Chain Lakes Provincial Park is an Alberta Parks provincial park in southern Alberta along Highway 22, distinct from Chain Lakes Provincial Recreation Area near Athabasca in northern Alberta.
Alberta Parks describes it as a peaceful foothills escape at the base of the Rocky Mountains, where rolling foothills and ecological zones attract wildlife year-round.
Chain Lakes offers camping, water recreation, wildlife viewing, and dark skies in one compact park. Alberta Parks lists two day-use areas, one campground, and one group-use area.
The activity list includes birding, camping, canoeing and kayaking, fishing, ice fishing, power boating, wildlife viewing, and picnicking. Alberta Parks highlights trout fishing, calm-water paddling, pelicans, trumpeter swans, birds of prey, and scenic views of the Livingstone Mountain Range from shore.
Boating limits are important. Alberta Parks says power boating has a 12 kilometre-per-hour speed limit, no towing is allowed, and water skiing, tubing, and wakeboarding are prohibited. Chain Lakes has rainbow trout; any at-risk bull trout caught must be released in good condition.
The park also boasts very dark skies, with Alberta Parks noting excellent conditions for stargazing and night photography.
Dry-condition fire guidance is another important planning detail, including communal firepit use and current fire-ban checks.
Plan around camping, group use, canoeing, kayaking, trout fishing, ice fishing, slow-speed boating, birding, wildlife viewing, picnicking, stargazing, and night photography.
Confirm firepit rules, fire bans, campground status, boating limits, fishing regulations, ice safety, maps, advisories, weather, and current Alberta Parks updates.
