Home to thousands of North America's largest mammals, plus a bird population of about 250 different species.

Address:

Site 4, R.R. 1
Elk Island National Park, AB   T8L 2N7

Directions:

Hwy 16, 45 km east of Edmonton

Phone Number:

(780) 992-2950

Website:

http://www.parkscanada.gc.ca/elkisland

Email:

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Just a 40 minute drive east of Edmonton on the Yellowhead Highway 16, Elk Island National Park is the closest national park to any large metropolitan city in all of Canada. Visit this special place and learn captivating stories of our Canadian conservation legacy. This beautiful oasis is home to herds of free roaming plains bison, wood bison, moose, deer, and elk. Also boasting over 250 species of birds, the park is a bird watcher's paradise.