William A. Switzer Provincial Park
Provincial park in Alberta, Canada
53°30′N 117°48′W / 53.500°N 117.800°W / 53.500; -117.800William A. Switzer Provincial Park is a provincial park in Alberta, Canada.
It is located on both sides of the Bighorn Highway, between Grande Cache and Hinton. Various campgrounds are maintained on the shores of Gregg Lake, Cache Lake, Blue Lake and Jarvis Lake.
This park is situated within the foothills of Alberta's Rocky Mountains, at an elevation of 1,150 m (3,770 ft) to 1,300 m (4,300 ft) and has a surface of 93 km2 (36 sq mi). It was established on December 22, 1958 and is maintained by Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation. The park is named after former provincial Member of the Legislative Assembly William Switzer.
Activities
The following activities are available in the park:[1]
- Beach activities, swimming
- Birdwatching (loons, grebes, ospreys, bald eagles, great grey owls, snipes and northern saw-whet owls)
- Camping
- Canoeing and kayaking (including an interpretative canoe route)
- Cross-country skiing (58 km (36 mi) groomed trails, with 33 km (21 mi) at Athabasca Lookout Nordic Centre
- Fishing and ice fishing (brown trout and rainbow trout)
- Front country hiking (at Athabasca Lookout and Beaver Ranch, around Blue Lake, Gregg Lake, Jarvis Lake, Kelley's Bathtub, Kettle and Winter Creek)
- Mountain biking (Gregg Lake trail, Jarvis Lake trail)
- Power boating, sailing, water-skiing, windsurfing
- Snowmobiling (on lakes only)
- Tobogganing (at Athabasca Lookout Nordic Centre)
- Wildlife viewing (white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk, moose, bear, coyote, wood frog, timber wolf, beaver, mink, muskrat and woodland caribou)
See also
References
- ^ Alberta Tourism, Parks, Recreation & Culture. "Activities in William A. Switzer Provincial Park". Retrieved 2007-07-20.
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External links
- Alberta Tourism, Parks, Recreation & Culture. "William A. Switzer Provincial Park". Retrieved 2007-07-20.
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