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The Bighorn River is a short river originating in the Alberta foothills, and is a tributary of the North Saskatchewan River. [1] The river, as well as the nearby Bighorn Range and Bighorn Dam are named for the Bighorn sheep which dominate the area. The name first appeared in 1865. [2]
The bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) [6] is a species of sheep native to North America. [7] It is named for its large horns.A pair of horns may weigh up to 14 kg (30 lb); [8] the sheep typically weigh up to 143 kg (315 lb). [9]
Sheep River Provincial Park is a provincial park located in Alberta, Canada, 23 kilometres (14 mi) west of Diamond Valley on highway 546. It is part of the Kananaskis Country park system and encompasses a portion of the Sheep River valley.
Alberta Experimental Wolverine Monitoring Project The park protects a large population of mountain goats and bighorn sheep (20% of the total population in Alberta). Other mammals commonly found here include grizzly bears , woodland caribou , elk , deer , cougars and timber wolves . [ 9 ]
Jun. 21—A bacterial infection that has killed more than 100 bighorn sheep in Baker County's biggest herd over the past year and a half, including the entire 2020 crop of lambs, might be waning.
USS Big Horn, a US Navy fleet replenishment oiler since 1992; Big Horn, Manchester, a public sculpture in Manchester, England; Big Horn Academy Building, a school in Cowley, Wyoming, US; Big Horn Hotel, a demolished historic building in Arminto, Wyoming, US; The Big Horn, a 1979 album by Houston Person; Bighorn Airways, an American charter company
The bighorn sheep is the provincial mammal of Alberta. The four climatic regions ( alpine , boreal forest , parkland , and prairie ) of Alberta are home to many different species of animals. The south and central prairie was the homeland of the American bison , also known as buffalo, with its grasses providing pasture and breeding ground for ...
Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis), and mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus) can also be found here. Predators in the mountains and forests include lynx (Lynx canadensis) , coyote ( Canis latrans ), grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) , black bear (Ursus americanus cinnamomum) , cougar (Puma concolor couguar) , red fox ( Vulpes vulpes ), and ...