Did you know: the 12 Mile Coulee road in NW Calgary and the coulee itself were "originally named because they were about 12 miles from the post office in Fort Calgary and served as a mail drop on the old stagecoach run to Cochrane.In this park you can visit a classic prairie coulee. A coulee is the regional term for a small valley or gully. The term originated with the Metis, who used the French verb "couler," meaning "to flow," to describe this land-form where seasonal water flows from snow-melt or heavy rains."

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