Fort Assiniboine Sandhills Wildland Provincial Park is an Alberta Parks wildland park in the Central region. Alberta Parks says it was designated in 1997 and covers about 66 square kilometres along the west shore of the Athabasca River northeast of Fort Assiniboine, roughly 40 kilometres northwest of Barrhead.
The Athabasca River forms the park's eastern boundary, and the park includes Pemmican Island and other river islands.
Fort Assiniboine Sandhills is a backcountry trail and natural-history destination. Alberta Parks says the area contains 436 plant species, including rare species and old-growth mixedwood forests over 160 years old.
Visitors can watch birds and wildlife, fish, hike, and ride horseback. Three staging areas, Central, Athabasca Viewpoint, and Klondike Trail, provide limited parking and access to more than 80 kilometres of trails. Alberta Parks lists three day-use areas and one campground, but its camping note clarifies that random backcountry camping is permitted and that, except for three small day-use staging areas, there are no developed facilities.
The trail advisory is specific. Due to vegetation ingrowth, the Wagon and Klondike Trails are not wide enough for wagons to pass through or turn around, though they can be accessed by horseback, foot, or bike.
Activities include birding, cross-country skiing, fishing, backcountry hiking, equestrian use, hunting, snowshoeing, trail running, wildlife viewing, and geocaching.
Plan around backcountry trails, random camping, horseback riding, fishing, birding, wildlife viewing, hunting, snowshoeing, trail running, geocaching, and Athabasca River scenery.
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