Rock Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park

Provincial park

A provincial park is a park under the management of a provincial or territorial government in Canada.While provincial parks are not the same as national parks, their workings are very similar...

 in Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

, Canada

Canada

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, located on the shores of Rock Lake

Rock Lake (Alberta)

Rock Lake is a lake in Alberta. It lies in extreme western Yellowhead County....

, 64 km (39.8 mi) north-west from Hinton

Hinton, Alberta

Hinton is a town in west-central Alberta, Canada.It is located in Yellowhead County, northeast of Jasper and about west of Alberta's capital city, Edmonton, at the intersection of Yellowhead and Bighorn Highway, in the Athabasca River valley.-History:...

, north on the Bighorn Highway and 39 km west on an access road.

The park is situated around Rock Lake, on the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rockies

Canadian Rockies

The Canadian Rockies comprise the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains range. They are the eastern part of the Canadian Cordillera, extending from the Interior Plains of Alberta to the Rocky Mountain Trench of British Columbia. The southern end borders Idaho and Montana of the USA...

, immediately east of Jasper National Park

Jasper National Park

Jasper National Park is the largest national park in the Canadian Rockies, spanning 10,878 km² . It is located in the province of Alberta, north of Banff National Park and west of the City of Edmonton. The park includes the glaciers of the Columbia Icefield, hot springs, lakes, waterfalls and...

 and Willmore Wilderness Park

Willmore Wilderness Park

Willmore Wilderness Park, located in Alberta, Canada, is a 4,600 square kilometre wilderness area adjacent to the world famous Jasper National Park...

, at an elevation of 1440 m (4,724.4 ft). It is managed by Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation and operated by Hinton Wood Products company.

There is, or was a bombshelter located in the basement of the ranger station.

Activities

The following activities are available in the park:

• Camping
  Camping
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• Canoeing
  Canoeing
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   and kayaking
  Kayaking
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• Fishing
  Fishing
  Fishing is the activity of trying to catch wild fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping....
  
   (Bull trout
  Bull trout
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  , Lake trout
  Lake trout
  Lake trout is a freshwater char living mainly in lakes in northern North America. Other names for it include mackinaw, lake char , touladi, togue, and grey trout. In Lake Superior, they can also be variously known as siscowet, paperbellies and leans...
  
  , Mountain whitefish
  Mountain whitefish
  The mountain whitefish is one of the most widely distributed salmonid fish of western North America. It is found from the Mackenzie River drainage in Northwest Territory, Canada south through western Canada and the northwestern USA in the Pacific, Hudson Bay and upper Missouri River basins to the...
  
  , Northern pike
  Northern Pike
  The northern pike , is a species of carnivorous fish of the genus Esox...
  
  )
• Backcountry and front country hiking
  Hiking
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• Horseback riding (the park is a primary staging area for Willmore Wilderness Park
  Willmore Wilderness Park
  Willmore Wilderness Park, located in Alberta, Canada, is a 4,600 square kilometre wilderness area adjacent to the world famous Jasper National Park...
  
  's 750 km of equestrian and hiking trails)
• Mountain biking
  Mountain biking
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• Power boating
  Boating
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• Swimming

See also

• List of Alberta provincial parks
• List of Canadian provincial parks
• List of National Parks of Canada