Places of Interest in the Athabasca Watershed
The Athabasca Watershed is a huge area, 24% of Alberta in fact. With the presence of many First Peoples, the history of colonial activities and the abundance of natural features, there are many significant areas of note in the watershed.
If you have a place of interest to add to the list, please send the information to admin@awc-wpac.ca.
Jasper
2016 population: 4,590
- Jasper National Park
- Maligne Canyon
- Athabasca Falls
- Maligne Lake
- Sunwapta Falls
- Mount Edith Cavell
- Lac Beauvert
Hinton
2016 population: 9,882
- Beaver Board Walk
- Northern Rockies Museum
- Athabasca River Front Park
- Mary Reimer Park
- Happy Creek Trail System
- Big Horn Trail
- Athabasca Lookout Trail
- Solomon Creek Staging Area
- Solomon Creek Wildland Provincial Park
Edson
2016 population: 8,414
Whitecourt
2016 population: 10,259
Mayerthorpe
2016 population: 1,320
- Dundee Park
- Paddle River Park
- Peace Park
- Fallen Four Memorial Park
Barrhead
2016 population: 4,579
- Klondike Trail Viewpoint
- The Vega Sand Hills
- Klondike (Vega) Ferry
- Barrhead Centennial Museum
- Barrhead Grain Elevators
- Thunder Lake Provincal Park
Westlock
2016 population 5,101
- Long Island Lake
- Westlock Pioneer Museum
Swan Hills
2016 population 1,301
- Wilderness Sculpture
- Goose Mountain Ecological Reserve
- Trapper Lea’s Cabin
- Special Waste Treatment Facility
- Trail to the Center of Alberta
Athabasca
2016 population: 2,965
- Athabasca Landing Trail
- Muskeg Creek Trail System
Boyle
2016 population: 845
- Long Lake Provincial Park
Lac La Biche
2016 population: 2,294
- Sir Winston Churchill Provincial Park
- Lac La Biche Museum
- Long Point Trail
- Old Growth Alley and Birch Snag Loop
- Causeway Trail
- Lakeland Provincial Park
Fort McMurray
2016 population: 66,573
- Oil Sands Discovery Center
- Fort McMurray Heritage Village
- Gregoire Lake Provincial Park
- Giants of Mining
- Indigenous Interpretive Trail
Natural Areas
Dark Sky Preserves
- Lakeland Provincial Park
- Jasper National Park
- Wood Buffalo National Park
National Parks
- Jasper National Park
- Wood Buffalo National Park
Provincial Parks
|
Park |
Municipality |
Sub-watershed |
|
Rock Lake Provincial Park |
ID 25 Willmore Wilderness |
Upper Athabasca |
|
Rock Lake – Solomon Creek Wildland Provincial Park |
ID 12 Jasper |
Upper Athabasca |
|
Whitehorse Wildland Provincal Park |
Yellowhead County |
McLeod |
|
William Switzer Provincial Park |
Yellowhead County |
Upper Athabasca |
|
Obed Lake Provincial Park |
Yellowhead County |
Upper Athabasca |
|
Sundance Provincial Park |
Yellowhead County |
McLeod |
|
Carson-Pegasus Provincial Park |
Woodlands County |
Upper Athabasca |
|
Fort Assiniboine Sandhills Wildland Provincial Park |
Woodlands County |
Upper Central Athabasca |
|
Thunder Lake Provincial Park |
County of Barrhead No. 11 |
Pembina |
|
Hubert Lake Wildland Provincial Park |
Westlock County/M.D. of Lesser Slave River No. 124 |
Pembina/Upper Central Athabasca |
|
Cross Lake Provincial Park |
M.D. of Lesser Slave River No. 124 |
Pembina |
|
Calling Lake Provincial Park |
M.D. of Opportunity No. 17 |
Lower Central Athabasca |
|
La Biche River Wildland Provincial Park |
Athabasca County |
La Biche |
|
Sir Winston Churchill Provincial Park |
Lac La Biche County |
La Biche |
|
Lakeland Provincial Park |
Lac La Biche County |
La Biche |
|
Crow Lake Provincial Park |
Lac La Biche County |
Lower Central Athabasca |
|
Dillon River Wildland Provincial Park |
Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo |
Clearwater |
|
Stony Mountain Provincial Park |
Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo |
Clearwater |
|
Gipsy Lake Wildland Provincial Park |
Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo |
Clearwater |
|
Whitemud Falls Wildland Provincial Park |
Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo |
Clearwater |
|
Gregoire Lake Provincial Park |
Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo |
Clearwater |
|
Grand Rapids Wildland Provincial Park |
Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo/M.D. of Opportunity No. 17 |
Lower Central Athabasca |
|
Marguerite River Wildland Provincial Park |
Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo |
Lower Athabasca |
|
Richardson River Dunes Wildland Provincial Park |
Regional Muncipality of Wood Buffalo |
Lower Athabasca |
|
Kazan Wildland Provincial Park |
Regional Muncicpality of Wood Buffalo |
Lower Athabasca |
|
Fidler-Greywillow Wildland Provincial Park |
Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo |
Lower Athabasca |