CFB Suffield 581171 601171 611171 621171 631171 641171 651171 661171 671171 681171 691171 701171 711171 721171 731171 741171 751171 761171 771171 781171 791171 801171 811171 821171 831171 5755363 5765363 5775363 5785363 5795363 5805363 5815363 5825363 5835363 5845363 5855363 5865363 5875363 5885363 5895363 5905363 5915363 5925363 5935363 5945363 5955363 591171 R27 T2 R26 R25 R24 R22 R21 R20 R19 R23 R18 R16 R15 R14 R13 R17 R12 R11 R10 R8 R7 R6 R5 R9 R4 R3 R2 R1 T3 T4 T5 T6 T8 T8 T9 T10 T11 T12 T13 T14 T15 T16 T17 T18 T19 T20 T21 T22 T23 T24 Bow Island Alberta – Saskatchewan Border Alberta – U.S.A. Border B o w R i v e r Little B ow River Mil k R i v e r S a ge C re ek O ld m a n R i v e r B a re C r e e k L odge C r e ek B u l lsh ea d C r e e k S e v e n Pe rso n s C r e e k R e d C re ek P e igan C re e k K e tch u m C r ee k M a n y b e r r ies C re e k R o s s C re ek Lost River Gros V e n tr e C r e ek W e s t Arro w wood Creek B e lly Ri ve r Ir r i g ati o n C r e e k S o uth Ma nybe r rie s C ree k M a ck ay C r e e k C rip p le C r e e k G r a n t C re e k M i d d le C r e ek E a s t A r r o w w o o d C re e k C a n a l C r e e k Kennedy Creek Crowfoot Creek Mid d l e Cr e e k M a c ka y C r e e k R o s s C r ee k L i t t le B o w R iv e r R o s s C reek Peigan Creek Pakowki Lake Lake Newell McGregor Lake Bow River Oldman River South Saskatchewan River Keho Lake Milk River Chin Lakes Travers Reservoir Murray Lake Eagle Lake Louisiana Lakes Lost Lake Cowoki Lake Verdigris Lake Kitsim Reservoir Stobart Lake Namaka Lake Taber Lake Rolling Hills Lake Crow Indian Lake Tyrrell Lake Rock Lake Scots Lake Stafford Reservoir Sherburne Lake Yellow Lake Little Bow Lake Reservoir Green Lake Stirling Lake Horsefly Lake Reservoir San Francisco Lake Elkwater Lake Johnson Reservoir Dalemead Lake Milk River Lake Rush Lake Fincastle Lake Lathom Lake Weston Lake Park Lake Minor Lakes Macklin Lake Lonesome Lake Cutting Lake Middle Creek Reservoir Onetree Reservoir Grassy Lake Jamieson Lake Picture Butte Reservoir Bow Island Reesor Lake Willow Island Timko Lake (Bantry Reservoir) Spring Hill Canal Kinbrook Island Galt Island Johnson Lake Cavan Lake Grassy Island Cressday Reservoir Seven Persons Lake Clear Water Lake Barnett Lake Indian Lake Stafford Lake Bare Creek Reservoir Henderson Lake Badger Lake Long Pump Reservoir Woodpecker Island Crowfoot Creek Johnson Island Buffalo Lake Heningers Reservoir Michel Reservoir Spruce Coulee Reservoir McAlpine Creek Reservoir Eight Mile Lake Granlea Reservoir Craddock Reservoir Ueland Reservoir Wolf Island Pelican Island Scope Lake Hays Lake Burdett Lake Forty Mile Coulee Reservoir Sauder Reservoir I.R. 148 I.R. 146 840 817 547 547 542 842 842 534 531 845 522 843 520 519 843 843 512 508 506 504 500 500 880 877 877 879 879 877 513 885 875 521 864 524 524 525 526 530 535 875 873 876 542 523 887 887 501 889 515 514 539 847 550 846 529 1 24 22x 23 3 3a 3 36 61 52 4 21 41 41 41a 1 36 36 25 Bain Aden Hays Chin Kipp Juno Walsh Turin Skiff Orion Cluny Miami McNab Maleb Cecil Bantry Armada Agatha Namaka Lyalta Irvine Wilson Whitla Roytal Retlaw Legend Lathom Judson Jensen Farrow Conrad Antonio Travers Scandia Rainier Monarch Langdon Whitney Etzikom Enchant Dunmore Tothill Tempest Cheadle Cassils Burdett Siksika Ralston Peacock Pakowki Pageant Onefour Bartstow Alderson Wrentham Suffield Gleichen Fairview Dalemead Bow City Southesk Ronalane Nemiskam Grantham Elkwater Cranford Countess Broxburn Anastasia Shouldice Kirkcaldy Herronton Winnifred Carseland Inverlake Fincastle Bullshead Queenstown New Dayton Strangmuir Majorville Veinerville Shaughnessy Woolchester Eagle Butte Iron Springs Desert Blume New Rockport Seven Persons Rolling Hills Moon River Estates Lake Newell Resort Johnson's Addition Diamond City Purple Spring Manyberries Grassy Lake Stirling Nobleford Foremost Milo Coutts Barnwell Carmangay Warner Lomond Barons Champion Rosemary Arrowwood Mossleigh Milk River Natural Area Onefour Heritage Rangeland Natural Area Red Rock Coulee Natural Area Onefour Heritage Rangeland Natural Area Onefour Heritage Rangeland Natural Area Kennedy Coulee Ecological Reserve Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park Kinbrook Island Provincial Park Park Lake Provincial Park Little Bow Provincial Park Wyndham-Carseland Provincial Park Tillebrook Trans- Canada Campsite Provincial Park 8 Lake McGregor Provincial Recreation Area Little Bow Reservoir Provincial Recreation Area Bullshead Reservoir Provincial Recreation Area Travers Reservoir Provincial Recreation Area Chin Coulee Provincial Recreation Area Michelle Reservoir Provincial Recreation Area Strathmore Taber Redcliff Vulcan Coaldale Bassano Bow Island Vauxhall Milk River Coalhurst Picture Butte Lethbridge Medicine Hat Brooks Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park Straddling the Alberta-Saskatchewan border, Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park (www.cypresshills.com) is an island of cool, moist greenery perched more than 600 metres above the surrounding prairie, making it the highest point between the Rocky Mountains and Labrador. This unique mix of forests, wetlands and rare grasslands is home to more than 220 bird, 47 mammal and 700 plant species, including more types of orchids than anywhere else on the prairies. Untouched by glaciation, the Cypress Hill landscape is an erosional plateau, resulting from millions of years of sedimentary deposits, followed by an equally long period of erosion. An archaeological project, which began in the 1970s, has revealed human habitation of the hills for more than 8,500 years. Some of the archaeological evidence from the Stampede Site dig is available for viewing at the Cypress Hills Visitor Centre in Elkwater townsite. On the Saskatchewan side of the interprovincial park, Fort Walsh National Historic Site recreates life at a North West Mounted Police post in the 1880s, when the Mounties arrived to quell unrest between American whisky traders and Aboriginal groups. Some 70 km of trails crisscross the park and can be explored on foot, mountain bike, horseback, cross country skis or snowshoes. They range from short walks through pine forests to trails that meander around lakes and flower filled meadows. In the Alberta portion of the park, the Trans Canada Trail follows the Spruce Coulee Trail for 32 km through forest and wetlands between the Saskatchewan border and Elkwater Lake, passing Reesor Lake along the way. The wheelchair accessible Shoreline Trail (2.4 km) follows the south shoreline of Elkwater Lake, offering bird watching opportunities from the paved trail and boardwalks. The remaining park pathways are on natural surfaces, with easily accessed trailheads. A pleasant short walk is the 1.3 km Beaver Creek Loop, which winds through poplar and spruce forest past a beaver pond. A more strenuous outing, popular among mountain bikers, is the Horseshoe Canyon Trail (4.1 km one way), climbing through open fields and mixed forest to a plateau, with a spectacular view of an old landslide in the canyon and rolling grasslands to the north. This route links with Firerock Trail, which features grasslands, mature poplar and spruce forest, and a large glacial erratic. Experienced mountain bikers and overnight hikers can also enjoy the 8.4 km (one way) Spruce Coulee Trail, which follows an old road through woodlands and open fields, with tenting sites and a picnic shelter along the way. In winter, some 30 km of cross country ski trails are groomed and track set in two trail systems. One, Spring Creek, offers a variety of trails and two warm up shelters for novice skiers. More experienced skiers can tackle the trails in the Spruce Coulee Trail system, the challenging hills along the Rodeo Loop Trail (2.2 km) or the advanced Highline Trail (1.3 km one way). Snowshoers and backcountry skiers can also explore ungroomed park trails. There are also two backcountry huts, each accommodating 8-10 people, available for rent through the visitor centre. Several other winter recreational opportunities are available in the park. A luge track has been built above the Discovery Centre in Elkwater and the Old Baldy Campground loop turned into a 750 metre skating track. The Hidden Valley ski resort is located in the park, with a toboggan hill nearby. A number of park trails are suitable for snowshoeing. Snowshoes can be rented at the Visitor Centre, as can cross country ski packages, kicksleds and bikes. Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park 8 Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park Cross country skiing ALBERTA SASKATCHEWAN 514 271 271 271 615 724 515 41 41 1 1 1 Elkwater Tom Trott Backcountry Hut and Medicine Lodge Backcountry Hut Cypress Hills Massacre National Historic Site of Canada Fox Road 29 Reesor Lake Spruce Coulee Elkwater Lake Battle Creek Graburn Creek Nine Mile Creek Beaver Creek Adams Lake Coulee Lake Adams Creek Fort Walsh Creek Battle Creek Battle Creek Crichton Creek Benson Creek Storm Creek Fort Walsh National Historic Site of Canada Horseshoe Canyon Viewpoint Hidden Valley Spruce Coulee Trail Head Tom Trott Memorial Forestry Museum Spring Creek Trail Head Cypress Hills Visitor Centre Head of the Mountain Viewpoint Historic Reesor Ranch Graburn Road B u l l T ra i l F e r g u s o n H ill R d R e e s o r Lake Road G rab u r n R o a d B a t tle C reek R o a d Willow Creek Rd. Murray Hill Rd. Jackpot Rd. Battle Creek Road Ranger Station Road Merryflat Fox Road Thelma Road To Hwy 501 (Gravel Road) Port of Wildhorse, Montana, USA Havre, Montana Eagle’s Nest Ranch Wildcat Road To Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park 160 km Eagle Butte Road Scenic route to Medicine Hat 50 km Bullshead Reservoir 10 km Calgary 325 km Medicine Hat 32 km Irvine Conglomerate Clilffs Special Interest Sites : 1. Bassano Dam 2. Brooks & District Museum 3. Cornstalk Icon 4. Devil’s Coulee Dinosaur & Heritage Museum 5. EID (Eastern Irrigation District) Historical Park 6. Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre2 7. Etzikom Museum and Historical Windmill Centre 8. Galt Historic Railway Park 9. Galt Museum and Archives 10. Gem of the West Museum 11. Golden Prairie Arboretum and CDSC Grounds 12. Hays Reservoir - Important Bird Area 13. Helen Schuler Nature Centre 14. Lake Newell and Kitsim Reservoir - Important Bird Area 15. Lethbridge High Level Bridge 16. McGregor Lake and Travers Reservoir - Important Bird Area 17. Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden 18. Nobleford Area Museum 19. Pakowki Lake - Important Bird Area 1:400,000 Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development © 2014 Government of Alberta Base Data provided by the Alberta Data Partnership The Minister and the Crown provides this information without warranty or representation as to any matter including but not limited to whether the data/information is correct, accurate or free from error, defect, danger,or hazard and whether it is otherwise useful or suitable for any use the user may make of it. Legend All terrain vehicle Boat launch Campground Canoeing Cross country skiing Cycling Day use area Equestrian Farmers market Group campground Hand boat launch Hiking Historic site Hospital Information In line skating Motorcycle Provincial museum Picnic shelter Ranger Station Shelter Skateboarding Snowmobile Staging area Tenting Viewpoint Trails Mixed Use (motorized & non motorized) Non motorized Designated winter use Towns with trails Primary highways Secondary Other (paved and gravel roads) Rail Water Urban Indian reserve Metis settlement Natural area Forest recreation area Provincial recreation area Provincial park Municipality park Ecological reserve Watchable Wildlife sites Special interest site Trans Canada Trail Areas that have a pullout map Backcountry accommodation 1 All trail distances are one way unless otherwise indicated. Brooks 0 9 18 27 36 4.5 Kilometers 20. Pinto MacBean Icon 21. Prairie Tractor and Engine Museum 22. Redcliff Museum 23. Saamis Archaeological Site 24. Saamis Teepee Icon 25. Sammy and Samantha Spud Icon 26. Trekcetera Museum 27. Sunflower Icon 28. Taber Irrigation Impact Museum 29. Tom Trott Memorial Forestry Museum 30. The Badlands Guardian 31. Vulcan & District Historical Society Museum and Archives 32. Vulcan Starship Enterprise FX6-1995-A Icon 33. Wind Gauge Icon 34. World’s Largest Putter 35. Police Point Park Nature Centre 36. Alberta Birds of Prey Centre 1 1 2 3 11 12 15 14 17 19 20 21 23 24 25 26 28 30 31 33 27 29 4 6 7 8 10 16 32 34 9 13 18 22 5 35 36 6 2 3 4 5 1 7 Brooks Aqueduct National Historic Site of Canada Blackfoot Crossing National Historical Site of Canada Fort Whoop-Up National Historical Site of Canada Writiing-on-Stone Provincial Park/ Aisinai’pi National Historic Site of Canada Medicine Hat Clay Industries National Historic Site of Canada Medalta Potteries National Historic Site of Canada Village of Stirling National Historical Site of Canada William T. Ogden House Provincial Historic Site of Alberta Michelsen Farmstead Provincial Historic Site of Alberta and Museum The British Block Cairn National Historic Site of Canada Suffield Tipi Rings National Historic Site of Canada The Alberta Trail Mapping Partnership is made possible through the combined efforts of and funding from the following organi- zations, under the auspices of the Alberta Recreation Corridor and Trails Designation Program: Alberta (AB) Culture and Tourism AB Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (ESRD) Alberta TrailNet Society Alberta Off-Highway Vehicle Association Alberta Snowmobile Association Gratitude is expressed to all local clubs, groups, organizations, individuals and municipalities for their review, comments, assistance with data and updates in developing this map. For more information or for copies of the map, please contact Alberta TrailNet at www.albertatrailnet.com;1-877-987-2457. Photo Credits: Bill Corbett City of Lethbridge City of Medicine Hat Gord Court Lethbridge County Milt Duquette Photography Newell Regional Travel Alberta Tourism Authority Stirling Historical Society Trail layer provided by the City of Medicine Hat. Printed February 2015 Printed in Canada Anyone making use of this document is advised that the Government of Alberta and Alberta TrailNet disclaim liability for any claims, actions, demands or suits which may arise by reason of any person relying on the information contained in this document, and more particularly, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the government and TrailNet disclaim liability for the appropriateness or accuracy of the within guidelines, details or specifications for any project. In plain language, this document provides you with a variety of recreation facility locations and activities. None of the maps are intended for navigational purposes. The trail locations come from various sources and do not represent Government of Alberta or Alberta TrailNet standards. Know Before You Go There is limited maintenance on many trails. To maximize enjoyment of these trails, gather additional details about the trails, current conditions, local sites of interest, area services and access points from nearby communities and recreation associations (see website information in the text that accompanies this map). Further visitor information can be obtained from: Travel Alberta: www.travelalberta.com;1-800-ALBERTA Alberta Parks: www.albertaparks.ca ESRD: www.esrd.alberta.ca Alberta Parks Campground Reservations: online www.reserve.albertaparks.ca or toll-free 1-877-537-2757 Refer to other websites and visitor information phone numbers within the text. Trail closures may be in effect due to flooding or other hazardous conditions. BEFORE YOU GO check ESRD website (www.esrd.alberta.ca/recreation-public-use/ public-land-closures/default.aspx) and Parks website (www.albertaparks.ca) for trail alerts and closure notices. If you are seeking information regarding recreational access to public lands visit www.esrd.alberta.ca/recreation-public-use or contact the ESRD Information Centre 310-ESRD (3773 toll free), or email [email protected]. This map includes designated, managed trails; many can be used year round. Trail quality and difficulty of use can vary considerably, with surface materials ranging from pavement and groomed snow to dirt and corduroy. Some trails are signed and regularly maintained; others are not. Even maintained trails can be challenging when wet or covered in fresh snowfall. Similarly, major access roads range from paved highways to good gravel to poorer gravel roads, which may not be regularly maintained. Temperatures can range from winter lows of -40 Celsius to summer highs in the upper 30s. Precipitation and harsh conditions can occur at any time. Bugs can be bothersome, especially in wet and shaded areas in late spring and summer. You may encounter wildlife, including cougars, bobcats, rattlesnakes and large ungulates. Fall hunting is permitted in many areas; be aware, and dress and behave appropriately. There are many sensitive and endangered species as well as fragile landscapes in this region. Use respect and obey all regulations. For further information regarding species at risk, visit www.esrd.ab.ca. Trails may be remote from services or help. Carry sufficient food, water, clothing, first aid and emergency/survival supplies, repair gear, navigation equipment and a mobile phone. Note: mobile phones may not have reception in all areas. The recreational trails shown on this map are unsupervised and are used at the personal responsibility and risk of persons using them. To Dinosaur Provincial Park 35 km