Willmore Wilderness Park , in Alberta , Canada, is a 4,600-square-kilometre (1,800 sq mi) wilderness area adjacent to Jasper National Park . It is lesser known and less visited than Jasper National Park. There are no public roads, bridges or buildings. There are, however, several ranger cabins in the park that are available as a courtesy to visitors.
15-410: Other parks surround this wilderness reserve: Kakwa Wildlands Park to the north, Kakwa Provincial Park and Protected Area to the west, Rock Lake Provincial Park to the south-west, Sulphur Gates Provincial Recreation Area to the east. Kakwa Wildlands Park, Kakwa Provincial Park and Willmore Wilderness Park comprise the first interprovincial park shared between Alberta and British Columbia. Access to
30-550: A bill introduced by Willmore. Willmore Wilderness Park is managed by Alberta Community Development as a wilderness park. Conservation-based research within the park includes: The park protects a large population of mountain goats and bighorn sheep (20% of the total population in Alberta). Other mammals commonly found here include grizzly bears , woodland caribou , elk , deer , cougars and timber wolves . Coyotes , wolverines , lynx and black bears are also present in
45-516: Is 30 metres tall. It adjoins Willmore Wilderness Park and British Columbia's Kakwa Provincial Park and Protected Area and together with them comprises the first interprovincial park shared between BC and Alberta. It takes the name from Kakwa , the Cree word for porcupine . This Alberta's Rockies location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Provincial park A provincial park (or territorial park )
60-656: Is a park administered by one of the provinces of a country, as opposed to a national park . They are similar to state parks in other countries. They are typically open to the public for recreation. Their environment may be more or less strictly protected. Provincial parks ( Spanish : Parques Provinciales ) in the Misiones Province of Argentina include the Urugua-í Provincial Park and Esmeralda Provincial Park . The Ischigualasto Provincial Park , also called Valle de la Luna ("Valley of
75-577: Is allowed only in a catch-and-release fashion (9.1 kg or 20 lb bull trout have been caught on the upper part of the Jackpine River). Canoeing and whitewater rafting can be done on the Smoky River . Motorized vehicles are prohibited within the park. Open-pit fires are allowed. Potential dangers while travelling through the park are changing weather (which can make rising waters dangerous to ford), lost and water-logged trails and
90-610: Is the richest center of biodiversity in the province. Provincial parks in Belgium ( Dutch : provinciale domeinen , French : domaines provinciaux ) include Bois des Rêves, Chevetogne, Hélécine, Palogne, and Wégimont. These are typically public areas administered by the province for outdoor recreation such as swimming, canoeing, hiking and camping, with few or no fully protected portions. Provincial parks in Canada are protected areas of land and/or water designated by one of
105-739: The Improvement District (ID) No. 14 and ID No. 16 prior to 1994. Those lands within Willmore Wilderness Park were incorporated as ID No. 25 on January 2, 1994. The park was named on April 12, 1965, after Norman Willmore of Edson, a provincial cabinet minister and member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta who was killed in a motor vehicle accident in February 1965. It was previously known as Wilderness Provincial Park, established in 1959 through
120-674: The Moon" or "Moon Valley") due to its otherworldly appearance, is a provincial protected area in the north-east of San Juan Province , north-western Argentina. The Aconcagua Provincial Park is in Mendoza Province . The highest point is the north summit of the Cerro Aconcagua at 6,962 metres (22,841 ft). The Parque Provincial Pereyra Iraola is the largest urban park in the Buenos Aires Province . It
135-679: The North Boundary Trail at about 49 km from Snake Indian River staging. Kakwa Wildlands Park Kakwa Wildland Park is a provincial park in the Rocky Mountain Foothills just east of the northern Canadian Rockies , in Alberta , Canada , immediately east of the border with British Columbia at the 120th meridian west . The park is home to Alberta's tallest waterfall , the Kakwa Falls, which
150-454: The abundant bear population. Several trails cross the park (Indian Trail, Pope Thoreau Trail, Great Divide Trail ), and horseback riding can be done along rivers and passes (Sulphur River, West Sulphur River, Rocky Pass, Jackknife Pass, Casket Pass, Forget-Me-Not Pass, Fetherstonhaugh Pass and Morkill Pass). Rock Lake staging area allows easy access to the north part of Jasper National Park through Willow Creek Trail. The 14 km trail joins
165-480: The general public, day use parks or recreational parks that offer many services to visitors, often including bicycle , canoe , or kayak rentals, camping sites, hiking trails and beaches . In the province of Quebec , the provincial parks are labelled "national parks" and are all IUCN category II protected areas (like at the federal level, and as opposed to many provincial parks), and are managed by Société des établissements de plein air du Québec . Many parks in
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#1732783303542180-765: The other provinces have the IUCN designation. Nwanedi Provincial Park is a scenic nature and game reserve on the foothills of the Venda mountains in the northern part of the Limpopo province of South Africa . Mokolo Dam Provincial Park almost surrounds the Mokolo Dam on the Mokolo River . It is located 32 km south of Lephalale , just northeast of the Marakele National Park and not far from
195-441: The park is via Highway 40 , through the hamlet of Grande Cache , and the four staging areas: Sulphur Gates, Cowlick Creek, Berland River and Rock Lake. Motorized vehicles are not allowed in the park; transportation is done by foot, horse, mountain bike or ski. Another staging area is found south-east of the park, in the town of Hinton . In terms of local governance, those lands within Willmore Wilderness Park were split between
210-636: The provincial governments to protect nature or historical sites and to support recreation, tourism and education. The first provincial park, Queen Victoria Park in Niagara Falls , opened in 1888. The largest is the 2,355,200-hectare (5,820,000-acre) Polar Bear Provincial Park on Hudson Bay . Although provincial parks in Canada are not the same as national parks , their structures and purposes are very similar. The provincial and territorial parks systems generally have various park categories. Parks may be ecological reserves without facilities for use by
225-535: The sub-alpine region, while marmots , rock pika, ptarmigan and Rocky Mountain goats can be found in the higher alpine areas. The sub-alpine environment contains white spruce , lodgepole pine , balsam fir and aspen poplar . Several First Nations burial sites are at Big Grave Flats, as well as some early coal mining, forestry and trapper cabins. Recreational activities in the park include camping , hiking , horseback riding , mountain biking , cross-country skiing and some hunting . Fishing for bull trout
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