Elk Island National Park
Elk Island National Park,
75 sq mi (194 sq km), central Alta., Canada, near Edmonton; est. 1913. It occupies a wooded rolling region in the midst of level farmland. The park is Canada's major fenced preserve for plains and wood bison and other prairie animals. Numerous small lakes offer summertime recreation.Elk Island National Park
Fort Saskatchewan, AB T8L2N7
Phone:780-992-2950
Fax:780-992-2951
Web: www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/ab/elkisland
Size: 194 sq. km.
Established: 1906.
Location:35 km east of Edmonton, Alberta, on Yellowhead Hwy 16 east.
Facilities:Visitor center, 2 campgrounds, 11 trails (90 km;@di), picnic areas, restrooms, boat launch, 9-hole golf course. Services and facilities are concentrated in Astotin Lake area.
Activities:Camping, hiking, wildlife viewing, boating, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, golfing, environmental education programs.
Special Features:Elk Island is one of four national parks that represent the Southern Boreal Plains and Plateau natural region. It protects a portion of the transitional grassland ecosystem, a landscape that once stretched across the central portion of the continent. In addition to wildlife that includes plains and wood bison, elk, moose, deer, coyote, and beaver, park is home to 250+ bird species.
See other parks in Alberta.