Wawaskesy National Park was created north and west of the South Saskatchewan River,[1] north of the city of Medicine Hat in southeastern Alberta, Canada, on May 31, 1922.

[3] Beginning in 1915 the 65 km2 (25 sq mi) of land[4] that formed Wawaskesy National Park had been designated the Canyon Antelope Reserve,[5] to protect pronghorn (sometimes referred to as antelope).

The area was one of many pronghorn reserves created in Alberta and Saskatchewan at that time.

[2] Wawaskesy National Park was one of several national parks created in the Canadian Prairies expressly to protect and regenerate dangerously low populations of bison and pronghorn.

In 1941 the land was transferred to Canada and included in the Suffield Block for military use.