Fidler-Greywillow Wildland Park

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Fidler-Greywillow Wildland Park
Fidler-Greywillow Wildland Provincial Park
Location the park in northeastern Alberta, Canada
Location the park in northeastern Alberta, Canada
Location of Fidler-Greywillow Wildland in Canada
LocationRegional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Alberta, Canada
Nearest cityFort Chipewyan
Coordinates58°56′11″N 110°37′8″W / 58.93639°N 110.61889°W / 58.93639; -110.61889
Area6,520.625 hectares (16,112.82 acres)
CreatedMarch 1998
OperatorAlberta Parks
Fidler-Greywillow Wildland Park

Fidler-Greywillow Wildland Park is a provincial park located in northeastern Alberta, Canada within the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo.[1] Summer activities include activities like back-country camping, hunting, kayaking, and fishing, and Winters offer Snowmobiling.[2] Random backcountry camping is allowed on Bustard Island.

Geography[]

The Fidler-Greywillow Wildland Park lies within the natural regions of the Canadian Shield - Kazan Uplands, and the Boreal Forest - Athabasca Plain.[2]

The park starts at an unnamed creek along the northwest shore of Lake Athabasca to Fidler Point. It also encompasses several islands in the lake; These include Bustard Island,[3] ,[4] and the [5] To the southeast of Burntwood Island is Egg Island a small island part of the .

Flora[]

Forbs specimens included; Drosera anglica (Oblong-leaved sundew), Menyanthes trifoliata (Buck-bean), Triglochin maritima (Side arrow grass).[6] Graminoids specimens included; Carex chordorrhiza (Prostrate sedge), Carex lasiocarpa (Woollyfruit sedge), Carex limosa (mud sedge), Carex rostrata (Beaked sedge), Juncus stygius (Marsh rush), Scheuchzeria palustris (Scheuchzeria).[6] Bryophytes specimens included; Sphagnum angustifolium (fine peat/bogmoss), Warnstorfia exannulata (brown peat moss).[6]

Common trees boitgh on the mainland and islands includes the black spruce (Picea mariana), jack pine (Pinus banksiana), white spruce (Picea glauca), and the paper birch (Betula papyrifera)[7] In a 2005 study of flora in the park the first record of Carex echinata (star sedge) was found on Burntwood Island.

Transportation[]

Travel to the park is float-plane form Fort McMurray, as well people can take a boat ride form Fort Chipewyan. There are no summer access roads that run into the park.[2]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "FIDLER_GREYWILLOW Wildland Provincial Park" (PDF). Alberta Parks. Govnment of Canada. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Fidler-Greywillow Wildland Provincial Park". Alberta Parks. Government of Canada. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Bustard Island". Natural Resources Canada. Govnment of Canada. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Burntwood Island". Natural Resources Canada. Govnment of Canada. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Lucas Islands". Natural Resources Canada. Govnment of Canada. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c Allen, Lorna; Johnson, J. Derek; Vujnovic, Ksenija (2003). "Small Patch Communities of Fidler-Greywillow Wildland Provincial Park" (PDF). Alberta Natural Heritage Information Centre. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  7. ^ Allen, Lorna; Johnson, J. Derek; Vujnovic, Ksenija (2003). "Small Patch Communities of Fidler-Greywillow Wildland Provincial Park" (PDF). Alberta Parks. p. 1. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

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