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Elk Island National Park maintains a thriving elk population, estimated at 605 in 2007, as well as around 300 moose and over 500 deer. Parks Canada transferred eighteen moose from Elk Island to Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Highlands National Park between 1947 and 1948. Reintroduction of traditional species has been an important focus as well.
Elk Island Provincial Park is a provincial park in Manitoba, Canada. The park is 10.7 square kilometres (4.1 sq mi) in size, [ 2 ] and is considered to be a Class III protected area under the IUCN protected area management categories .
Open to the public from the May long weekend to Labour Day, the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village (Ukrainian: Село спадщини української культури, romanized: Selo spadshchyny ukrains’koi kul’tury) is an open-air museum that uses costumed historical interpreters to recreate pioneer settlements in east central Alberta, Canada, northeast and east of Edmonton.
Elk Island may refer to: Elk Island (electoral district), a federal electoral district in the province of Alberta, Canada; Elk Island National Park, Alberta, Canada;
In 2006, plains bison from Elk Island National Park in Alberta were reintroduced to Grasslands. By 2015 the herd had grown from the original 71 animals to over 300. [ 15 ] The herd is maintained on a 181 km 2 (70 sq mi) section in the park's West Block.
The island, one mile by five miles, [3] is accessed by Elk Island Road (Virginia State Route 603). [4] [5] [a] Annual flooding, and particularly a flood of 1870 that covered the entire island, laid bare evidence of Native American occupations. Three skeletons were found to have been buried at the southern end of the island.
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Alberta Visitor Centre. Alberta has been a tourist destination since the early days of the 20th Century [attribution needed], with attractions including national parks, National Historic Sites of Canada, urban arts and cultural facilities, outdoor locales for skiing, hiking and camping, shopping locales such as West Edmonton Mall, outdoor festivals, professional athletic events, international ...