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Alberta Forestry, Parks and Tourism Bluerock Wildland Provincial Park is a wildland provincial park located in Kananaskis Improvement District , Alberta , Canada . It was established on 24 July 2001 [ 4 ] and has an area of 12,719.59 hectares (31,430.79 acres; 49.11 sq mi). [ 3 ]
Highway 40 is a south–north highway in western Alberta, Canada. [2] It is also named Bighorn Highway and Kananaskis Trail in Kananaskis Country.Its segmented sections extend from Coleman in the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass northward to the City of Grande Prairie and is currently divided into four sections.
Highwood Pass is the highest paved pass in Canada. The pass is closed each year from December 1 to June 14 due to very high snowfall and to protect wildlife. [4] For a small portion of June, the snow is melted but the road remains closed, making this a popular destination for road cyclists.
This is a list of provincial parks in the Canadian province of Alberta. ... Alberta Parks has closed multiple parks throughout its history, with four parks being ...
The second of the 1A routes, known as the Bow Valley Trail, begins in Canmore, off of the Trans-Canada Highway at exit 91. It formerly began at the Trans-Canada Highway at exit 86 and passed through Canmore; however, ownership of the section was transferred to the Town of Canmore. The roadway still carries the name "Bow Valley Trail". [1]
Peter Lougheed Provincial Park is in Kananaskis Country about 90 kilometres (56 mi) west of Calgary, along the Kananaskis Trail in Alberta, Canada. This park is within Alberta's Rocky Mountains. The park was originally named Kananaskis Provincial Park, but was renamed after Peter Lougheed, premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985, when he retired ...
This trail was first established in 1824–1825 as a portage between Fort Edmonton on the North Saskatchewan River and Fort Assiniboine on the Athabasca River. The portage was part of the York Factory Express , a 19th-century fur brigade route of the Hudson's Bay Company from Fort Vancouver on the Columbia River (today's Vancouver, Washington ...
Alberta Parks [4] Bob Creek Wildland Provincial Park is a wildland provincial park located in the Municipal District of Ranchland , in southern Alberta , Canada. It was established on 12 May 1999, [ 3 ] modified slightly on 24 June 2003, [ 5 ] and is 20,777.69 hectares (51,342.8 acres; 80.2 sq mi) in area. [ 2 ]