Pine Cree Regional Park started out as Bakers Park or Bakers Coulee as Everett Baker of Shaunavon was instrumental in starting the park and later helped with the formation of the regional park. Follow Highway 13 or the Red Coat Trail west of Shaunavon (about 19 kilometres) and turn off when you see the Regional Park sign.  Only another 13 kilometres until you reach the Park gates. We have 29 unique campsites.  Each one has privacy and most are located along the creek.  Many a shoe has been lost or soaked as an eager camper misjudged the width of the creek.  Recent improvements include 2 new camp kitchens with cook stoves, steel framed picnic tables, sturdy barbecues constructed out of pipe,a ball diamond, playground, bridges and new bathrooms.  There is no electricity in the park which is a plus for most of our regular campers.  They like to get away from it all ...phones, glaring lights and loud music and just relax in the peaceful atmosphere of the babbling creek and wind in the pines. When you drive through the gates you are greeted by a ball diamond on the prairie complete with backstop.  The road winds down a hill into a pine, poplar and willow treed valley.  A spring fed creek winds its way through the park attracting many little people (and big ones too!) to throw pebbles into the water.  A fish enhancement program has taken place in the last few years so the creek is well stocked with trout.  Fishermen of all ages come to try their luck.  Caves which have been pounded out of the sand in the hillsides are a big part of a child's entertainment. A "Hermit's Cave" as it was christened has been resurrected in 1991.  It seems there was a geologist in the park several years ago who was digging for fossils for the Royal Museum.  He dug a hole in the hillside, put up walls, moved in his bed and cookstove and spent the summer months living in the cave.  He became known as the Hermit because no one saw much of him or talked to him.  He kept mostly to himself. Our Park is a busy site.  In the summer many locals drive down just to enjoy supper in the cool pine scented picnic sites, visit with their neighbours and let the kids run the hills. You will hear lots of protests from the kids when Mom and Dad say "Time to go home!"  During the winter you will hear squeals of delight as a sled full of kids goes swooshing by.  Hikers and Cross country skiers spend many happy hours here. First time visitors to our Park are amazed.   "We never expected to find such a marvelous place in the middle of the prairies."  seems to be the usual reply.   If you get a chance to stop off at our Park on your way by.........You too will be pleasantly surprised!