Stony Mountain Wildland Provincial Park

Stony Mountain Wildland Provincial Park is a wildland provincial park in Wood Buffalo, northern Alberta, Canada. The park was established on 20 December 2000[4] and has an area of 13,974 hectares (34,530 acres).[3] The park is part of the Lower Athabasca Regional Plan.[5]

Stony Mountain Wildland Provincial Park
IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)
Location of Stony Mountain WPP in Alberta Show map of Alberta Stony Mountain Wildland Provincial Park (Canada) Show map of Canada
Location	Wood Buffalo, Alberta, Canada
Nearest city	Fort McMurray
Coordinates	56°12′55″N 111°14′40″W[1]
Area	13,974 ha (34,530 acres)[3]
Established	20 December 2000[4]
Governing body	Alberta Forestry, Parks and Tourism

Location

The park is 53 kilometres (33 mi) south of Fort McMurray and equidistant between Highway 63 and Highway 881. The park is remote; access is east of Highway 63 on a forestry road for 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to a dead-end staging area. The remaining trail into the park is approximately 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) and accessible by off-highway vehicle or snowmobile.[6]

Ecology

The park is in the Lower Boreal Highlands subregion of the Boreal Forest natural region of Alberta. The park preserves examples of patterned and non-patterned fens. Six provincially rare plants have been identified in the vicinity of Maqua Lake, which is located just north of the park.[6] The park is part of the range of the East Side Athabasca River Boreal woodland caribou herd.[7]

Activities

The park has no developed facilities so only wildlife viewing, backcountry hiking, and random backcountry camping are available. Off-highway vehicles and snowmobiles are permitted on existing trails only. Aircraft access and landing in the park requires authorization. Hunting is allowed with proper permits.[6]

References

Stony Mountain Wildland Provincial Park, Wikidata Q28966837
Stony Mountain Wildland Provincial Park, Wikidata Q28966837
"Stony Mountain Wildland Provincial Park" (PDF). Alberta Parks. 15 November 2000.
"O.C. 513/2000". Orders in Council. Alberta King's Printer. 15 November 2000. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
Lower Athabasca Regional Plan 2012–2022 (PDF). Alberta Government. August 2012. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-4601-0538-2.
"Stony Mountain Wildland Provincial Park". Alberta Parks. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
Recovery Strategy for the Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou), Boreal population, in Canada (PDF). Ottawa: Environment Canada. 2012. pp. 6–7. ISBN 978-1-100-20769-8. Retrieved 13 January 2023.

External links

Wildland Provincial Parks on YouTube

Protected areas in Alberta
World Heritage Sites	Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks Dinosaur Provincial Park Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park Wood Buffalo National Park Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi	Parks in Alberta
National parks	Banff Elk Island Jasper Waterton Lakes Wood Buffalo
Provincial parks, wildlands & wildernesses	Aspen Beach Antelope Hill Beauvais Lake Big Hill Springs Big Knife Bow Valley Bragg Creek Brown-Lowery Calling Lake Canmore Nordic Centre Caribou Mountains Carson-Pegasus Castle Castle Wildland Chain Lakes Cold Lake Crimson Lake Cross Lake Crow Lake Cypress Hills Dillberry Lake Dinosaur Dry Island Buffalo Jump Dunvegan Eagle Point Fish Creek Garner Lake Glenbow Ranch Gooseberry Lake Greene Valley Gregoire Lake Hilliard's Bay Hay-Zama Lakes Jarvis Bay Kinbrook Island Kananaskis Country Lakeland Lesser Slave Lake Little Bow Little Fish Lois Hole Centennial Long Lake Midland Miquelon Lake Moonshine Lake Moose Lake Notikewin Obed Lake O'Brien Park Lake Pembina River Peter Lougheed Provincial Park Pierre Grey's Lakes Pigeon Lake Police Outpost Queen Elizabeth Ram Falls Red Lodge Rochon Sands Rock Lake Saskatoon Island Sheep River Sir Winston Churchill Spray Valley Strathcona Science Sundance Sylvan Lake Thunder Lake Tillebrook Two Lakes Vermilion Wabamun Lake Whitney Lakes William A. Switzer Williamson Willmore Wilderness Willow Creek Winagami Lake Woolford Writing-on-Stone Wyndham-Carseland Young's Point
Urban parks	Calgary Zoo Devonian Gardens Edmonton Valley Zoo Edworthy Park Mill Woods Park Muttart Conservatory North Saskatchewan River Valley Nose Hill Oldman River Valley Pearce Estate Park University of Alberta Botanic Garden Sylvan Lake
Museums & historic sites	Alberta Central Railway Museum Atlas Coal Mine Canadian Grain Elevator Discovery Center Canadian Tractor Museum Cold Lake Air Force Ellis Bird Farm Fort Calgary Fort Edmonton Park Fort Victoria Fort Whoop-Up Frank Slide Galt Historic Railway Park Heritage Acres Farm Museum Heritage Park Krause Milling Co. Pioneer Acres Prairie Elevator Museum Remington Carriage Museum Reynolds Royal Alberta Royal Tyrrell Scandia Eastern Irrigation District Museum South Peace Centennial Museum Spruce Grove Grain Elevator Museum St. Albert Grain Elevator Park Ukrainian Village Warner elevator row Whyte National historic sites Provincial historic sites

Lower Athabasca Region, Alberta
Cities	Cold Lake
Urban service areas	Fort McMurray Lac La Biche Plamondon
Towns	Bonnyville
Villages	Glendon
Summer villages	Bonnyville Beach Pelican Narrows
Hamlets	Anzac Ardmore Beaver Crossing Beaver Lake Beaverdam Cherry Grove Conklin Fort Chipewyan Fort Kent Fort Mackay Gregoire Lake Estates Hylo Iron River Janvier South La Corey Saprae Creek Therien Venice
Métis settlements	Elizabeth Fishing Lake
Municipal districts	Bonnyville
Specialized municipalities	Lac La Biche Wood Buffalo
Improvement districts	349
Indian reserves	Allison Bay 219 Beaver Lake 131 Charles Lake 225 Chipewyan 201 201A 201B 201C 201D 201E 201F 201G Clearwater 175 Cold Lake 149 149A 149B 149C Colin Lake 223 Cowper Lake 194A Devil's Gate 220 Dog Head 218 Fort McKay 174 174C 174D Gregoire Lake 176 176A 176B Heart Lake 167 167A Hokedhe Tue 196E Janvier 194 Kehewin 123 Ki Tue 196D Li Deze 196C Namur Lake 174B Namur River 174A Old Fort 217 Sand Point 221 Thabacha Nare 196 Thebathi 196 Tsu Kadhe 196F Tsu Tue 196G Tthe Jere Ghaili 196B Winefred Lake 194B
Provincial parks	Cold Lake Crow Lake Gregoire Lake Lakeland Moose Lake Sir Winston Churchill Birch Mountains Birch River Dillon River Fidler-Greywillow Fort Assiniboine Sandhills Gipsy Lake Grand Rapids Kazan Kitaskino Nuwenëné Marguerite River Richardson Stony Mountain Whitemud Falls
Other topics	Athabasca oil sands Athabasca River Bitumount CFB Cold Lake Peace-Athabasca Delta
Land-use framework regions of Alberta Treaty 8

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