The Continental Divide
The Town of Eastend is surrounded by nature, with breath-taking views and wildlife. Twenty-four kilometers north of town you’ll come across the Dividing Springs Ranch and Continental Divide. On your drive you will enjoy scenic views as you go through the Frenchman River, Conglomerate Creek and Bone Creek valleys.
A green interpretative sign that tells about the area is located on the right side of the road. This interesting geological feature is basically an imaginary line that extends to Chimney Coulee and divides which way the local waters flow. North of the line, the creeks and rivers flow northeast to Hudson Bay, which is around 1800 kilometers away. Creeks and rivers found to the south of the line flow roughly 2768 kilometers south to the Gulf of Mexico. It’s quite similar to the Continental Divide found in the mountains, which divides waters that flow east/west, but is on a much smaller scale.
In the area of the Dividing Springs Ranch is an underground spring that is the source of Conglomerate Creek, which flows south to the Gulf of Mexico by way of the Frenchman and Missouri Rivers. Also in close proximity is the spring of Bone Creek, which flows north to Hudson Bay after meeting up with Swift Current Creek, another local creek that flows through Pine Cree Regional Park and has its headwaters a few miles to the southeast.
The valleys and surrounding coulees are filled with wildlife such as whitetail and mule deer, antelope, coyotes, rabbits, and perhaps even moose.