Prince Albert National Park is a protected area in central Saskatchewan, Canada. It consists of 957,500 acres (387,500 hectares) of plains, lakes, and forests in the Saskatchewan Plain land region. The government of Canada established Prince Albert National Park in 1927.
The Waskesiu Hills cover a large portion of the park. More than 1,500 lakes, created by glaciers thousands of years ago, dot the land. Crean, Kingsmere, and Waskesiu lakes are some of the largest. Jack pine, poplar, spruce, and tamarack forests grow in the central and northern regions of the park. Aspen groves and meadows dominate the south. Bogs cover parts of the north. Prince Albert National Park experiences short, cool summers and long, cold winters. Precipitation averages about 16 to 20 inches (40 to 50 centimeters) each year.
Black bears, beavers, bison, elk, lynxes, moose, and otters are just some of the animals that live in the park. Resident birds include the spruce grouse, the great grey owl, the American white pelican, and the pileated woodpecker. Yellow perch, northern pike, lake trout, walleye, and other fish swim in park waters.
Activities for visitors include boating, camping, canoeing, cycling, fishing, hiking, and swimming. Visitors also can see the cabin of Grey Owl, a famous wildlife writer of the early 1900’s, near Ajawaan Lake.
See also Grey Owl .
