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Bob Creek Wildland Provincial Park, in southern Alberta on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, was established in 1999 and later slightly modified in 2003 to protect a large backcountry landscape centred on Bob Creek. Managed alongside Black Creek Heritage Rangeland, it helps preserve the largest tract of montane ecosystem in Alberta, including the notably extensive and relatively undisturbed Whaleback ridge. Its grasslands, forests, streams, and ridges support uncommon plants, trout, and important wildlife habitat, especially a major elk wintering range. Recreation continues here, but access and vehicle use are limited to help protect one of Alberta’s last remaining montane wilderness areas.
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