Cross Lake Provincial Park is an Alberta Parks provincial park beside Steel Lake, 50 kilometres north of Westlock on Highway 44, 20 kilometres east on Highway 663, and six kilometres north on the access road.
Alberta Parks lists one day-use area, two campgrounds, and one group-use area.
Cross Lake is a boreal lake park for camping, trails, beach time, and water recreation. Alberta Parks describes powered campground sites with flush toilets and shower houses, plus the option to boat or hike to George's Point and stay overnight.
Summer activities include hiking, mountain biking, canoeing, kayaking, fishing, water-skiing, and power boating with speed limits in place. Winter use includes ice fishing and seven kilometres of ungroomed cross-country ski trails.
Birding is well supported by the official page. Mixed stands of poplar, spruce, and pine provide habitat for white-throated sparrows, ruffed grouse, and warblers. Osprey and bald eagles forage along the shoreline and lake, while great blue herons and osprey nest around the lake. Winter birds include bohemian waxwings, evening grosbeaks, pine grosbeaks, and white-winged crossbills.
The mix of campground services, lake access, trails, and birding makes Cross Lake flexible for families, anglers, paddlers, and quieter shoulder-season visitors.
Plan around camping, group use, beach time, paddling, fishing, power boating, water skiing, front-country hiking, mountain biking, birding, ice fishing, and ungroomed skiing.
Confirm sportfishing details because Steel Lake reopened for sportfishing with regulations to check.
Confirm campground status, George's Point access, boating speed limits, sportfishing regulations, ski conditions, maps, advisories, weather, and Alberta Parks updates.
