- Type
- Settlement
- Designated
- 1973
Suffield Tipi Rings
In French: Cercles de tipi de Suffield
Also known as EcOp-4 to 17
About Suffield Tipi Rings
National Historic Site status goes to 2 places in Cypress County, Suffield Tipi Rings among them. By its record, Suffield Tipi Rings was built in 1430–1431.
The Suffield Tipi Rings National Historic Site of Canada is located on rolling hills overlooking the South Saskatchewan River, in Alberta. The site encompasses 14 sets of archaeological remains relating to the cultural occupations of Plains First Nations peoples, featuring tipi rings, medicine wheels and various other rock arrangements. The tipi rings are located on the uppermost terraces above the river level and just below the level of the adjacent prairie to the west, while the rest of the petroforms are distributed across a large expanse of open land and alongside the river. Official recognition refers to the series of man-made features and the land upon which they are set, which comprises 700 hectares, with its concentration of sites including tipi rings, rock features such as linear rock arrangements, small cairns and a medicine wheel.
From the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Suffield Tipi Rings National Historic Site of Canada · Open Government Licence – Canada · quoted as the register has it
National Historic Sites are places the Minister of Environment designates, on the advice of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board, for their national significance.
Finding Suffield Tipi Rings
Cypress County
It is a stop on its own: the next historic place is a longer trip.
Questions about Suffield Tipi Rings
What is Suffield Tipi Rings?
Suffield Tipi Rings has been a National Historic Site of Canada since 1973.
When was Suffield Tipi Rings built?
The record of Suffield Tipi Rings gives 1430–1431.
Can you visit Suffield Tipi Rings?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
Is Suffield Tipi Rings protected?
National Historic Site status commemorates; legal protection, where there is any, comes from the province or municipality, or from federal ownership.
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Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles.
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