Birch Mountains Wildland Provincial Park
Appearance
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°W |
Governing body | Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation |
Birch Mountains Wildland is a park in the Birch Mountains in Alberta. It contains a free-roaming wood bison herd.
The area has a very diverse ecosystem that supports lake trout, lake whitefish, cisco, Arctic grayling, walleye, and yellow perch; osprey and bald eagles; and many more. The rare, spore-bearing plant quillwort was discovered in the area in 2004.[1]
The Wildland contains 357,066.96 acres (144,499.87 ha). It is accessible only by fly-in during the summer and by snowmobile during the winter.[2] 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.
See also
References
- [1]
- Parks and Protected Areas
- http://gateway.cd.gov.ab.ca/siteinformation.aspx?id=374 Birch Mountains Wildland Park