Simonette River Provincial Recreation Area is an Alberta Parks recreation area in the North region, 45 kilometres east of Grande Prairie and 10 kilometres south of Highway 43 on the access road at Goodwin Corner on Highway 734. Alberta Parks lists one campground and no developed day-use area count.
The official page describes the site as rustic camping in the deep valley of the Simonette River.
Simonette River is a rustic campground for river access, beach time, and fishing in a wooded valley south of Highway 43. Alberta Parks lists beach, camping, and fishing as the posted activities.
River safety is central. The official page warns that changing river conditions require caution if swimming or floating, and that high stream flow creates hazards where being on the water is strongly discouraged.
Access rules have also changed. Alberta Parks says the boat launch has been closed to prevent four-wheel-drive and off-highway-vehicle access into the Simonette River from the recreation area. Emergency access can be arranged through the Alberta Parks office in Grande Prairie.
Off-highway vehicle use is prohibited within the recreation area, including the bed and shore of the river. That makes this a camping and river-safety destination, not an OHV staging site.
Plan around rustic camping, beach use, fishing, river watching, cautious swimming or floating only when conditions allow, campground-map review, and quiet valley time.
Confirm campground status, river levels, boat-launch closure, emergency access, OHV prohibitions, fishing regulations, maps, road conditions, weather, and Alberta Parks updates.
