Elk Island National Park / Beaver Hills

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Elk Island National Park / Beaver Hills Description

About half an hour's drive east of Edmonton, the Yellowhead Highway 16 traverses the park-like landscape of the Beaver Hills, an area once teeming with game. Today this oasis of unspoilt countryside is Elk Island National Park with its sparsely wooded hills, hidden lakes, beaver dams, grassland and moose.

The Beaver Hills area was originally the tribal home of the Sarcee Indians. They were driven out by the Crees who came hunting beaver and buffalo pelts for sale to the large fur-trading companies. By the close of the 19th c. these animals had been hunted virtually to extinction in the region. The Cree Indians were followed by white settlers who had to toil hard to survive here. In 1913 Elk Island was declared a Dominion Park, and

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Hobbies & Activities category: Natural area; National park; Wildlife area, bird sanctuary

Address

Elk Island National Park
Site 4 RR 1
Fort Saskatchewan, AB T8L 2N7
Canada
Phone 1 (780) 922-5790
Fax 1 (780) 992-2951 / 2983

http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/ab/elkisland/index_e.asp