Pierre Grey's Lakes Provincial Park, Provincial park with five lakes in Greenview No. 16, Canada
Pierre Grey's Lakes Provincial Park is a provincial park in Canada featuring five interconnected freshwater lakes ringed by forest. The area provides multiple spots for swimming, fishing, paddling, and observing wildlife in their natural surroundings.
The park takes its name from Pierre Grey, a Métis trader who ran a trading post in the area; a historic trading post still stands within the park. The park lies 37 km south of Grande Cache on the north side of the Bighorn Highway, around five lakes at 1,250 m elevation, and is maintained by the Ministry of Forestry and Parks.
The park takes its name from Pierre Grey, the trader associated with the historic trading post that stands inside its boundaries. Visitors today come for the five lakes, stocked with rainbow trout and brook trout, and for the post itself, which recalls the fur-trade era in this part of the Alberta foothills.
The park lies 37 km south of Grande Cache on the north side of the Bighorn Highway, around five lakes at 1,250 m elevation. Camping, canoeing, kayaking, power boating, hiking, cross-country skiing, fishing and ice fishing are all possible here, so bring gear for both open-water and winter use.
The park lies at 1,250 m (4,100 ft) on the north side of the Bighorn Highway, 37 km (23 mi) south of Grande Cache. Its five lakes are stocked with rainbow trout and brook trout, and a historic trading post stands within the park. Winter brings ice fishing and cross-country skiing.
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