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Rainbow Lake is a town in northwest Alberta, Canada. It is west of High Level at the end of Highway 58, in Mackenzie County. The town carries the name of the nearby lake, formed on the Hay River, that was so called due to its curved shape. The town was established to service the industry of the nearby oil field, discovered in 1965.
The Athabasca rainbow trout is primarily found in the cold headwaters of the Athabasca drainage in Alberta, Canada. [1] [2] The Athabasca rainbow trout is one of the few native rainbow trout populations found in an Arctic Ocean watershed. [3] The Athabasca River is a tributary of the Mackenzie River system which flows north into the Arctic ...
Lake Athabasca is the largest lake in both Alberta and Saskatchewan. This 7,850 km 2 (3,030 sq mi) lake has 2,295 km 2 (886 sq mi) of its surface area in Alberta and 5,555 km 2 (2,145 sq mi) in Saskatchewan. The largest lake completely within Alberta is Lake Claire, at 1,436 km 2 (554 sq mi).
Lake Louise Ski Resort (17 km 2 (4,201 acres) of skiable area) Castle Mountain Resort (over 14.2 km 2 (3,509 acres) of skiable area) [1] Sunshine Village (13.6 km 2 (3,361 acres) of skiable area) Marmot Basin (6.8 km 2 (1,680 acres) of skiable area) Nakiska (3 km 2 (741 acres) of skiable area) Mt Norquay (0.77 km 2 (190 acres) of skiable area)
Native fish in Alberta were over-harvested for decades, and walleye, pike, whitefish, etc. populations are still recovering. [9] Since Alberta is somewhat scarce in waterbodies compared to the rest of Canada (estimated 315 anglers per lake, compared to 2 in SK, 2 in MN, and 6 in ON), [ 9 ] and has a relatively short fishing season, [ 7 ] [ 9 ...
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Alberta Provincial Highway No. 58, commonly referred to as Highway 58, is an east–west highway in northwest Alberta, Canada. [2] It starts west of the Rainbow Lake Airport and passes through the towns of Rainbow Lake and High Level before it ends at the Wood Buffalo National Park boundary west of Garden River.
It is the only site in Alberta targeted for the re-introduction of Wood Bison, [5] which thrive on a winter forage of sedges and grasses indigenous to the area. A group of 24 bison were first introduced to Hay-Zama Lakes Wildland Park in 1984, moved from Elk Island National Park , and its population has steadily grown to 700 members. [ 8 ]