| Garden River | |
| Other Name: | Garden Creek |
| Native Name: | ᓂᐦᑖᐏᑭᐦᒋᑫᐤ ᓰᐲᓯᐢ nihtâwikihcikêw sîpîsis |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | CAN AB Mackenzie#Canada Alberta |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Mackenzie County##Location within Alberta |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Northern Alberta |
| Subdivision Type3: | Planning region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Lower Peace |
| Subdivision Type4: | Improvement district |
| Subdivision Name4: | 24 |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Title1: | Returned to Little Red River Cree Nation[1] |
| Established Date1: | June 19, 2017 |
| Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
| Area Land Km2: | 15.78 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 706 |
| Population Density Km2: | 44.7 |
| Coordinates: | 58.7139°N -113.8919°W |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | −07:00 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −06:00 |
| Postal Code Type: | Forward sortation areas |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | Garden River Road |
| Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
| Blank1 Info: | Peace River |
Garden River, also known as Garden Creek (Cree: ᓂᐦᑖᐏᑭᐦᒋᑫᐤ ᓰᐲᓯᐢ, nihtâwikihcikêw sîpîsis), is an unincorporated community in northern Alberta, Canada within Wood Buffalo National Park. It is located on the north shore of the Peace River at the terminus of Garden River Road, an extension of Highway 58,[2] approximately 190km (120miles) east of the Town of High Level. It is a First Nations community of the Little Red River Cree Nation.[3]
Lying 5 kilometers inside the original 1922 boundary of Wood Buffalo National Park, this predominantly First Nations community was never officially recognized by the federal government, until a special amendment to the Canada National Parks Act removed the community from the park on June 19, 2017. Corresponding orders-in-council from the provincial government of Alberta are expected to facilitate the creation of a new Indian reserve encompassing Garden River's territory. This would become the third reserve of the Little Red River Cree Nation, after Fox Lake 162 and John D'Or Prairie 215.[1]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Garden River had a population of 706 living in 113 of its 133 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 643. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]
Most of the residents speak Woods Cree at home.