Spruce Woods Provincial Park

The park spans 269 square kilometers, featuring sand dunes, spruce forests, mixed-grass prairie, and the meandering Assiniboine River with its eleven oxbow lakes.

The area housed Fort des Epinettes, a Northwest Company trading post in the 1700s, and contains evidence of Clovis settlements dating back 11,000 years.

The Spirit Sands section holds particular importance for Indigenous peoples, with Manitoba Historical Plaques commemorating the Assiniboine First Nation's heritage in the region.

The park provides facilities including a visitor center, modern campgrounds, yurts, hiking trails, equestrian areas, and winter activities such as cross-country skiing and snowmobiling.

The park contains Manitoba's only native lizard species, the northern prairie skink, along with rare cacti and the desert-like Spirit Sands covering 4 square kilometers.

Location: North Cypress – Langford

Location: Glenboro – South Cypress

Location: Victoria

Inception: 1964

Operator: Manitoba Conservation

GPS coordinates: 49.70940,-99.09720

Latest update: June 3, 2025 23:22