Fidler-Greywillow Wildland Park

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

Fidler-Greywillow Wildland Park
Fidler-Greywillow Wildland Provincial Park
IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)
Location of Fidler-Greywillow Wildland in Canada
LocationRegional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Alberta, Canada
Nearest cityFort Chipewyan
Coordinates58°56′11″N 110°37′8″W
Area6,520.625 hectares (16,112.82 acres)
CreatedMarch 1998
OperatorAlberta Parks
Fidler-Greywillow Wildland Park

Geography

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

The park starts at an unnamed creek along the northwest shore of Lake Athabasca to 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 boitgh on the mainland and islands includes the black spruce (Picea mariana), jack pine (Pinus banksiana), white spruce (Picea glauca), and the 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 float-plane form Fort McMurray, as well people can take a boat ride form Fort Chipewyan. There are no summer access roads that run into the park.[2]

See also

References
  1. "FIDLER_GREYWILLOW Wildland Provincial Park" (PDF). Alberta Parks. Govnment of Canada. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  2. "Fidler-Greywillow Wildland Provincial Park". Alberta Parks. Government of Canada. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  3. "Bustard Island". Natural Resources Canada. Govnment of Canada. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  4. "Burntwood Island". Natural Resources Canada. Govnment of Canada. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  5. "Lucas Islands". Natural Resources Canada. Govnment of Canada. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  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. 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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