Alberta Hike: Horseshoe Canyon in Drumheller
In 1743, French Canadian explorers François and Louis Joseph de la Verendrye coined the term ‘Badlands’ (‘les mauvaises terres‘ in french), when they first encountered it on their travels through the Prairies in Central Alberta, Canada. Although it is only a small patch in comparison to the rest of Canada’s lush landscape, the Canadian Badlands has its own selling point —it is an area steeped in history. Much different from the rest of Canada, the Badlands contains a mixture of prairies, grasslands, ghost towns, buttes, canyons, hoodoo rock formations, coulees and ravines. The early French settlers found the area too arid …
