Fidler-Greywillow_Wildland_Park

Fidler-Greywillow Wildland Provincial Park

Fidler-Greywillow Wildland Provincial Park

Protected area in northern Alberta, Canada

Fidler-Greywillow Wildland Park is a wildland provincial park located in northeastern Alberta, Canada within the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo.[1] Summer activities include activities back-country camping, hunting, kayaking, and fishing, and winters offer snowmobiling.[2] Random backcountry camping is allowed on Bustard Island.

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Geography

The Fidler-Greywillow Wildland Park lies within the natural regions of the Canadian Shield (Kazan Upland), and the Boreal Forest (Athabasca Plain.)[2]

The park starts at an unnamed creek along the northwest shore of Lake Athabasca near Fidler Point. It also encompasses several islands in the lake; these include Bustard Island,[3] Burntwood Island,[4] and the Lucas Islands[5] To the southeast of Burntwood Island is Egg Island a small island part of the Egg Island Ecological Reserve.

Flora

Forbs specimens included; Drosera anglica (Oblong-leaved sundew), Menyanthes trifoliata (Buck-bean), Triglochin maritima (Side arrow grass).[6] Graminoids specimens included; Carex chordorrhiza (Prostrate sedge), Carex lasiocarpa (Woollyfruit sedge), Carex limosa (mud sedge), Carex rostrata (Beaked sedge), Juncus stygius (Marsh rush), Scheuchzeria palustris (Scheuchzeria).[6] Bryophytes specimens included; Sphagnum angustifolium (fine peat/bogmoss), Warnstorfia exannulata (brown peat moss).[6]

Common trees found on the mainland and islands includes black spruce (Picea mariana), jack pine (Pinus banksiana), white spruce (Picea glauca), and paper birch (Betula papyrifera)[7] In a 2005 study of flora in the park, the first record of Carex echinata (star sedge) was found on Burntwood Island.

Transportation

Travel to the park is by float-plane from Fort McMurray, or by boat from Fort Chipewyan. There are no summer access roads that run into the park.[2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "FIDLER_GREYWILLOW Wildland Provincial Park" (PDF). Alberta Parks. Govnment of Canada. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  2. [2]
    "Fidler-Greywillow Wildland Provincial Park". Alberta Parks. Government of Canada. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Bustard Island". Natural Resources Canada. Govnment of Canada. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  4. [4]
    "Burntwood Island". Natural Resources Canada. Govnment of Canada. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  5. [5]
    "Lucas Islands". Natural Resources Canada. Govnment of Canada. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  6. [6]
    Allen, Lorna; Johnson, J. Derek; Vujnovic, Ksenija (2003). "Small Patch Communities of Fidler-Greywillow Wildland Provincial Park" (PDF). Alberta Natural Heritage Information Centre. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  7. [7]
    Allen, Lorna; Johnson, J. Derek; Vujnovic, Ksenija (2003). "Small Patch Communities of Fidler-Greywillow Wildland Provincial Park" (PDF). Alberta Parks. p. 1. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
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