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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.
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.
Most of Nova Scotia's population of Canada lynx are found in this park, and the endangered North Atlantic right whale is found in waters off the park's coast. [12]: 42–43 [17] Western moose were introduced to this park from Alberta's Elk Island National Park between 1947 and 1948, the native eastern moose having been hunted to near-extinction.
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 .
Tawatinaw River flows into Athabasca River near Athabasca north of Edmonton [47] Tawatinaw (hamlet) near Highway 2 about 100 kms north of Edmonton [47] Tawayik Lake Elk Island Park, east of Edmonton [47] Tecumseh, Mount a mountain in the Crowsnest Pass area; Tepee Lake NE of Lac La Biche [47] Tipaskan (neighbourhood in southside Edmonton)
Strathcona County is a specialized municipality in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region within Alberta, Canada between Edmonton and Elk Island National Park. It forms part of Census Division No. 11. Strathcona County is both urban and rural in nature.
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 ...
Fort Edmonton along the North Saskatchewan River, October 1870. Industrial developments in the river valley occurred during the late 19th and early 20th century, after the establishment of Fort Edmonton. [4] During this period, resources from the river valley were extracted in order to build and maintain the city of Edmonton. [3]