Police Outpost Provincial Park

Provincial park in Alberta, Canada

Police Outpost Provincial Park

View of Chief Mountain from the park

Location of Police Outpost Provincial Park in Alberta

Location| Cardston County, Alberta, Canada
Nearest city| Cardston
Coordinates| 49°00′22″N 113°27′44″W﻿ / ﻿49.00611°N 113.46222°W﻿ / 49.00611; -113.46222
Area| 2.2 km2 (0.85 sq mi)
Established| April 21, 1970
Governing body| Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation

Police Outpost Provincial Park is a provincial park in southern Alberta, Canada, located 32 kilometers (20 mi) south of Cardston.

The park was established on April 21, 1970. It is situated on the Canada/United States border, on the shores of Outpost Lake, at an elevation of 1,390 meters (4,560 ft). South of the border lies the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Glacier County, Montana.

## Activities

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

* Birdwatching (loons, swans, sandhill cranes)
* Camping
* Canoeing and kayaking
* Cross-country skiing (7 km (4.3 mi) ungroomed trails)
* Fishing is open from April 1 to October 31 (effective 2008) which generally precludes ice fishing. Rainbow trout are the main sportfish.
* Front country hiking
* Power boating

## See also

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

## References

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1. ^ Alberta Tourism, Parks, Recreation & Culture. "Activities in Police Outpost Provincial Park". Retrieved 2007-07-14.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)[permanent dead link]

## External links

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* Alberta Tourism, Parks, Recreation & Culture. "Police Outpost Provincial Park". Retrieved 2007-07-14.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)[permanent dead link]

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Protected areas in Alberta

World Heritage Sites|

* Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
* Dinosaur Provincial Park
* Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
* Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
* Wood Buffalo National Park
* Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi

National parks|

* Banff
* Elk Island
* Jasper
* Waterton Lakes
* Wood Buffalo

Provincial parks,
wildlands and wildernesses|

* Aspen Beach
* Antelope Hill
* Beauvais Lake
* Big Hill Springs
* Big Island
* Big Knife
* Bow Valley
* Bragg Creek
* Brown-Lowery
* Calling Lake
* Canmore Nordic Centre
* Caribou Mountains
* Carson-Pegasus
* Castle
* Castle Wildland
* Chain Lakes
* Cold Lake
* Crimson Lake
* Cross Lake
* Crow Lake
* Cypress Hills
* Dillberry Lake
* Dinosaur
* Dry Island Buffalo Jump
* Dunvegan
* Eagle Point
* Fish Creek
* Garner Lake
* Glenbow Ranch
* Gooseberry Lake
* Greene Valley
* Gregoire Lake
* Hilliard's Bay
* Hay-Zama Lakes
* Jarvis Bay
* Kinbrook Island
* Kananaskis Country
* Lakeland
* Lesser Slave Lake
* Little Bow
* Little Fish
* Lois Hole Centennial
* Long Lake
* Midland
* Miquelon Lake
* Moonshine Lake
* Moose Lake
* Notikewin
* Obed Lake
* O'Brien
* Park Lake
* Pembina River
* Peter Lougheed Provincial Park
* Pierre Grey's Lakes
* Pigeon Lake
* Police Outpost
* Queen Elizabeth
* Ram Falls
* Red Lodge
* Rochon Sands
* Rock Lake
* Saskatoon Island
* Sheep River
* Sir Winston Churchill
* Spray Valley
* Strathcona Science
* Sundance
* Sylvan Lake
* Thunder Lake
* Tillebrook
* Two Lakes
* Vermilion
* Wabamun Lake
* Whitney Lakes
* William A. Switzer
* Williamson
* Willmore Wilderness
* Willow Creek
* Winagami Lake
* Woolford
* Writing-on-Stone
* Wyndham-Carseland
* Young's Point

Urban parks|

* Calgary Zoo
* Carburn Park
* Devonian Gardens
* Edmonton Valley Zoo
* Edworthy Park
* Griffith Woods Park
* Indian Battle Park
* Lawrey Gardens
* Mill Woods Park
* Muttart Conservatory
* North Saskatchewan River Valley
* Nose Hill
* Oldman River Valley
* Pearce Estate Park
* Sylvan Lake
* University of Alberta Botanic Garden
* Weaselhead Flats
* Wood's Douglas Fir Tree Sanctuary

Museums and
historic sites|

* Alberta Central Railway Museum
* Atlas Coal Mine
* Canadian Grain Elevator Discovery Centre
* Canadian Tractor Museum
* Cold Lake Air Force
* Ellis Bird Farm
* Fort Calgary
* Fort Edmonton Park
* Fort Victoria
* Fort Whoop-Up
* Frank Slide
* Galt Historic Railway Park
* Glenbow Museum
* Heritage Acres Farm Museum
* Heritage Park
* Krause Milling Co.
* Pioneer Acres
* Prairie Elevator Museum
* Remington Carriage Museum
* Reynolds
* Royal Alberta
* Royal Tyrrell
* Rutherford House
* Scandia Eastern Irrigation District Museum
* South Peace Centennial Museum
* Spruce Grove Grain Elevator Museum
* St. Albert Grain Elevator Park
* Stephansson House
* Ukrainian Village
* Warner elevator row
* Whyte
* National historic sites
* Provincial historic sites

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States
* Israel

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