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The Caribou Mountains are a mountain range in Northern Alberta, Canada, surrounding a saucer-shaped elevated plateau that rises 700 m (2,300 ft) above the surrounding lowlands. [1] The Caribou Mountains reach an elevation of up to 1,030 m (3,380 ft), making them the highest in northern Alberta.
It is located in the Caribou Mountains, immediately west of Wood Buffalo National Park in a remote backcountry area. The closest communities in Alberta are Fort Vermilion and Garden River. It was established by the Alberta Government in 2001 under the "Special Places program" by Order in Council 308/2001. [1]
This is a list of provincial parks in the Canadian province of Alberta. ... Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Caribou Mountains Wildland Provincial Park [100]
Most of Alberta's mountains are found on the western edge of the province of Alberta, consisting of the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rockies, which run through the province from Alberta's mid-point to its southern border with the United States. Other elevated spots can be found in the Caribou Mountains and the Cypress Hills.
The park ranges in elevation from 183 m (600 ft) at the Little Buffalo River to 945 m (3,100 ft) in the Caribou Mountains. The park headquarters is in Fort Smith, with a smaller satellite office in Fort Chipewyan, Alberta.
Caribou Mountains can refer to: Caribou Mountains (Alberta) a mountain range in Alberta, Canada Caribou Mountains Wildland Park, a park within these mountains;
Approximately 60% of land in Alberta is public land owned by the Alberta government. [7] For administrative purposes, the province is divided into two broad land use areas: the Green Area (forested land, almost entirely provincially owned) and the White Area (other). [7] The Rocky Mountains Forest Reserve was created by the Forest Reserves Act ...
The Cariboo Mountains are the northernmost subrange of the Columbia Mountains, [1] [2] which run down into the Spokane area of the United States and include the Selkirks, Monashees and Purcells. The Cariboo Mountains are entirely within the province of British Columbia, Canada. The range is 7,700 square kilometres (3,000 sq mi) in area and ...