Jackfish Lake Provincial Recreation Area is an Alberta Parks site in the Central region, 50 kilometres west of Rocky Mountain House on Highway 11 and two kilometres north on an access road.
Alberta Parks lists one campground, one group-use area, and no developed day-use area count. Westward Bound Campgrounds is shown as facility operator.
Jackfish Lake is a foothills lake campground with a boat launch, pier, and group-use option. Alberta Parks says the campground is on the lake's south shore and has cell service. Visitors can boat, canoe, and fish from the lake setting.
Activities include camping, canoeing and kayaking, fishing, ice fishing, mountain biking and cycling, off-site OHV riding, power boating, off-site snowmobiling, and electric bicycling. Power vessels are subject to a 12 kilometre-per-hour speed limit.
The nearby motorized trail note needs careful reading. Alberta Parks says OHV and snowmobiling trails are nearby, but off-loading or operating OHVs inside the park is strictly prohibited. OHVs must remain on trailers until they reach nearby trail systems and staging areas. The activity note also prohibits OHV and snowmobile off-loading within the campground and travel to trails from campsites.
That makes Jackfish Lake a camping and lake destination first, with nearby motorized trail access only if visitors stage properly off site.
Plan around lake camping, group use, pier time, boat launch access, paddling, fishing, ice fishing, biking, electric bicycling, and nearby OHV and snowmobile trail research.
Confirm campground and group-use status, operator updates, boating speed limits, OHV prohibitions, fishing regulations, maps, advisories, weather, and Alberta Parks guidance.
