St Albert Views

 This is the boardwalk to the Lois Hole Provincial Park adjacent to the town of St Albert.  Unlike most provincial parks, this one is a wetland and migratory flight path for birds travelling south in the Fall and north in the Spring.  It is 1000's of acres in size, a shallow lake with lots of food for the birds.  Petrocan has supported this project with a grant to build a boardwalk through the swampy area and hundreds of volunteers from the area have helped to set this up.  This is very close to the Kinsman Campground where we will stay in 2014.

 Close by also is miles of hiking/walking/biking trails that lead to the downtown area of St Albert and beyond.  This is a beautiful area that we have thoroughly enjoyed, walking each day up to 5 miles, which is good for these old bones!

 A railway bridge that could have been in scenes from the Harry Potter books, but indeed it is a railway bridge over the Sturgeon R in St Albert.  Trains travel very slowly over this and the ground beneath tremors.

Another bridge, a footbridge connects both sides of the Sturgeon R and the hiking/biking paths throughout the town; this is in the Lion's Club Park in downtown St Albert.