O'Brien Provincial Park explained

O'Brien Provincial Park
Map:	Alberta
Map Width:	200
Location:	Municipal District of Greenview No. 16,
Nearest City:	Grande Prairie
Coordinates:	55.0636°N -118.8244°W
Area:	0.6km2
Established:	June 29, 1954
Governing Body:	Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation
Named For:	Lewis O'Brien

O'Brien Provincial Park is a provincial park in Alberta, Canada, located 15km (09miles) south from Grande Prairie, on Highway 666.

The park is situated in the Wapiti River valley, at an elevation of 520m (1,710feet) and has a surface of 0.6km2. It was established on June 29, 1954 and is maintained by Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation. The park is named for Lewis O'Brien, a pioneer doctor in the Grande Prairie region and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.^[1]

Activities

The following activities are available in the park:^[2]

• Canoeing and kayaking
• Fishing (Arctic grayling, bull trout, burbot, emerald shiner, fathead minnow, flathead chub, lake chub, largescale sucker, longnose dace, longnose sucker, mountain whitefish, northern pike, peamouth chub, northern pearl dace, redside shiner, slimy sculpin, spoonhead sculpin, spottail shiner, walleye, white sucker)
• Power boating
• Swimming

See also

• List of provincial parks in Alberta
• List of Canadian provincial parks
• List of National Parks of Canada

External links

• Web site: Alberta Community Development. O'Brien Provincial Park . 2007-07-13.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fonds 0153 - Lewis B. O'Brien, M.D., fonds . Alberta on Record . Archives Society of Alberta . February 13, 2021.
2. Web site: Alberta Tourism, Parks, Recreation & Culture. Activities in O'Brien Provincial Park . 2007-07-30.