Saskatoon Island Provincial Park

Saskatoon Island Provincial Park in northern Alberta lies on a spit dividing Saskatoon Lake, though its name preserves the memory of a former island where Cree people gathered saskatoon berries for pemmican. Falling water levels in 1919 joined the island to the plain and split the lake in two. The nearby village of Lake Saskatoon, incorporated in 1912, declined after a railway route chosen in 1924 bypassed it. Established as a provincial park in 1932 and later designated a federal Migratory Bird Sanctuary, the area is part of the Grande Prairie Important Bird Area, known for trumpeter swans and other wildlife, and remains a year-round recreation destination.

Alberta · Canada