Calling Lake Provincial Park, Provincial park at Calling Lake, Alberta, Canada
Calling Lake Provincial Park is a boreal forest reserve on the southern shore of Calling Lake, 55 km north of Athabasca on Highway 813 and 186 km north of Edmonton. Its marshy shoreline gives nesting grounds to waterfowl and habitat to American white pelicans and great blue herons. A campground and day-use area sit in the hamlet of Calling Lake.
Calling Lake Provincial Park protects a stretch of boreal forest and marsh on the southern shore of Calling Lake, 55 km north of Athabasca on Highway 813. The sources give no founding date or founding history for the park, so its record rests on its status as an Alberta provincial park and on the habitat the shoreline provides for waterfowl, American white pelicans and great blue herons.
The park lies beside the hamlet of Calling Lake, where a campground and day-use area serve visitors on the lake's southern shore. Bird watching, canoeing, swimming and fishing for walleye, northern pike and yellow perch are the activities people come for. The marshy shoreline is where American white pelicans and great blue herons nest.
The park offers camping areas and opportunities for water sports as well as fishing for pike, perch, and walleye across different seasons. Visitors should prepare for changing weather and plan their bird watching and fishing activities around the seasonal conditions.
Calling Lake Provincial Park sits 638 m above sea level on flat terrain where mixed forest surrounds a lake whose marshy shores host American white pelicans and great blue herons. The surrounding area has fewer than two inhabitants per square kilometre and no nearby settlements, so the park is reached from Athabasca, 55 km south on Highway 813.
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