GP TOURISM GUIDE BOOK 2017

Judith Ann-Standring - Night Sky at Lake Saskatoon
Spend even a few days exploring the County of Grande Prairie and you’ll begin to understand
why we love this vast and dynamic landscape where we work and play. Located 460 km
northwest of Edmonton, at the southern end of the Peace Country, the County of Grande Prairie
is a study of contrasts: rich prairie, abundant rivers, creeks and small lakes, a mixed boreal forest,
and the province’s northernmost badlands.
You’ll see wildlife here, perhaps the majestic – and the still “threatened” – Trumpeter
Swan that migrates to our lakes and sloughs in late April to nest and to raise its young,
or you’ll see Canada geese snacking in fields or hear them honking as they fly overhead.
If you keep a watchful eye, you’ll also spot moose, elk, mule deer, white tail deer, foxes,
coyote and beaver.
With a wide open sky that overlooks gently rolling prairie, Alberta’s first county has a
little bit of everything within its borders. It spans the Saddle Hills in the north to the
Wapiti River in the south, and stretches east from the Smoky River to the B.C. border.
The county surrounds a mid-sized city and encompasses towns, a village, several hamlets,
county residential communities and a First Nations reserve.
Candace Tallman - Mountain View
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GRANDE PRAIRIE & REGION 2017 VISITOR GUIDE