Waterton Lakes National Park is located in the southeast corner of BC, bordering British Columbia and Alberta and the State of Montana in the US. Travelling from Cranbrook in BC, take Hwy #3. If you are starting out in Calgary, Alberta, take Hwy # 2 and then follow Hwy #3 to Pincher Creek before heading south on Hwy #6. In 1932, together with neighboring Montana's Glacier National Park in the United States,
Waterton Lakes National Park is part of the world's first International Peace Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Both Parks have been designated Biosphere Reserves.
Gentle rolling prairies, which offer a magnificent variety of plant and animal life, are contrasted by windswept mountains abruptly out of gentle prairie grassland. The park is home to bighorn sheep, deer, bison, moose, elk and bears. Within the park the visitor will find some of the oldest exposed bedrock in the Canadian Rockies. There are more than 200 archaeological sites documenting the aboriginal peoples history, which dates back some 11,000 years.
Recreational activities such as hiking, horseback riding, scuba diving or boating and fishing all can be enjoyed in
Waterton Lakes National Park. In winter cross-country skiing and snowshoeing are popular activities in the park. One very popular hiking trail is the walk along the Upper Waterton Lake. It is an easy hike through flower-filled meadows, which crosses into the United States to the town of Goat Haunt. Of course, there are many more difficult trails within this area. There are six areas within the park which offer camping at different levels of service. They are: Belly River Campground, Belly River Group Campground, Crandell Mountains Campground, Pass Creek Winter Campground, Waterton Townsite Campground and the privately owned Great Canadian Family Resort Campground. In addition, the park offers 13 wilderness campground.
