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William A. Switzer Provincial Park

Provincial park in Alberta, Canada

Summary

Provincial park in Alberta, Canada

Field	Value
name	William A. Switzer Provincial Park
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photo_caption	Highway 40 bisecting William A. Switzer Provincial Park
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map	Alberta
map_width	200
map_caption	Location of William A. Switzer Provincial Park in Alberta
location	Yellowhead County,
nearest_city	Hinton
coordinates
area_km2	93
established	December 22, 1958
governing_body	Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation
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| mapframe-zoom = 9 | mapframe-wikidata = yes William A. Switzer Provincial Park is a provincial park in Alberta, Canada.

It is located on both sides of the Bighorn Highway, between Grande Cache and Hinton. Various campgrounds are maintained on the shores of Gregg Lake, Cache Lake, Blue Lake and Jarvis Lake.

This park is situated within the foothills of Alberta's Rocky Mountains, at an elevation of 1150 m to 1300 m and has a surface of 93 km2. It was established on December 22, 1958 and is maintained by Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation. The park is named after former provincial Member of the Legislative Assembly William Switzer.

Activities

The following activities are available in the park:

Beach activities, swimming
Birdwatching (loons, grebes, ospreys, bald eagles, great grey owls, snipes and northern saw-whet owls)
Camping
Canoeing and kayaking (including an interpretative canoe route)
Cross-country skiing (58 km groomed trails, with 33 km at Athabasca Lookout Nordic Centre
Fishing and ice fishing (brown trout and rainbow trout)
Front country hiking (at Athabasca Lookout and Beaver Ranch, around Blue Lake, Gregg Lake, Jarvis Lake, Kelley's Bathtub, Kettle and Winter Creek)
Mountain biking (Gregg Lake trail, Jarvis Lake trail)
Power boating, sailing, water-skiing, windsurfing
Snowmobiling (on lakes only)
Tobogganing (at Athabasca Lookout Nordic Centre)
Wildlife viewing (white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk, moose, bear, coyote, wood frog, timber wolf, beaver, mink, muskrat and woodland caribou)

Gallery

Frozen Gregg Lake with all terrain vehicle (2016).jpg|Frozen Gregg Lake with all-terrain vehicle

References

Alberta Tourism, Parks, Recreation & Culture. "Activities in William A. Switzer Provincial Park".

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