 Nestled on a mountain plateau just 214 km from Jasper National Park, Grande Cache is famous for their sparkling lakes, rivers, green valleys and mountain peeks. The Bighorn Highway 40 provides a paved corridor connecting Hinton, Alberta with Mile Zero of the Alaskan Highway at Dawson Creek, British Columbia. This is the shortest, most scenic route to Alaska from the United States.Grande Cache is the gateway to Willmore Wilderness Park, known for their hiking trails, alpine flowers, big game and many waterways. There are no motorized vehicles allowed in this park to preserve nature, but hiking and horseback riding keep visitors from all over the world wanting to return.
Located in Alberta’s second largest provincial park, Elkwater is a small community. The Blackfoot name for this area, ponokiokwe, referred to the many species of deer that congregated in the area – unfortunately, with the arrival of white settlers, the original elk population was hunted to extinction before the turn of the century. A new herd was introduced in 1938. Today, wildlife in the park includes over 215 species of birds, deer, elk, moose, and even wild turkeys that roam in the park’s hills. Elkwater and Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park are located 65 km (39 mi.) south-east of Medicine Hat.
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