaver are not native to the area (two breeding pairs were introduced in 1923 and thrived), it did not play

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2912-510: The western edge, also in a north-south direction. Highway 48 runs along the northern edge of the upland in a west-east direction. Several gravel and secondary roads form a grid pattern throughout, including roads 603 , 605 , 711 , and 209 (which is the primary road through the provincial park). There is no public transportation though the area except for a shuttle to and from the Bear Claw Casino. Unlike Moose Mountain, most of

2968-485: The western shore of the lake in Christopher Bay at the site of the former Arcola Resort. Also on the lake is the village of Kenosee Lake which has services such as a gas station, restaurant, and convenience store. To the east of the village, just off Highway 9, is Kenosee Superslides . There is also a ball diamond and hiking trails. Red Barn Market is located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of Kenosee Lake near,

3024-404: Was 691. Pheasant Rump Nakota First Nation (population 56, 2016 Canada Census ) and Ocean Man First Nation (population 215, 2016 Canada Census) are located on the western side of Moose Mountain. Moose Mountain Upland is part of four different Rural Municipalities (RM) with only a portion of each RM on the plateau: The village of Kenosee Lake is on Kenosee Lake , alongside Highway 9, and in

3080-477: Was capped by Tertiary-age gravels . As the ice began to retreat about 17,000 years ago from southern Saskatchewan, the highest hills formed nunataks in the ice sheet. The protrusion of the Moose Mountain Upland initiated an interlobate area between two glacial lobes, the Weyburn Lobe and the Moose Mountain Lobe. On the southern side of the upland, in the interlobate area, a short lived glacial lake named Lake Arcola formed. The Moose Mountain Creek Spillway drained

3136-467: Was once called Gallayat Plateaus, rising 3,300 ft above sea level. Another very large plateau is the icy Antarctic Plateau , which is sometimes referred to as the Polar Plateau or King Haakon VII Plateau, home to the geographic South Pole and the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station , which covers most of East Antarctica where there are no known mountains but rather 3,000 m (9,800 ft) high of superficial ice and which spreads very slowly toward

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