Elbow-Sheep Wildland Provincial Park, Wildland provincial park in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada
Elbow-Sheep Wildland Provincial Park is a protected area in Alberta's Kananaskis region containing mountains, forests, valleys, and river systems.The landscape features varied elevations and brings together different ecosystems within a continuous wilderness setting.
Elbow-Sheep Wildland Provincial Park lies in Kananaskis Country, in the Canadian Rocky Mountains of south-western Alberta. The sources record no founding date, no coal mining and no 1995 wildland-park programme for this park; they describe only a provincial park and wildlife reserve where hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding cross lodgepole pine and spruce forest.
The park lies in Kananaskis Country, a name taken from the Kananaskis River; the Stoney Nakoda know the river as the Kootenai, meaning "people of the mountains." Hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding follow trails through lodgepole pine and spruce forest, the uses the park is managed for today.
Visitors need a Kananaskis Conservation Pass to park vehicles throughout the park.When exploring trails, expect limited services and facilities, especially in more remote sections of the backcountry.
Elbow-Sheep Wildland Provincial Park lies within Kananaskis Country in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, and its forests are dominated by lodgepole pine and spruce. Hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding are the activities the park is known for.
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