Kakwa Wildland Provincial Park
Kakwa Wildland Park is a provincial park in the Rocky Mountain Foothills just east of the northern Canadian Rockies, in Alberta, Canada, immediately east of the border with British Columbia at the 120th meridian west. The park is home to Alberta's tallest waterfall, the Kakwa Falls, which is 30 metres tall.
| Kakwa Wildland Park | |
|---|---|
| Kakwa Wildland Provincial Park | |
IUCN category Ib (wilderness area) | |
Location of Kakwa Wildland Park in Alberta | |
| Location | Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Alberta, Canada |
| Nearest city | Grande Cache |
| Coordinates | 54°04′06″N 119°44′04″W |
| Area | 64,928 ha (160,440 acres) |
| Established | 1996 |
| Governing body | Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation |
It adjoins Willmore Wilderness Park and British Columbia's Kakwa Provincial Park and Protected Area and together with them comprises the first interprovincial park shared between BC and Alberta.
It takes the name from Kakwa, the Cree word for porcupine.
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