Willmore Wilderness Park
| Willmore Wilderness Park | |
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IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)
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Mount DeVeber in Willmore Wilderness Park
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| Location | Alberta, Canada |
| Nearest city | Grande Cache, Hinton |
| Coordinates | 53°42′05″N 119°03′21″W / 53.70139°N 119.05583°WCoordinates: 53°42′05″N 119°03′21″W / 53.70139°N 119.05583°W |
| Area | 4,568 km2 (1,764 sq mi) |
| Governing body | Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation |
| Improvement District No. 25 | |
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| Coordinates: 53°42′5″N 119°3′21″W / 53.70139°N 119.05583°W | |
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 Canada
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 Alberta
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| Region | Alberta's Rockies |
| Census division | No. 14 |
| Established | January 2, 1994 |
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| • Governing body | Alberta Municipal Affairs (AMA) |
| • Minister of AMA | Deron Bilous |
| Area (2016) | |
| • Land | 4,605.63 km2 (1,778.24 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 0 |
| • Density | 0/km2 (0/sq mi) |
| Website | Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development website |
Willmore Wilderness Park, located in Alberta, Canada, is a 4,600 square kilometre (1840 sq. mi.) wilderness area adjacent to the world-famous Jasper National Park. It is lesser known and less visited than Jasper National Park. There are no public roads, bridges or buildings. There are, however, several ranger cabins in the park that are available as a courtesy to visitors.
Other parks surround this wilderness reserve: Kakwa Wildlands Park to the north, Kakwa Provincial Park and Protected Area to the west, Rock Lake Provincial Park to the south-west, Sulphur Gates Provincial Park to the west. Kakwa Wildlands Park, Kakwa Provincial Park and Willmore Wilderness Park comprise the first interprovincial shared between Alberta and British Columbia.
Access to the park is via Highway 40, through the town of Grande Cache, and the four staging areas: Sulphur Gates, Cowlick Creek, Berland River and Rock Lake. Motorised vehicles are not allowed in the park, transportation is done by foot, horse, mountain bike or ski.
Another staging area is found south-east of the park, in the town of Hinton.
Current conservation-based research within Willmore includes:
The Willmore Biodiversity Monitoring Project
The Alberta Experimental Wolverine Monitoring Project
The park protects a large population of mountain goats and bighorn sheep (20% of the total population in Alberta). Other mammals commonly found here include grizzly bears, mountain caribou, elk, deer, cougars and wolves.Coyotes, wolverines, lynx and black bears are also present in the sub-alpine region, while marmots, rock pika, ptarmigan and Rocky Mountain goats can be found in the higher alpine areas.
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