Birch Mountains Wildland Provincial Park
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Birch Mountains Wildland | |
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![]() ![]() Location of Birch Mountains Wildland in Alberta | |
Location | Wood Buffalo, Alberta, Canada |
Nearest city | Fort McKay |
Coordinates | 57°30′31″N 112°57′29″W / 57.50861°N 112.95806°WCoordinates: 57°30′31″N 112°57′29″W / 57.50861°N 112.95806°W |
Governing body | Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation |
Birch Mountains Wildland is a park in the in Alberta. It contains a free roaming wood bison herd.
The area has a remarkably diverse ecosystem that supports lake trout, lake whitefish, cisco, Arctic grayling, walleye, and yellow perch; osprey and bald eagles; and many more.[1] The rare, spore-bearing plant quillwort was discovered in the area in 2004.[1][2]
The Wildland contains 360,698 acres (145,969 ha). It is accessible only by fly-in during the summer and by snowmobile during the winter.[1] There are two commercial backcountry lodges in the park: Namur Lake Lodge and Island Lake Lodge. Hiking, fishing, camping, hunting, ice fishing, and on-site OHV riding are welcome.[1]
See also[]
- List of provincial parks in Alberta
- List of Canadian provincial parks
- List of National Parks of Canada
References[]
- [1]
- Parks and Protected Areas
- http://gateway.cd.gov.ab.ca/siteinformation.aspx?id=374 Birch Mountains Wildland Park
- ^ a b c d "Birch Mountains Wildland Provincial Park". AlbertaParks.ca.
- ^ Yatskievych, George (20 March 2020). "quillwort". Encyclopedia Britannica.
Categories:
- IUCN Category Ib
- Parks in Alberta
- Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo
- Mountain ranges of Alberta
- Alberta protected area stubs