Hilliard's Bay Provincial Park is an Alberta Parks provincial park on Lesser Slave Lake in the North region. Alberta Parks says the park was established in 1978 and protects some of the best sand beaches in northwestern Alberta.
The official page lists one day-use area, one campground, and three group-use areas.
The official park and campground map should be checked before choosing a site or day-use plan.
Hilliard's Bay is a full lake-park destination with beaches, camping, group use, trails, boating, birding, and summer programming. Alberta Parks highlights regionally significant wetlands, shoreline escarpments, and raised beaches that are relics of a larger Lesser Slave Lake.
Activities include beach use, birding, camping, canoeing and kayaking, fishing, front-country hiking, ice fishing, mountain biking and cycling, power boating, sailing, swimming, water skiing, wind surfing, geocaching, and electric bicycling. More than three kilometres of trails support hikers and cyclists and connect with the Trans-Canada Trail network.
The lake setting supports fishing, ice fishing, boating, paddling, water skiing, and windsurfing. Alberta Parks also notes weekend interpretive programs in July and August.
Check advisories before going. Alberta Parks lists Beach Trail as temporarily closed until further notice because beaver activity has created hazardous conditions for trail users. The closure was updated March 11, 2026.
Plan around beach time, camping, group use, swimming, birding, fishing, ice fishing, paddling, boating, hiking, cycling, geocaching, interpretive programs, and trail-map review.
Confirm Beach Trail status, campground and group-use availability, watercraft rules, fishing regulations, maps, advisories, weather, and Alberta Parks updates.
