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title="Fort Assiniboine Sandhills Wildland Provincial Park"><img alt="Location the Fort Assiniboine Sandhills Wildland Provincial Park in Alberta" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Fort Assiniboine Sandhills Wildland Provincial Park (Woodlands County)</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Woodlands County</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="locality"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Woodlands_County" title="Woodlands County">Woodlands County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alberta" title="Alberta">Alberta</a></td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nearest town</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fort_Assiniboine" title="Fort Assiniboine">Fort Assiniboine</a><sup id="cite_ref-Park_Guide_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Park_Guide-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Fort_Assiniboine_Sandhills_Wildland_Provincial_Park&params=54_24_0_N_114_36_0_W_region:CA_type:forest_dim:9km"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">54°24′0″N</span> <span class="longitude">114°36′0″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">54.40000°N 114.60000°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">54.40000; -114.60000</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">7,903 ha (30.51 sq mi)<sup id="cite_ref-Plan_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Plan-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1997</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Governing body</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alberta_Forestry,_Parks_and_Tourism" class="mw-redirect" title="Alberta Forestry, Parks and Tourism">Alberta Forestry, Parks and Tourism</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 270px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="270" data-height="200" data-zoom="9" data-overlays="["_5df0d0cfc406783358deaab72f4ea8dfddf2b5b8"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,9,a,a,270x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Fort_Assiniboine_Sandhills_Wildland_Provincial_Park&revid=1252542460&groups=_5df0d0cfc406783358deaab72f4ea8dfddf2b5b8" width="270" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,9,a,a,270x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Fort_Assiniboine_Sandhills_Wildland_Provincial_Park&revid=1252542460&groups=_5df0d0cfc406783358deaab72f4ea8dfddf2b5b8 2x" alt="Map" /></a></th></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Fort Assiniboine Sandhills Wildland Provincial Park</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Wildland" class="mw-redirect" title="Wildland">wildland</a> <a href="/wiki/Provincial_park" title="Provincial park">provincial park</a> in <a href="/wiki/Woodlands_County" title="Woodlands County">Woodlands County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alberta" title="Alberta">Alberta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>. The park is 7,903 hectares (19,530 acres) in area and was established in 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-Plan_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Plan-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The park is contained in the <a href="/wiki/Upper_Athabasca_Region" title="Upper Athabasca Region">Upper Athabasca</a> <a href="/wiki/Land-use_framework_regions_of_Alberta" title="Land-use framework regions of Alberta">Land Use Framework</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AB_Parks_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AB_Parks-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The park is managed through the Fort Assiniboine Sandhills Wildland Provincial Park Management Plan.<sup id="cite_ref-MP_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MP-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Klondike_Trail" title="Klondike Trail">Klondike Trail</a> passes through the western section of the park for about five kilometres (3 mi). This trail was first established in 1824–1825 as a <a href="/wiki/Portage" title="Portage">portage</a> between <a href="/wiki/Fort_Edmonton" title="Fort Edmonton">Fort Edmonton</a> on the <a href="/wiki/North_Saskatchewan_River" title="North Saskatchewan River">North Saskatchewan River</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fort_Assiniboine" title="Fort Assiniboine">Fort Assiniboine</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Athabasca_River" title="Athabasca River">Athabasca River</a>. The portage was part of the <a href="/wiki/York_Factory_Express" title="York Factory Express">York Factory Express</a>, a 19th-century <a href="/wiki/Fur_brigade" title="Fur brigade">fur brigade</a> route of the <a href="/wiki/Hudson%27s_Bay_Company" title="Hudson's Bay Company">Hudson's Bay Company</a> from <a href="/wiki/Fort_Vancouver" title="Fort Vancouver">Fort Vancouver</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Columbia_River" title="Columbia River">Columbia River</a> (today's <a href="/wiki/Vancouver,_Washington" title="Vancouver, Washington">Vancouver, Washington</a>) to <a href="/wiki/York_Factory" title="York Factory">York Factory</a> on <a href="/wiki/Hudson_Bay" title="Hudson Bay">Hudson Bay</a>. The trail was revived again during the <a href="/wiki/Klondike_Gold_Rush" title="Klondike Gold Rush">Klondike Gold Rush</a> in 1897–1899 as part of the overland route to the <a href="/wiki/Klondike,_Yukon" title="Klondike, Yukon">Klondike gold fields</a> near <a href="/wiki/Dawson_City" title="Dawson City">Dawson City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yukon" title="Yukon">Yukon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MP_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MP-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 14">: 14 </span></sup> Today, the section of the Klondike Trail within the park extends north of the Klondike Trail Staging Area and includes the <a href="/wiki/Ruins" title="Ruins">ruins</a> of a <a href="/wiki/Trapper" class="mw-redirect" title="Trapper">trapper</a>'s cabin and the <a href="/wiki/Gravesite" class="mw-redirect" title="Gravesite">gravesite</a> of a child who died during trek.<sup id="cite_ref-Park_Guide_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Park_Guide-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MP_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MP-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 17">: 17 </span></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Location">Location</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Assiniboine_Sandhills_Wildland_Provincial_Park&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Location"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The park is located in central Alberta about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northeast of <a href="/wiki/Fort_Assiniboine" title="Fort Assiniboine">Fort Assiniboine</a> and about fifty kilometres (31 mi) northwest of <a href="/wiki/Barrhead" title="Barrhead">Barrhead</a>. The Athabasca River forms the eastern boundary of the park and <a href="/wiki/List_of_Alberta_provincial_highways" title="List of Alberta provincial highways">Highway 661</a> forms the northern.<sup id="cite_ref-Park_Guide_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Park_Guide-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to the main parcel of land, the park also includes Pemmican Island and other islands within the Athabasca River lying generally south of the main parcel. Access to the north and central part of the park is via Highway 661; Fort Assiniboine from the west and the <a href="/wiki/Vega,_Alberta" title="Vega, Alberta">Vega</a> ferry crossing from the east. Access is also available from the south via Township Road 621A.<sup id="cite_ref-Park_Guide_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Park_Guide-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ecology">Ecology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Assiniboine_Sandhills_Wildland_Provincial_Park&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ecology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The park protects part of the <a href="/wiki/Mixedwood_stand" title="Mixedwood stand">Central Mixedwood</a> subregion of the <a href="/wiki/Boreal_forest_of_Canada" title="Boreal forest of Canada">Boreal Forest Natural Region</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AB_Parks_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AB_Parks-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MP_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MP-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 6">: 6 </span></sup> The climate is subhumid, continental with short, cool summers and long, cold winters.<sup id="cite_ref-MP_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MP-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 9">: 9 </span></sup> The climate classification is <a href="/wiki/Continental_climate" title="Continental climate">Continental</a>, <a href="/wiki/Subarctic_climate" title="Subarctic climate">Subarctic</a> (or Boreal) (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_classification" class="mw-redirect" title="Köppen classification">Köppen classification</a> Dfc). It is almost warm enough to be classified as <a href="/wiki/Humid_continental_climate" title="Humid continental climate">Humid Continental</a> (Dfb) but the May and September average temperatures are just below 10 °C (50 °F).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Geographically" class="mw-redirect" title="Geographically">Geographically</a>, the park is a broad <a href="/wiki/Plain" title="Plain">plain</a> with an average elevation of 650 metres (2,130 ft) that has been <a href="/wiki/Incised_valleys" title="Incised valleys">cut</a> by the Athabasca River leaving behind the <a href="/wiki/Valley" title="Valley">valley</a> at an elevation of 575 metres (1,886 ft).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Geomorphological" class="mw-redirect" title="Geomorphological">geomorphological</a> difference has created two distinct environments: <a href="/wiki/Inland_dune" title="Inland dune">Inland dunes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Riparian_forest" title="Riparian forest">Riparian forests</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/Last_Glacial_Period" title="Last Glacial Period">Last Glacial Period</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Laurentide_Ice_Sheet" class="mw-redirect" title="Laurentide Ice Sheet">Laurentide Ice Sheet</a> covered most of Alberta. When the <a href="/wiki/Deglaciation" title="Deglaciation">ice retreated</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meltwater" title="Meltwater">meltwater</a> rivers deposited sand over the area containing the park. <a href="/wiki/Aeolian_processes" title="Aeolian processes">Aeolian processes</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Prevailing_winds" title="Prevailing winds">prevailing winds</a> pushed the sand into <a href="/wiki/Dune" title="Dune">dunes</a> and created a dune complex within the present-day park which is part of larger dune field extending along the Athabasca River. The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Holmes_Crossing_Sandhills_Ecological_Reserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Holmes Crossing Sandhills Ecological Reserve (page does not exist)">Holmes Crossing Sandhills Ecological Reserve</a>, approximately twenty kilometres (12 mi) upstream from Fort Assiniboine Sandhills WPP and <a href="/wiki/Hubert_Lake_Wildland_Provincial_Park" title="Hubert Lake Wildland Provincial Park">Hubert Lake Wildland Provincial Park</a>, 25 kilometres (16 mi) downstream are part of this dune field.<sup id="cite_ref-MP_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MP-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 1, 3">: 1, 3 </span></sup> These dunes cover the eastern two-thirds of the park.<sup id="cite_ref-MP_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MP-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 1">: 1 </span></sup> Growing on the dunes are <a href="/wiki/Jack_pine" title="Jack pine">jack pine</a> <a href="/wiki/Lichen" title="Lichen">lichen</a> <a href="/wiki/Forest" title="Forest">forests</a>. The valleys and troughs between the dunes are filled with <a href="/wiki/Fen" title="Fen">fens</a> (<a href="/wiki/Peat" title="Peat">peat</a>-accumulating, <a href="/wiki/Mineral_(nutrient)" title="Mineral (nutrient)">mineral</a>-rich <a href="/wiki/Wetland" title="Wetland">wetlands</a>); including fens with open water, fens in varying stages of <a href="/wiki/Sedge" class="mw-redirect" title="Sedge">sedge</a> succession, and fens <a href="/wiki/Dominance_(ecology)" title="Dominance (ecology)">dominated</a> by <a href="/wiki/Larch" title="Larch">larch</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AB_Parks_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AB_Parks-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many fens are dominantly treed on their west sides and gradually changing to dominantly sedges on their east sides.<sup id="cite_ref-MP_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MP-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 8">: 8 </span></sup> The western third of the park (west of the Klondike Trail) is wetlands with organic soils. Sand dunes and dry <a href="/wiki/Savanna" title="Savanna">Savannas</a> are not found in this portion of the park. These wetlands contain <a href="/wiki/Black_spruce" class="mw-redirect" title="Black spruce">black spruce</a>, larch, bog cranberry, <a href="/wiki/Labrador_tea" title="Labrador tea">Labrador tea</a> plus a variety of sedges and mosses.<sup id="cite_ref-AB_Parks_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AB_Parks-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MP_5-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MP-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 12">: 12 </span></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Geology" title="Geology">geology</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ecology" title="Ecology">ecology</a> of the Athabasca River valley are significantly different than the rest of the park. The <a href="/wiki/River_valley" class="mw-redirect" title="River valley">river valley</a> geology and geomorphology is typical of a river crossing the <a href="/wiki/Prairie" title="Prairie">prairies</a>: <a href="/wiki/Fluvial_processes" class="mw-redirect" title="Fluvial processes">fluvial processes</a> have left a wide <a href="/wiki/Floodplain" title="Floodplain">floodplain</a> with many <a href="/wiki/Meander" title="Meander">meanders</a>; <a href="/wiki/Fluvial_terrace" title="Fluvial terrace">fluvial terraces</a>; <a href="/wiki/Meander_scar" title="Meander scar">meander scars</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oxbow_lake" title="Oxbow lake">oxbow lakes</a>; and current and abandoned <a href="/wiki/Channel_(geography)" title="Channel (geography)">channels</a>. The river splits and converges in the park creating <a href="/wiki/River_island" title="River island">river islands</a>. The valley walls may be steeply inclined or <a href="/wiki/Eroded" class="mw-redirect" title="Eroded">eroded</a>. Limited areas of <a href="/wiki/Colluvium" title="Colluvium">Colluvium</a> (areas of mass <a href="/wiki/Slumping" title="Slumping">slumping</a>) create unique <a href="/wiki/Habitat" title="Habitat">Habitats</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MP_5-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MP-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 8–9">: 8–9 </span></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Riparian_zone" title="Riparian zone">riparian zone</a> has a variety of plants including <a href="/wiki/Old-growth_forest" title="Old-growth forest">old growth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mixedwood_stand" title="Mixedwood stand">mixedwood forests</a> consisting of Jack pine, white spruce, <a href="/wiki/Green_alder" class="mw-redirect" title="Green alder">green alder</a>, <a href="/wiki/Big_red_stem_moss" class="mw-redirect" title="Big red stem moss">big red stem moss</a>, <a href="/wiki/Balsam_poplar" class="mw-redirect" title="Balsam poplar">balsam poplar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alaska_birch" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska birch">Alaska birch</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Aspen" title="Aspen">aspen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MP_5-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MP-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 9, 12">: 9, 12 </span></sup> </p><p>The old growth forests contain many <a href="/wiki/Moss" title="Moss">mosses</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Brachythecium" title="Brachythecium">Brachythecium</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Brachythecium_albicans&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brachythecium albicans (page does not exist)">albicans</a></i>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Brachythecium_campestre&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brachythecium campestre (page does not exist)"><i>campestre</i></a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Brachythecium_rutabulum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brachythecium rutabulum (page does not exist)"><i>rutabulum</i></a>; <i><a href="/wiki/Campylium" title="Campylium">Campylium</a> <a href="/wiki/Campylium_polygamum" title="Campylium polygamum">polygamun</a></i>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Campylium_radicale&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Campylium radicale (page does not exist)"><i>radicale</i></a>; <i><a href="/wiki/Entodon" title="Entodon">Entodon</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Entodon_schleicheri&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Entodon schleicheri (page does not exist)">schleicheri</a></i>; and <a href="/wiki/Zygodon_viridissimus" title="Zygodon viridissimus"><i>Zygodon viridissmus</i></a>) and <a href="/wiki/Lichen" title="Lichen">lichen</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Peltigera" title="Peltigera">Peltigera</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Peltigera_collina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peltigera collina (page does not exist)">collina</a></i>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Peltigera_evansiana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peltigera evansiana (page does not exist)"><i>evansiana</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Peltigera_horizontalis" title="Peltigera horizontalis"><i>horizontalis</i></a>; <i><a href="/wiki/Physcia" title="Physcia">Physcia</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Physcia_dimidiata&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Physcia dimidiata (page does not exist)">dimidiata</a></i>; <i><a href="/wiki/Physconia" title="Physconia">Physconia</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Physconia_enteroxantha&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Physconia enteroxantha (page does not exist)">enteroxantha</a></i>; and <i><a href="/wiki/Heterodermia" title="Heterodermia">Heterodermia</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Heterodermia_speciosa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Heterodermia speciosa (page does not exist)">speciosa</a></i>) that are rare in Alberta. Other rare plants in the park include: Low milkweed (<i><a href="/wiki/Asclepias" title="Asclepias">Asclepias</a> ovalifolia</i>), Rock little clubmoss (<i><a href="/wiki/Selaginella" title="Selaginella">Seloginella</a> rupesths</i>), MacCalla's aster (<i>Aster x maccallae</i>), Lakeshore sedge (<i><a href="/wiki/Carex_lacustris" title="Carex lacustris">Carex lacustris</a></i>), Lichen (<i><a href="/wiki/Melanelia" title="Melanelia">Melanelia</a> olivacea</i>), and Prairie wedge grass (<i><a href="/wiki/Sphenopholis_obtusata" title="Sphenopholis obtusata">Spenopholis obtusata</a></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-MP_5-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MP-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 13">: 13 </span></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Sandhill_crane" title="Sandhill crane">Sandhill cranes</a> nest in the fens. <a href="/wiki/Mule_deer" title="Mule deer">Mule deer</a>, <a href="/wiki/White-tailed_deer" title="White-tailed deer">white-tailed deer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moose" title="Moose">moose</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beaver" title="Beaver">beaver</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mink" title="Mink">mink</a>, <a href="/wiki/Muskrat" title="Muskrat">muskrat</a>, and <a href="/wiki/North_American_river_otter" title="North American river otter">river otter</a> are commonly seen in the park.<sup id="cite_ref-AB_Parks_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AB_Parks-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MP_5-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MP-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 14">: 14 </span></sup> The old growth forests provide habitat for such species as the <a href="/wiki/Great_gray_owl" class="mw-redirect" title="Great gray owl">great gray owl</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cooper%27s_hawk" title="Cooper's hawk">Cooper's hawk</a> , and <a href="/wiki/Pileated_woodpecker" title="Pileated woodpecker">pileated woodpecker</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MP_5-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MP-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 14">: 14 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Activities">Activities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Assiniboine_Sandhills_Wildland_Provincial_Park&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Except for three small staging areas (day use only), there are no developed facilities in the park so <a href="/wiki/Camping" title="Camping">camping</a> is random <a href="/wiki/Backcountry" title="Backcountry">backcountry</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wildlife_viewing" class="mw-redirect" title="Wildlife viewing">Wildlife viewing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Birding" class="mw-redirect" title="Birding">birding</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Geocaching" title="Geocaching">geocaching</a> are available within the park. <a href="/wiki/Hiking" title="Hiking">Hiking</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trail_running" title="Trail running">trail running</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cross_country_skiing" class="mw-redirect" title="Cross country skiing">cross country skiing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Snowshoeing" class="mw-redirect" title="Snowshoeing">snowshoeing</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Equestrianism" title="Equestrianism">equestrian</a> <a href="/wiki/Trail_riding" title="Trail riding">trail riding</a> are also available on extensive trails within the park. <a href="/wiki/Hunting" title="Hunting">Hunting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fishing" title="Fishing">fishing</a> are permitted with proper authorization (licensed and in-season).<sup id="cite_ref-Park_Guide_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Park_Guide-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AB_Parks_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AB_Parks-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Assiniboine_Sandhills_Wildland_Provincial_Park&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_provincial_parks_in_Alberta" title="List of provincial parks in Alberta">List of provincial parks in Alberta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Canadian_provincial_parks" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Canadian provincial parks">List of Canadian provincial parks</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Assiniboine_Sandhills_Wildland_Provincial_Park&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/Dillberry_Lake_Provincial_Park" title="Dillberry Lake Provincial Park">Dillberry Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinosaur_Provincial_Park" title="Dinosaur Provincial Park">Dinosaur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dry_Island_Buffalo_Jump_Provincial_Park" title="Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park">Dry Island Buffalo Jump</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunvegan_Provincial_Park" title="Dunvegan Provincial Park">Dunvegan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eagle_Point_Provincial_Park" title="Eagle Point Provincial Park">Eagle Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fish_Creek_Provincial_Park" title="Fish Creek Provincial Park">Fish Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garner_Lake_Provincial_Park" title="Garner Lake Provincial Park">Garner Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenbow_Ranch_Provincial_Park" title="Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park">Glenbow Ranch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gooseberry_Lake_Provincial_Park" title="Gooseberry Lake Provincial Park">Gooseberry Lake</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Obed_Lake_Provincial_Park" title="Obed Lake Provincial Park">Obed Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/O%27Brien_Provincial_Park" title="O'Brien Provincial Park">O'Brien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Park_Lake_Provincial_Park" title="Park Lake Provincial Park">Park Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pembina_River_Provincial_Park" title="Pembina River Provincial Park">Pembina River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Lougheed_Provincial_Park" title="Peter Lougheed Provincial Park">Peter Lougheed Provincial Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierre_Grey%27s_Lakes_Provincial_Park" title="Pierre Grey's Lakes Provincial Park">Pierre Grey's Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pigeon_Lake_Provincial_Park" title="Pigeon Lake Provincial Park">Pigeon Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_Outpost_Provincial_Park" title="Police Outpost Provincial Park">Police Outpost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_Provincial_Park" title="Queen Elizabeth Provincial Park">Queen Elizabeth</a></li> <li><a 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Switzer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williamson_Provincial_Park" title="Williamson Provincial Park">Williamson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willmore_Wilderness_Park" title="Willmore Wilderness Park">Willmore Wilderness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willow_Creek_Provincial_Park" title="Willow Creek Provincial Park">Willow Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winagami_Lake_Provincial_Park" title="Winagami Lake Provincial Park">Winagami Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woolford_Provincial_Park" title="Woolford Provincial Park">Woolford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Writing-on-Stone_Provincial_Park" title="Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park">Writing-on-Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyndham-Carseland_Provincial_Park" title="Wyndham-Carseland Provincial Park">Wyndham-Carseland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Young%27s_Point_Provincial_Park" title="Young's Point Provincial Park">Young's Point</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#bbeb85;;width:1%"><a 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title="Atlas Coal Mine">Atlas Coal Mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Grain_Elevator_Discovery_Centre" title="Canadian Grain Elevator Discovery Centre">Canadian Grain Elevator Discovery Centre</a></li> <li>Canadian Tractor Museum</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cold_Lake_Air_Force_Museum" title="Cold Lake Air Force Museum">Cold Lake Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellis_Bird_Farm" title="Ellis Bird Farm">Ellis Bird Farm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Calgary" title="Fort Calgary">Fort Calgary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Edmonton_Park" title="Fort Edmonton Park">Fort Edmonton Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Victoria,_Alberta" title="Fort Victoria, Alberta">Fort Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Whoop-Up" title="Fort Whoop-Up">Fort Whoop-Up</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Slide" title="Frank Slide">Frank Slide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galt_Historic_Railway_Park" title="Galt Historic Railway Park">Galt Historic Railway Park</a></li> <li><a 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