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Nicolle Flats Interpretive Area loop — Buffalo Pound Provincial Park

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Nicolle Flats Interpretive Area loop — Buffalo Pound Provincial Park

Moderate

3.5

(2)

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Nicolle Flats Interpretive Area loop — Buffalo Pound Provincial Park

02:36

10.1km

50m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: November 15, 2025

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Start point

Parking

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436 m

Nicolle Flats Marsh Boardwalk

Highlight • Bridge

This boardwalk extends almost 300 meters out over the Nicolle Flats Marsh. Keep an eye out over the water for potential sights of pelicans, herons, red-winged blackbirds, muskrats, or even moose.

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4.49 km

The Nicolle Homestead ruins sit at the southeast end of the Nicolle Flats Interpretive Trail, and date back to the 1880s. Built by the Nicolle family, early settlers who farmed land, the stone farmhouse still stands with other limestone ruins.

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8.77 km

Nicolle Flats Interpretive Area

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The Nicolle Flats Trail is a flat, wetlands-and-wildlife-viewing area, great for birdwatching and leisurely nature walks. There is a network of interpretive trails, boardwalks, and viewpoints overlooking cattail marshes, meadows, and riverbank forests along the Qu’Appelle River Valley.

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10.1 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.79 km

4.04 km

826 m

380 m

Surfaces

5.88 km

2.63 km

882 m

642 m

Elevation

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Friday 8 May

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