Queen Elizabeth Provincial Park is an Alberta Parks provincial park in the North region, three kilometres north and five kilometres west of Grimshaw off Highway 35. Alberta Parks lists one day-use area, one campground, and one group-use area.
The park sits along Lac Cardinal.
Queen Elizabeth is a Lac Cardinal camping, beach, trail, and birding park with summer water activities and winter trail use. Alberta Parks says visitors can hike or mountain bike along the shore and through shady boreal forest trails, or use the hand launch for a kayak, canoe, or small watercraft.
Birding is a signature reason to visit. Alberta Parks says Lac Cardinal's shallow waters cannot support a fish population, but abundant vegetation creates excellent waterfowl habitat. More than 140 bird species and other wildlife have been recorded in the park, and the park has a bird viewing platform.
Activities include beach use, camping, canoeing and kayaking, cross-country skiing, front-country hiking, horseshoes, power boating, sailing, snowshoeing, swimming, trail running, volleyball, water skiing, wind surfing, and geocaching. Watercraft activities include aquatic invasive species reminders.
Current low-water advisories matter. Alberta Parks says the boat launch is hand launch only because low water and deteriorating launch pads prevent trailer launching. Power boating has a 12 kilometre-per-hour speed limit in posted areas.
Plan around Lac Cardinal camping, group use, beach time, hand-launched paddling, small watercraft, birding platform visits, hiking, trail running, skiing, snowshoeing, volleyball, and geocaching.
Confirm low-water advisories, hand-launch-only status, campground availability, AIS precautions, posted speed limits, trail conditions, maps, weather, and Alberta Parks updates.
