Information & Facilities

Closure - River Valley Trail

Location: 35 northwest of Barrhead on Hwy. 769

Activities

Backcountry Camping

Birding

Cross Country Skiing

Fishing

Hiking - Backcountry

Equestrian

Hunting

Snowshoeing

Trail Running

Wildlife Viewing

Geocaching

Permitted activities may vary within a park. Please confirm details with park staff.

Birding: Species include great grey owls, Cooper's hawks, pileated woodpeckers and sandhill cranes.
Camping: Random backcountry camping is permitted. Except for three small staging areas (day use only), there are no developed facilities in the park.
Hiking: Both in the park and nearby Holmes Crossing Ecological Reserve.
Hunting: Hunters should be aware that equestrian users frequent this area.
Wildlife Viewing: Species include mule deer, white-tailed deer, moose, beaver, mink, muskrat and river otter.

Hunters should be aware equestrian users frequent this park

More information: 780-960-8170 or 403-340-7691

*To be connected toll-free in Alberta, dial 310-0000 followed by the 10-digit phone number.

Park Map

Classification	Wildland Provincial Park
Legislation	Provincial Parks Act
Park Size	19,528.05 Acres / 7,903.00 Ha
Legal Boundary	O.C. 47/97
Administration / Information	780-960-8170
Regional Office	Central Regional Office
District	Spruce Grove
Natural Region	Boreal Forest - Central Mixedwood
Natural Region Description	Fort Assiniboine Sandhills Wildland Park is located along the north shore of the Athabasca River. The park contains two distinct environments: upland dunes and riparian forests. The upland dunes include jack pine lichen forests with numerous intervening fens. The fens represent a diversity of types including open water, sedge fens in various stages of succession, and fens dominated by larch. Riparian communities consist of a series of meander scars with a variety of forest types including white spruce, balsam poplar and aspen poplar in various mixtures. Intervening oxbows vary from open water through bog birch-Labrador tea communities, to those dominated by black spruce and larch in either pure or mixed stands. Forests harbour species such as pileated woodpeckers, various wood warblers and flying squirrels that favour old growth. Sandhill cranes nest in the fens. More than 435 plant species have been recorded in the park.
Land Use Framework Region	Upper Athabasca