At the place known as Head-Smashed-In in southwestern Alberta, Aboriginal people practiced a form of group hunting for nearly 6,000 years before European contact. Now it’s one of Canada’s 17 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, about 15 minutes west of Fort Macleod, among the Porcupine Hills that marks the beginning of the Rocky Mountain foothills.
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump is one of the largest and best-preserved buffalo jumps in the world. A magnificent interpretive centre, opened in 1987 cleverly designed to blend in with the surrounding prairies, is built into the hill just left of the buffalo jump.
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Designated a National Historic Site – 1968
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Designated a World Heritage Site – 1981
