Beaver Hills
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.Photo: Kurt Bauschardt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: biosphere reserve
- Description: Biosphere Reserve in Alberta, Canada
- Also known as: “Beaver Hills Biosphere Reserve”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village.
Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village
Museum
Photo: Kevlar67, Public domain.
Open to the public from the May long weekend to Labour Day, the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village is an open-air museum that uses costumed historical interpreters to recreate pioneer settlements in east central Alberta, Canada, northeast and east of Edmonton.
Beaver Hills
Latitude
53.58° or 53° 34′ 48″ northLongitude
-112.84° or 112° 50′ 24″ westOpen location code
9559H5H5+XXWikidata ID
Q4878089
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“Beaver Hills” goes by many names.
- French: “Beaver Hills Biosphere Reserve”
- French: “réserve de biosphère de Beaver Hills”
- French: “réserve de biosphère des Collines-Beaver”
- French: “Réserve de biosphère des Collines-Beaver”
- German: “Biosphärenreservat Beaver Hills”
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