Birch Mountains Wildland Provincial Park is a
wildland
Wilderness or wildlands (usually in the plural), are natural environments on Earth that have not been significantly modified by human activity or any nonurbanized land not under extensive agricultural cultivation. The term has traditionally re ...
provincial park in
Wood Buffalo,
northern Alberta,
Canada. It contains a free roaming
wood bison
The wood bison (''Bison bison athabascae'') or mountain bison (often called the wood buffalo or mountain buffalo), is a distinct northern subspecies or ecotype of the American bison. Its original range included much of the boreal forest regions ...
herd.
The area has a remarkably diverse ecosystem that supports
lake trout,
lake whitefish,
cisco,
Arctic grayling,
walleye, and
yellow perch;
osprey and
bald eagles
The bald eagle (''Haliaeetus leucocephalus'') is a bird of prey found in North America. A sea eagle, it has two known subspecies and forms a species pair with the white-tailed eagle (''Haliaeetus albicilla''), which occupies the same niche as ...
; and many more.
The rare, spore-bearing plant
quillwort was discovered in the area in 2004.
[ There are two commercial backcountry lodges in the park: Namur Lake Lodge and Island Lake Lodge. Hiking, fishing, camping, hunting, ice fishing, and on-site OHV riding are welcome.][
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See also
* List of provincial parks in Alberta
* List of Canadian provincial parks
* List of National Parks of Canada
References
Parks and Protected Areashttp://gateway.cd.gov.ab.ca/siteinformation.aspx?id=374 Birch Mountains Wildland Park
Parks in Alberta
Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo
Mountain ranges of Alberta
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