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- The
Waskahegan Trail is a 309 km long volunteer managed wilderness trail
allowing excellent day hiking, backpacking, snowshoeing, and
cross-country skiing in the Edmonton area.
- The
trail begins in Edmonton and goes south along the Whitemud and Blackmud
Creeks, Saunders Lake and Coal Lake to the Wetaskiwin area, then east
along the Battle River from Gwynne to Camrose.
- The
trail continues north from Miquelon Lake Provincial Park through
Ministik Lake Bird Sanctuary, Hastings Lake area, and the Cooking Lake
- Blackfoot Recreation Area to Elk Island National Park
- It then
continues west along Ross Creek to Fort Saskatchewan.
- The
Waskahegan Trail is a public trail for which the association has been
given the responsibilities of stewardship and guardianship.
- The
trail is open to the public at the discretion and wishes of the
landowners. Members have full access to the trail - excepting
landowner conditions - and may purchase a trail guide to enjoy
it.
- Members
of the public are welcome to take part in our public hikes, join the
association or use sections which are open to the public (such as city,
county, provincial and federal lands).
- The
hiking trail was one of the Centennial projects of the Oil Capital
Kiwanis.
- The Waskahegan Trail
Association was founded in February 1969 to build
and maintain a 309 km hiking trail looping between Fort Saskatchewan,
Edmonton and Camrose and return.
- The
Association is a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to hiking
on, building, and maintaining this premier trail.
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