Caribou Mountains Wildland Provincial Park

Caribou Mountains Wildland Park
Caribou Mountains Wildland Park
IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)
	Location of Caribou Mountains Wildland Park in Alberta
Location	Mackenzie County, Alberta, Canada
Nearest city	High Level, Fort Vermilion
Coordinates	59°19′00″N 114°58′00″W / 59.31667°N 114.96667°W
Area	5,910 km²
Established	2001
Governing body	Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation

Caribou Mountains Wildland Park is a large wilderness area in northern Alberta, Canada. It is located in the Caribou Mountains, immediately west of Wood Buffalo National Park in a remote backcountry area. The closest communities in Alberta are Fort Vermilion and Garden River.

It was established by the Alberta Government in 2001 under the "Special Places program" by Order in Council 308/2001.^[1] At 5,900 square kilometres (2,300 sq mi), it is the largest provincial protected area in Alberta. (The nearby Wood Buffalo National Park is managed by the federal government.)

Conservation

The park protects fragile wetland that offers nesting grounds for a variety of bird species and core habitat of the threatened woodland caribou herd.^[2] A small number of wood buffalo is also present in the south-eastern part of the park. The Caribou Mountains reach an elevation of 1,030 m, almost 700 m higher than the surrounding area, and have a unique environment.

The park is located in the hydrographic basin of the Great Slave Lake and that of the Peace River. Yates River, Whitesand River, Buffalo River, Wentzel River, Wentzel Lake and Margaret Lake are found in the park area.

Fauna

The Caribou Mountains is home to many arctic birds that breed nowhere else in Alberta including Red-throated loon, Red-necked phalarope, Grey-cheeked thrush, American tree sparrow, and Red-breasted merganser.

References

^ Alberta Wilderness Association Archived 2013-12-21 at the Wayback Machine - Caribou Mountains
^ Alberta Community Development Archived March 16, 2005, at the Wayback Machine - Caribou Mountains Wildland Park

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[1] Alberta Wilderness Association Archived 2013-12-21 at the Wayback Machine - Caribou Mountains

[2] Alberta Community Development Archived March 16, 2005, at the Wayback Machine - Caribou Mountains Wildland Park

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v t e Protected areas in Alberta
World Heritage Sites	Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks Dinosaur Provincial Park Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park Wood Buffalo National Park Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi
National parks	Banff Elk Island Jasper Waterton Lakes Wood Buffalo
Provincial parks, wildlands and wildernesses	Aspen Beach Antelope Hill Beauvais Lake Big Hill Springs Big Island Big Knife Bow Valley Bragg Creek Brown-Lowery Calling Lake Canmore Nordic Centre Caribou Mountains Carson-Pegasus Castle Castle Wildland Chain Lakes Cold Lake Crimson Lake Cross Lake Crow Lake Cypress Hills Dillberry Lake Dinosaur Dry Island Buffalo Jump Dunvegan Eagle Point Fish Creek Garner Lake Glenbow Ranch Gooseberry Lake Greene Valley Gregoire Lake Hilliard's Bay Hay-Zama Lakes Jarvis Bay Kinbrook Island Kananaskis Country Lakeland Lesser Slave Lake Little Bow Little Fish Lois Hole Centennial Long Lake Midland Miquelon Lake Moonshine Lake Moose Lake Notikewin Obed Lake O'Brien Park Lake Pembina River Peter Lougheed Provincial Park Pierre Grey's Lakes Pigeon Lake Police Outpost Queen Elizabeth Ram Falls Red Lodge Rochon Sands Rock Lake Saskatoon Island Sheep River Sir Winston Churchill Spray Valley Strathcona Science Sundance Sylvan Lake Thunder Lake Tillebrook Two Lakes Vermilion Wabamun Lake Whitney Lakes William A. Switzer Williamson Willmore Wilderness Willow Creek Winagami Lake Woolford Writing-on-Stone Wyndham-Carseland Young's Point
Urban parks	Calgary Zoo Devonian Gardens Edmonton Valley Zoo Edworthy Park Mill Woods Park Muttart Conservatory North Saskatchewan River Valley Nose Hill Oldman River Valley Pearce Estate Park University of Alberta Botanic Garden Sylvan Lake
Museums and historic sites	Alberta Central Railway Museum Atlas Coal Mine Canadian Grain Elevator Discovery Centre Canadian Tractor Museum Cold Lake Air Force Ellis Bird Farm Fort Calgary Fort Edmonton Park Fort Victoria Fort Whoop-Up Frank Slide Galt Historic Railway Park Glenbow Museum Heritage Acres Farm Museum Heritage Park Krause Milling Co. Pioneer Acres Prairie Elevator Museum Remington Carriage Museum Reynolds Royal Alberta Royal Tyrrell Scandia Eastern Irrigation District Museum South Peace Centennial Museum Spruce Grove Grain Elevator Museum St. Albert Grain Elevator Park Ukrainian Village Warner elevator row Whyte National historic sites Provincial historic sites

Caribou Mountains Wildland Park
IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)
Location of Caribou Mountains Wildland Park in Alberta
Location	Mackenzie County, Alberta, Canada
Nearest city	High Level, Fort Vermilion
Coordinates	59°19′00″N 114°58′00″W / 59.31667°N 114.96667°W / 59.31667; -114.96667
Area	5,910 km²
Established	2001
Governing body	Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation

Caribou Mountains Wildland Provincial Park

Conservation

Fauna

See also

References