Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park

Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park
Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park
IUCN category II (national park)
	Cypress Hills
	Location of Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park in Canada
Location	Cypress County, Alberta; RM of Maple Creek No. 111, Saskatchewan; , Canada
Nearest city	Medicine Hat, AB; Swift Current, SK
Coordinates	49°34′31″N 110°00′23″W
Area	400 km2 (150 sq mi)
Established	1931 (Saskatchewan); 1951 (Alberta); 1989 (interprovincial)
Governing body	Alberta Environment and Parks and Ministry of Parks, Culture and Sport (Saskatchewan)

Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park is a natural park in Canada straddling the Alberta / Saskatchewan boundary and jointly administered by the two provinces. Located south-east of Medicine Hat in the Cypress Hills, it became Canada's first interprovincial park in 1989.

The park consists of two protected areas, the 345 km² (133 sq mi) West Block, that straddles the Alberta / Saskatchewan boundary between Alberta Highway 41, the townsite of Elkwater, Saskatchewan Highway 615, Saskatchewan Highway 271, and Fort Walsh, and the Centre Block, an additional area of 58 km² (22 sq mi) in Saskatchewan, west of Saskatchewan Highway 21.

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