| Gipsy-Gordon Wildland Provincial Park | |
| Alt Name: | Gipsy-Gordon Wildland Park |
| Iucn Category: | Ib |
| Iucn Ref: | [1] |
| Map: | Canada Alberta#Canada#CAN AB Wood Buffalo |
| Map Alt: | Location the park in northern Alberta, Canada |
| Relief: | yes |
| Location: | Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Alberta, Canada |
| Nearest City: | Fort McMurray |
| Coords: | 56.4853°N -110.3239°W |
| Area Ha: | 35766.3 |
| Area Ref: | [2] |
| Established: | 20 December 2000[3] |
| Governing Body: | Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation[4] |
Gipsy-Gordon Wildland Park is a wildland provincial park in northern Alberta, Canada. The park was establisher on 20 December 2000 and is in size.[3] [2] The Government of Alberta announced its creation through its approval of the Lower Athabasca Regional Plan Land Use Framework in November 2000.[5]
The park is located in the northeast portion of the province within the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. The park is east-southeast of Fort McMurray. The park is south of the Clearwater River and north of Dillon River Wildland Provincial Park. It is west of the Saskatchewan border and east of the Christina River.[2] [6]
The park consists of three discontinuous parcels of land. The largest parcel surrounds Gordon Lake. The next largest surrounds Gipsy and Shortt Lakes. And the smallest parcel surrounds Birch Lake.[6]
Summer access is fly-in only via floatplane. Winter access exists by traveling south of Fort McMurray on Alberta Highway 63, then southeast on Highway 881, and finally east on a seasonal Winter Road 956. The remaining travelled by four-wheel drive or snowmobile only.[4]