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True or False: Spirit Sands is a desert.
False. Spirit Sands receives too much moisture to be considered a true desert region. True.
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rick8822/
May 18, 2017
One of my favorite days while driving across Canada, spent the whole day hiking.
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b-marshall/
Feb 15, 2016
We went camping here a few years ago. There's trails nearby, going through forests, and we spent most of our time there. When we hiked back on the final day, I was completely thrown off by the sand, even though I knew it was there. Its an amazing place not many people know about.
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Explore150 Team/
Nov 15, 2013
Having walked through the Spirit Sands, I feel what I found most interesting the the almost surreal nature of the place. You have kilometers of sand dunes around you and Jutting out in random places are massive pine trees.
The Carberry sandhills, or Spirit Sands are one of very few areas of sand dunes in Canada. This region is not a true desert, but the remnant of a sandy delta of the Assiniboine River, from a time when it ran into glacial Lake Agassiz. The sandhills are home to many unique plants and animals; including some cacti and hognose snakes.
Photo: Explore150 Digital Media Blogger, Dan Dickson.
