O'Brien Provincial Park

55°03′49″N 118°49′28″W / 55.06361°N 118.82444°W / 55.06361; -118.82444Area0.6 km² (0.23 sq mi)EstablishedJune 29, 1954Named forLewis O'BrienGoverning bodyAlberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation

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 Tourism, Parks and Recreation. The park is named for Lewis O'Brien, a pioneer doctor in the Grande Prairie region and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.^[1]

Activities

The following activities are available in the park:^[2]

• 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, northern pearl dace, redside shiner, slimy sculpin, spoonhead sculpin, spottail shiner, walleye, white sucker)
• Power boating
• Swimming

See also

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

References

External links

• Alberta Community Development. "O'Brien Provincial Park". Retrieved 2007-07-13.