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Elk Island National Park is a national park in Alberta, Canada, that played an important part in the conservation of the plains bison. The park is administered by the Parks Canada Agency. This "island of conservation" is 35 km (22 mi) east of Edmonton , along the Yellowhead Highway , which goes through the park.
An island labelled "Isle aux Biches" appears in this approximate location in a 1775 map made by Christopher Dufrost de La Jemeraye from explorations led by La Verendrye. [5] Elk Island is listed as one of several locations used during fall harvesting of fish from Lake Winnipeg shortly after the creation of Manitoba as a province of Canada in ...
There is no direct road access to the park. Access is north of Athabasca on Highway 813 for 50 kilometres (31 mi) and then east on a forestry road for 20 kilometres (12 mi) near Rock Island Lake fire lookout tower. [4] [5] Then the park is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) by off-road vehicle, snowmobile or on foot. [6]
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;
The village of Osterville is located on the south side of Barnstable on Nantucket Sound. Osterville is a residential community that includes marshes, bays, ponds, a small lake, beaches, and a small business district. Notably, the village is home to the Crosby Yacht Yard; the Crosbys are America's oldest active wooden boat-building family.
Feb. 29—Disaster Recovery Centers opened in Elk and Medical Lake Thursday to help residents impacted by last summer's wildfires access federal aid, recently made available by President Joe Biden.
Elk Island, located in Goochland County, Virginia near Cartersville, is an island [1] on the James River and across from the former Elk Hill plantation at the mouth of Byrd Creek. [2] The island, one mile by five miles, [ 3 ] is accessed by Elk Island Road ( Virginia State Route 603 ).
Aug. 17—It has been a year since flames swept through the southern and northern ends of Spokane County destroying 366 homes and thousands of acres. For the families who lost everything though ...