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Provincial park in Alberta, Canada

Cold Lake Provincial Park
IUCN category II (national park)

Location of Cold Lake Provincial Park in Alberta
Location	Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87, Alberta, Canada
Nearest city	Cold Lake
Coordinates	54°28′16″N 110°06′34″W / 54.47111°N 110.10944°W / 54.47111; -110.10944
Area	62 km (24 sq mi)
Established	August 18, 1976
Governing body	Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation

Cold Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in northeastern Alberta, Canada.

It is located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) east of the city of Cold Lake, on Highway 28, and extends to the Saskatchewan border.

The park protects the boreal forest in a number of designated areas on the southern and northern shores of Cold Lake, one of the largest lakes in Alberta. These shores are important nesting grounds for waterfowl.

The forest contains poplar, birch, spruce, and other types of wood.

The protected area is continued into Saskatchewan with the Meadow Lake Provincial Park.

Activities

Recreational facilities are located in the park including campground and day use areas. Camping, canoeing, fishing (and ice fishing), sailing, power boating and other water sports are popular activities. 11.5 km of trails are maintained in the park, and are used for hiking, mountain biking, cross-country skiing and show walking.

Sport fishing is allowed in Cold Lake (brook stickleback, burbot, emerald shiner, fathead minnow, finescale dace, Iowa darter, lake trout, lake whitefish, logperch, longnose sucker, ninespine stickleback, northern pike, northern redbelly dace, slimy sculpin, spoonhead sculpin, spottail shiner, tullibee (cisco), walleye, white sucker, yellow perch) and Medley River (brook stickleback, burbot, emerald shiner, fathead minnow, finescale dace, lake chub, logperch, longnose sucker, northern redbelly dace, northern pearl dace, rainbow trout, spoonhead sculpin, spottail shiner, white sucker).

References

Alberta Tourism, Parks, Recreation & Culture. "Activities in Cold Lake Provincial Park". Retrieved 2007-07-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

Media related to Cold Lake Provincial Park at Wikimedia Commons
Alberta Tourism, Parks, Recreation & Culture. "Cold Lake Provincial Park". Archived from the original on 2008-05-01. Retrieved 2007-07-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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