Elk Island National Park
Elk Island National Park is a national park in Alberta, Canada, that played an important part in the conservation of the plains bison. The park is administered by the Parks Canada Agency.Photo: Enzenberger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Michelle Tribe, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Reserve
- Description: national park in Alberta, Canada
- Also known as: “Parc national du Canada Elk Island”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beaver Hills.
Beaver Hills
Photo: Kurt Bauschardt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Beaver Hills form a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in the Edmonton Capital Region of Alberta, Canada. The Biosphere Reserve is centred on Elk Island National Park which is located less than an hour's drive east of Edmonton on the Yellowhead Highway, and a half hour's drive west of Vegreville in East Central Alberta.
Elk Island National Park
- Categories: national park of Canada, dark-sky preserve, and national park
- Location: Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Elk Island National Park” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حديقة جزيرة إلك الوطنية”
- Arabic: “حديقة جزيرة الإلك الوطنية”
- Armenian: “Էլք Այլենդ”
- Balinese: “Taman Nasional Elk Island”
- Balinese: “Taman Nasional Nusa Élk”
- Bulgarian: “Елк Айланд”
- Chinese: “马鹿岛国家公园”
- Chinese: “麋鹿岛国家公园”
- Danish: “Elk Islands National Park”
- Dutch: “Elk Island National Park”
- Dutch: “Elk Island”
- Dutch: “Nationaal park Elk Island”
- Esperanto: “Nacia Parko de Insulo Elk”
- French: “parc national d’Elk Island”
- French: “parc national Elk Island”
- French: “Parc national Elk Island”
- German: “Elk Island National Park”
- German: “Elk-Island-Nationalpark”
- Hebrew: “הפארק הלאומי איי אלק”
- Icelandic: “Elk Island-þjóðgarðurinn”
- Italian: “parco nazionale Elk Island”
- Italian: “Parco nazionale Elk Island”
- Japanese: “エルク・アイランド国立公園”
- Lithuanian: “Elnių salos nacionalinis parkas”
- Polish: “Park Narodowy Elk Island”
- Portuguese: “Parque nacional elk island”
- Portuguese: “Parque Nacional Elk Island”
- Russian: “Элк-Айленд (национальный парк)”
- Russian: “Элк-Айленд”
- Slovak: “Národný park Elk Island”
- Spanish: “Parque nacional Elk Island”
- Spanish: “Parque Nacional Elk Island”
- Swedish: “Elk Island nationalpark”
- Swedish: “Elk Islands nationalpark”
- Ukrainian: “Елк- Айленд (національний парк )”
- Ukrainian: “Елк-Айленд (національний парк )”
- Ukrainian: “Елк-Айленд (національний парк)”
- Ukrainian: “Елк-Айленд”
- Ukrainian: “Національний парк Елк Айланд”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Elk Island National Park of Canada and Tawayik Lake.
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