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Coal Lake Kjorlein Corner (A45) to Wetaskiwin Water Plant (A46)

Meet at Trailhead - We do not provide organized car pooling. However, participants are encouraged to make their own car pooling arrangements.

This is the first of 3 hikes over the next month that covers much of the trail along Coal Lake. We'll meet at the trail head beside "A45" (Kjorlien Corner on the bend at Township Road 473 / Range Road 232) at 9:45a.m.. The hike will leave from 'A45' at 10:00, going down towards Coal ... Read more

Coal Lake Wetaskiwin Water Plant (A46) to A47+ (Dam) – Canceled (To Wet)

Meet at Trailhead - We do not provide organized car pooling. However, participants are encouraged to make their own car pooling arrangements.

The hike picks up the next section of the trail along Coal Lake that we covered last week, with the hike to the dam being rarely done.  We'll meet at the trail head beside "A46" (old dirt track just north of the Water Treatment Plant on Range Road 231A) at 9:45a.m.. The hike will leave ... Read more

Miquelon Provincial Park

Meet at Trailhead - We do not provide organized car pooling. However, participants are encouraged to make their own car pooling arrangements.

Miquelon Provincial Park has hiking and skiing trails that we rarely get around to visiting. On this hike, Irene is going to take us on an exploration of one of her favourite public trails.. The pictures from July 19th, 2020. We will meet at the north end of the parking lot of the Miquelon Provincial ... Read more

Coal Lake A43 to A45, via Point Cooperation (1-way)

Meet at Trailhead - We do not provide organized car pooling. However, participants are encouraged to make their own car pooling arrangements.

The hike picks up the next section of the trail along Coal Lake that we covered on two hikes in June.  The Point is named for Project Cooperation, in which six 15- and 16-year olds, funded by the Province and by the Waskahegan Trail Association, cleared this section as part of their summer work in ... Read more

South Miquelon (A84 towards ‘D’)

Meet at Trailhead - We do not provide organized car pooling. However, participants are encouraged to make their own car pooling arrangements.

The Miquelon Lake is another one of those interesting trails in the Miquelon/Ministik area that had once all been underwater, resulting in pockets of trees on some higher ground (had been islands) and alley ways (where the water was). "Ministik" means island in Nehiyawewin (Cree). We tend to follow the 'blue' route around the edge ... Read more

Stoney Creek – Canceled

Meet at Trailhead - We do not provide organized car pooling. However, participants are encouraged to make their own car pooling arrangements.

NOTE (Updated 07:30 - 16 July 2023): Today's hike (July 16th) has been canceled due to a pending thunderstorm in the Camrose / Bittern Lake area. The entire Stoney Creek hike is quite exposed so out of precaution the hike has been canceled. This specific hike will not be rescheduled, but there will be a ... Read more

Coal Lake Wetaskiwin Water Plant (A46) to A47+ (Dam)

Meet at Trailhead - We do not provide organized car pooling. However, participants are encouraged to make their own car pooling arrangements.

The hike is the last section of the trail along Coal Lake, picking up from the routes that we covered on July 2nd (A43 to A45/Kjorlien Corner) & June 11th (A45/Kjorlien Corner to A46). The final part to the dam being rarely done. We'll meet at the trail head beside "A46" (old dirt track just ... Read more

Ministik A87 to Horseshoe Lake

Meet at Trailhead - We do not provide organized car pooling. However, participants are encouraged to make their own car pooling arrangements.

This will be one of our hikes within the Ministik Bird Sanctuary. We'll meet at the trail head beside "A87" (Spilstead Access), ~0.2km south of the corner of Township Road 502/Range Road 210, at 9:45 a.m.. The hike will leave from 'A87' at 10:00. Plants typically seen on the trail from A87 north to Knull ... Read more

Middle Battle River (Duhamel Campground to Fidler’s Monument)

Meet at Trailhead - We do not provide organized car pooling. However, participants are encouraged to make their own car pooling arrangements.

The hike is a 10 km round trip, is along forest paths and across open fields with views of the glorious Battle River Valley. This huge valley was created in a matter of days towards the end of the last ice age, when an ice-bound lake covering the entire Edmonton area suddenly broke free. Bring ... Read more

Fort Ethier / Bigstone Creek (A48 towards ‘D’)

Meet at Trailhead - We do not provide organized car pooling. However, participants are encouraged to make their own car pooling arrangements.

This is along a very special part of the Waskahegan Trail. Starting with a living relic from Canadian history (Fort Ethier from the time of the 1885 Riel Rebellion) and a close-up look at an alpaca farm, followed by shaded cliff-top views of Bigstone Creek and sun-filled stretches close to the water, what's not to ... Read more