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In addition to the main parcel of land, the park also includes Pemmican Island and other islands within the Athabasca River lying generally south of the main parcel. Access to the north and central part of the park is via Highway 661; Fort Assiniboine from the west and the Vega ferry crossing from the east.
Whitehorse Wildland Provincial Park is a wildland provincial park in west-central Alberta, Canada.The park was established on 26 August 1998 and had an area of 17,439.886 hectares (43,094.90 acres; 67.34 sq mi). [4]
Name Sub-region Established Image Coordinates Antelope Hill Provincial Park: Special Area No. 2: 2014-12-04 [2: Aspen Beach Provincial Park: Lacombe County
Alberta Parks. 14 November 2018. New Park Provides Needed Safeguards for One of Canada's 10 Longest Wild Rivers, World Wildlife Fund, 17 May 2018; Allen, Lorna; Johnson, J Derek (2007). Small Patch Communities of Birch Mountains Wildland Provincial Park (PDF). Edmonton: Alberta Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture. ISBN 978-0-7785-7304-3.
Alberta is one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces.Alberta borders British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories to the north, and the U.S. state of Montana to the south.
Approximately 60% of land in Alberta is public land owned by the Alberta government. [7] For administrative purposes, the province is divided into two broad land use areas: the Green Area (forested land, almost entirely provincially owned) and the White Area (other). [7] The Rocky Mountains Forest Reserve was created by the Forest Reserves Act ...
Agriculture was never developed in this part of Western Canada, unlike to the south. Hunting and trapping remained the dominant industry in this region well into the 20th century, and are still vital to many of its inhabitants. Following the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897, the Canadian government was keen to extinguish Aboriginal title to the land ...
Elk Island National Park. Elk Island National Park is situated in the Beaverhills area, which with its aspen thickets and easy access to water, has provided shelter for wintering herds of elk, bison and moose since times immemorial. [2]