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From this summit may be seen several of the prominent 

 physiographic features of the region. 



To the east, about 18 miles (29 km.) beyond Munson, 

 rises the Hand Hills ridge — the most marked of all the hills 

 to be seen from here. To the southwest of this on the other 

 side of Red Deer valley, are the Wintering Hills, while in 

 front — to the north and west — are the Three Hills, and 

 still nearer Sarcee Butte. To the immediate west is the 

 valley of the Red Deer river, and to the south and west 

 across this valley is the rough and broken country about 

 the Knee Hill creek, which stream flows into the Red Deer 

 river, at a point about directly southwest of Munson. 



Near Munson the subsoil is very heavy, giving the 

 heavy waxy "gumbo" soil of the western plains, but on the 

 last facet of the upper slope before reaching the edge of 

 the cut banks, the soil becomes lighter and contains more 

 sand. Both types of soil, however, have given excellent 

 results during the period they have been cultivated. 



At a point four miles (6-4 km.) to the west of Munson, 

 one may continue for two and a half miles (4 km.) farther 

 west and come directly to the edge of the cut banks, or 

 turn to the south and so get a road along a fairly good 

 grade to the river flats either at the Wigmore ferry or at 

 the Wigmore ford — opposite the mouth of the Three Hill 

 creek. To reach this latter place the road turns again to 

 the west at a point one and a half miles (2-4 km.) south 

 of the last road intersection, and finally follows a private 

 trail down to the river flats, and then along these in front 

 of the Edmonton exposures. 



In passing down to the river flats, and in driving along 

 them, there are several excellent examples of the different 

 stages of denudation and erosion. On either side of the 

 river valley several coulees and ravines have cut their 

 sharp "V" valleys back into the table land above. Just 

 across the river the Three Hill creek, having cut its channel 

 down to the present base level of its mouth, has subsequent- 

 ly widened its valley to have a fairly extensive flat at the 

 bottom. On the nearer (northeast) side of the river, among 

 the Bad Land features, are many cases where the valleys 

 in heading back from the river, have encroached on each 

 other and have cut off one or more buttes from the table 

 land behind. In other cases these have been worn from 

 the flat-topped buttes to sharp ridges or conical hills, 

 which finally pass to low rounded hummocks in the last 



