Lakeland Provincial Park and Recreation Area

Lakeland Provincial Park and the adjoining Lakeland Provincial Recreation Area form a protected lake-and-forest landscape east of Lac La Biche in northeastern Alberta. Developed from planning that began in the 1960s and 1970s and formally designated in 1992, the area was promoted locally for tourism and jobs and soon saw trail and facility construction. Its many shallow, interconnected lakes, marshes, and creeks create unusual recreation and access patterns, and the area uniquely straddles drainage systems flowing toward both the Arctic Ocean and Hudson Bay. Place names preserve Cree, settler, and wartime histories, while management also reflected compromises with nearby military flight operations.

Alberta · Canada