[2][5] Asessippi Park was established as part of the creation of the Shellmouth Dam and its reservoir, the Lake of the Prairies.

[10] A trail with interpretive signs provide information about the townsite and its history [11] On 9 April 1964, the Government of Manitoba designated Asessippi as a provincial park.

[2] The modern-day Assiniboine and Shell Rivers are much smaller and meander within the large valleys created by their glacier fed predecessors.

Surface runoff from snow melt and precipitation as well as groundwater springs contribute to instability that result in ravines and slumping.

[11] Interpretive signs provide information on the glacial origin of the valley and the processes of erosion that continue to shape it.