Buffalo Rubbing Stone (Near Flaxcombe)
N 51° 28.484 W 109° 37.356
12U E 595659 N 5703518
Located near the town Flaxcombe on Hwy 7.
Waymark Code: WMVMTR
Location: Saskatchewan, Canada
Date Posted: 05/05/2017
Views: 3
As the plaque reads:
Buffalo Rubbing Stone
Thousands of years ago this rock was carried for many miles and placed here by a glacier.
For hundreds of years it was used by the buffalo as a rubbing stone to remove excess winter hair and relieve the occasional itch the buffalo left parts of the rock highly polished from their action and wore a deep trench around the sides. When settlers first came into the district buffalo hair could still be seen wedged in small cracks in the surface of the stone.
There were many such stones on the prairies. Most have been removed to make way for cultivation many of those which remain in range land areas have been taken over by cattle, who derive as much pleasure and benefit from them as did their predecessors.
A Saskatchewan Historic Site
Saskatchewan
Department of Natural Resources
Marker type: Plaque on Post
Marker placement date: Not listed
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