Classification | Provincial Recreation Area |
Legislation | Provincial Parks Act |
Park Size | 5,498.35 Acres / 2,225.1 Ha |
Legal Boundary | Redwater PRA |
Administration / Information | 780-672-7274 |
Regional Office | Central Regional Office |
District Office | Camrose |
Natural Region | Boreal Forest - Dry Mixedwood |
Natural Region Description | This area includes transverse, parabolic and barchan sand dunes. There are jack pine-lichen woodlands on dune crests and diverse wetlands on dune depressions with black spruce-tamarack/sphagnum moss muskeg, sedge and dwarf shrub fens, as well as occasional open sloughs ringed by cattails. Aspen-paper birch stands rim wetlands. The area is used extensively for off-highway vehicle riding and snowmobiling. Parts of the area have been heavily disturbed by petroleum and natural gas exploration. |
Land Use Framework Region | North Saskatchewan |