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Prohibited: The use of all wood, briquette and propane/natural gas fires and campfires; this includes fires contained in designated fire facilities.
Permitted: Gas/propane stoves and BBQ's, when approved for cooking.
Rochon Sands Provincial Park
Lat: 52.4617558011
Long: -112.892373615
Information: 403-742-4338
Notice: Located on the shores of Buffalo Lake, Rochon Sands Provincial Park is a manicured landscape that provides camping facilities and beach access; from the comfort of their campsites, park visitors can watch the graceful flight of geese on their late summer migration south; in the campground, undergrowth provides protection from wind while large trees create a cool, shady picnic area.
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Birding: with its many shallow bays, Buffalo Lake provides nesting sites for great blue herons, black-crowned night-herons, Canada geese, ducks, common terns, American avocets and ring-billed gulls; Ross's geese, American white pelicans and piping plovers may also be seen; other species include northern orioles, western wood-pewee, great horned and short-eared owls, and golden and bald eagles.
Wildlife viewing: white-tailed deer, mule deer, coyotes.
