O'Brien Provincial Park

O'Brien Provincial Park
Location of O'Brien Provincial Park in Alberta
Location	Greenview No. 16,  Alberta  Canada
Nearest city	Grande Prairie
Coordinates	55°03′49″N 118°49′28″W / 55.06361°N 118.82444°W / 55.06361; -118.82444Coordinates: 55°03′49″N 118°49′28″W / 55.06361°N 118.82444°W / 55.06361; -118.82444
Area	0.6 km2 (0.23 sq mi)
Established	June 29, 1954
Governing body	Alberta Community Development

O'Brien Provincial Park is a provincial park in Alberta, Canada, located 15 km (9.3 mi) south from Grande Prairie, on Highway 666.

The park is situated in the Wapiti River valley, at an elevation of 520 m (1,710 ft) and has a surface of 0.6 km² (0.23 sq mi). It was established on June 29, 1954 and is maintained by Alberta Community Development.

Activities

The following activities are available in the park:^[1]

• Canoeing and kayaking
• Fishing (arctic grayling, bull trout, burbot, emerald shiner, fathead minnow, flathead chub, lake chub, largescale sucker, longnose dace, longnose sucker, mountain whitefish, northern pike, peamouth chub, pearl dace, redside shiner, slimy sculpin, spoonhead sculpin, spottail shiner, walleye, white sucker)
• Power boating
• Swimming

See also

• List of Alberta provincial parks
• List of Canadian provincial parks
• List of National Parks of Canada

References

1. ^ Alberta Tourism, Parks, Recreation & Culture. "Activities in O'Brien Provincial Park". http://gateway.cd.gov.ab.ca/siteactivities.aspx?id=88. Retrieved 2007-07-30. 

External links

• Alberta Community Development. "O'Brien Provincial Park". http://gateway.cd.gov.ab.ca/siteinformation.aspx?id=88. Retrieved 2007-07-13.