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Killdeer is an unincorporated community in Rural Municipality of Old Post No. 43, Saskatchewan, Canada. The locality is located near the intersection of Highway 2 and Highway 18 about 270 kilometres (170 mi) southwest of Regina and 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north of the Canada–United States border .
The Big Muddy Badlands [1] are a series of badlands in southern Saskatchewan, Canada, and northern Montana, United States, in the Big Muddy Valley and along Big Muddy Creek. [2] Big Muddy Valley is a cleft of erosion and sandstone that is 55 kilometres (34 mi) long, 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) wide, and 160 metres (520 ft) deep.
The East Block is more of a wilderness area but has views of the badlands of Rock Creek, the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary, and prairie skies. A one-lane, 11-kilometre (6.8 mi) parkway traverses the Rock Creek Badlands. [13] The East Block contains the Grasslands National Park (east) (SK 023) Important Bird Area. [14]
The Rock Creek Badlands, also called Killdeer Badlands, [4] were formed by these melting glaciers. The badlands run along the southern slopes of the plateau. The highest point of the upland at 1,013 metres above sea level is Pinto Butte, [5] which is located at the western end and straddles the watershed divide.
Big Muddy Lake sits in the Big Muddy Valley of the Big Muddy Badlands 140 metres (460 ft) below the surrounding landscape. The valley and badlands were formed over 12,000 years ago near the end of the last ice age with a glacial lake outburst flood from a pre-historic glacial lake located at present-day Old Wives Lake. [5]
It passes through three major communities, all in south-east Saskatchewan — Estevan, Oxbow, and Carnduff. It also passes north of the West and East Blocks of Grasslands National Park. Highway 18 is about 712 kilometres (442 mi) long, which is the longest east–west highway and second longest highway in Saskatchewan.
Big Muddy Creek [2] is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 191 mi (307 km) long, in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan and the U.S. state of Montana. Its source is in the Big Muddy Badlands of Saskatchewan. Big Muddy Creek begins in southern Saskatchewan at Big Muddy Lake, [3] east of Big Beaver, Saskatchewan.
Hiking in the badlands and viewing wildlife in the park are primary visiting activities. The park is divided into two blocks. The West Block is closest to Val Marie and the East Block is near Killdeer, SK. There are no plans to connect the two blocks. The West Block near Val Marie will be about 450 square kilometres when complete.